Mardi 16 Juin 2015 10:48:32 par Laure Chastant dans Expositions

Outlander is a curious, childlike observation of human behaviour in the Korean urban landscape. It explores not only the vibrant eccentricities unique to this monocultural society, but it also looks to examine how humans (and creatures) interact within this setting.

© Kate Molenkamp / CF Gallery

As a foreigner in Asia, the intensity of urban life is a confronting experience; social and cultural peculiarities attribute to a sense of displacement. The shift in the customs, the order and the function of society not only make one feel alien; often you are perceived as one in turn.
The landscape is largely infiltrated with countless urban constructions – with large masses of people in and around them; going about their daily lives. Eventually, one begins to observe and identify familiarity in the exotic – Patterns in human behavior and in the social landscape, where one discovers the profound influence of western culture – mass consumption, pop culture and architecture.
Outlander is a curious, childlike observation of human behavior in the Korean urban landscape. It explores not only the vibrant eccentricities unique to this mono-cultural society, but it also looks to examine how humans (and creatures) interact within this setting.