When hallucination is no longer a symptom
Galerie Derouillon•Feb 20, 2025 — Apr 05, 2025
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KL: Before the diagnosis of my mental illness, I came across the book Orientalism by Edward W. Saïd and it made me realize that there is a way of constructing narratives that portrays others as weak, sick or inferior, and thus justifies this representation. I began to take an interest in these social categorizations and definitions even before I...More
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When hallucination is no longer a symptom
Galerie Derouillon•Feb 20, 2025 — Apr 05, 2025
Press Release
“The artist’s job is to deconstruct the defined state”
Keunmin Lee, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Elena Foster
Seoul
Keunmin Lee (KL): It’s a statement, you can read it when you are comfortable and have the time.
Elena Foster (EF): So this is your manifesto, your statement about what art means to you?
Hans Ulrich Obrist (HUO): [Quoting] “This art is made to liberate myself from the oppressive nature of illness and diagnoses.” Can you tell us about your views and thoughts on the violence inherent to the way society defines and categorizes individuals through data?
KL: Before the diagnosis of my mental illness, I came across the book Orientalism by Edward W. Saïd and it made me realize that there is a way of constructing narratives that portrays others as weak, sick or inferior, and thus justifies this representation. I began to take an interest in these social categorizations and definitions even before I...More
