* E-mail :
bonpark@gmail.com (Bona Park)
ennjicho@gmail.com (Eunji Cho)
* Website :
http://www.mcjoonsausage.blogspot.com/ (Michelangelo Pistoletto Band)
http://www.bonapark.co.uk/ (Bona Park)
www.gigaction.com/eunjicho (Eunji Cho)
Bona Park
2006-2008 MFA art practice, Goldsmiths College, The University of London, UK
2001-2004 BA fine art, the Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
1996-2000 BA English literature and BA mass communication, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Selected solo shows & projects
2011 FREE Flight, Platform Place 629, Seoul, Korea
X reverse, Pingpong art space , Taipei, Taiwan
2009 X2, The Room (the project space in Total Museum), Seoul, Korea
2005 Ya project 01 - Park, Bona, gallery Ga, Seoul, Korea
2003 Eraser head, gallery 126, Seoul, Korea
Collaboraiton projects
2011 Ellery Queen: The Finishing Stroke ( collaborated with Roisin Byrne) Space O'newall, Seoul, Korea
Michelangelo Pistoletto Band @ Incheon, Korea (collaborated with Eunji Cho), Space Beam,
Seoul, Korea
123 Band Performance (collaborated with Eunji Cho), Concrete Island opening
by Okin Collective,gallery Takeout Drawing, Seoul, Korea
ReaEstateBoxEmptySeongamIsland123(collaborated with Eunji Cho), Seongam Island, Ahnsan,
Korea
Selected group shows & projects
2011 From Blank Pages, Art Space Pool, Seoul, Korea
EMAF (Ewha Media Art Festival) 2011, Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Hit and Run, random public places in Seoul, Korea
Live Ammo, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Island - Gyeonggi Creation Center local collaboration project, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ahnsan,
Korea
Pong-dang, Gyeonggi Creation Center , Ahnsan, Korea
Conceal from your eye, Bastero, Andoain, Spain
Cooperation, not Corporation, ITS-Z1, International Test Site, Ritopek, Serbia
Residency Parade, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
Out of line, space Hamilton, Seoul, Korea
Novel 01: in search of Junhon Lee, gallery Takeout Drawing, Seoul, Korea
2009 Flexible Aura, Brain Factory, Seoul, Korea
Unidee in Progress,Cittadellarte -Foundazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
Jamais-vu, H.Forman & Son event hall, London, UK - 2009 Hackney Wicked Festival
2008 Visual vocabulary : between image and word, the Gallery in Wilsden Green Library, London, UK
Goldsmiths College MFA degree show, London, UK
2007 The Shifted state, Bear Space, London, UK
2005 15 Villages stories in Gwangju, the City Hall, Gwangju, Korea
Let's go to Venice Biennale, gallery 175, Seoul, Korea
Awards & grants & residencies
2011-2012 Seoul Art Space _Geumcheon, Seoul, Korea
2011 collaboration project with Eunji Cho selected and supported by Space Beam, Incheon, Korea
Pingpong Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 -2011 Studio 683, Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
Artist Residency, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ahnsan, Korea
2009 Artist Residency, Cittadellarte- Fondazione Pistoletto, ( UNESCO-Aschberg Grant), Biella, Italy
2006 The New Face Artist for 2006 awarded by the monthly magazine, 'Art in Culture', Korea
Publication
2011 Ellery Queen: The Finishing Stroke, Space O'newall, Seoul, Korea
Free Flight, Bona Park, Press Kit Press, Seoul, Korea
2010 Island, Gyeonggi Creation Center local collaboration project, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ahnsan,
Korea
Novel 01 : footnotes without text , Roundabout, Seoul, Korea
2009 Flexible Aura, Brain Factory, Seoul, Korea
Unidee 2009, Cittadellarte-Foundazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
Bona Park, X,XX,X2, The Room (The project space in Total Museum), Seoul , Korea
Eunji Cho
2000 Central St.Martins College of art & Design. MA Fine Art/London. U.K.
1995 E-wha Woman’s University, Seoul. BA Sculpture/Seoul. Korea
Selected Exhibitions and Art Activities
2011 (In)visible Move and Human Agency/Gunsan Suhyup. Gunsan. Korea
Dtang, The Mud Said._Eunji Cho Solo Show/National Theater Company of Korea. Seoul.Korea
Michelangelo Pistoletto @ Incheon/Sapce Beam. Incheon. Korea
EMAP 2011/E-wha Woman’s Univ. Seoul. Korea
Media Scape/Nam Jun Paik Museum. Suwon. Korea
Dancing To The Rhymes/Kumho Museum. Seoul. Korea
2010 Seom. GCC Local Collaboration Project Exhibition/ Sungam Island, Asan, Korea
The Multi-Culture In Our Time_Gyeonggi Creation Center & Le Pavillon(Palais de Tokyo)
Exhibition / Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art/ Ansan, Korea
Okin-Open Site/ Okin APT Site. Seoul. Kore
Sound Effect Seoul 2010:Sound Specific/SangSang Madang. Seoul. Korea
2009 Nelson Mandela Must Be Free/ Spor Klübü, Berlin. Germany
Instructional Work/Room Gallery. Auckland. New Zealand
Green Underground/Take Out Drawing. Seoul. Korea
2008 Gwangju Biennale/Gwangju Biennale Exhition Hall. Gwangju. Korea
Open Studio at DCR/DCR artist studio. The Hague. Holland
Close To You/Kaywon Art College Gallery27. Gyeonggi-do. Korea
2007 The Organic Flag Performance/Baene-gol, Gyeongsang Province, Korea
Flexible Landscape Performance APAP 2007/ Anyang New Town. Korea
Independent Drawing GIG.3/The Qurtair, The Hague, Holland
100 Ideas & 10000 Combinations/Yeonhee-dong 195 project Space. Seoul. Korea
KIAF 2005 Special Exhibition. ‘Something Mr.C can’t have.’/ COEX. Seoul. Korea
2006 Virginia Woolfs meets New Town City / History of Women Exhibition, Seoul. Korea
Sound & Screening 4. An Actual Poem_By Eunji Cho/ Insa Art Space, Arts Council Korea.
Seoul.Korea
Free Performance (They got paid daily and left to take a break)/Ilsan New Town. Korea
3rd Dog Farm Concert/Performance in Dog Breeding farm in Daegok/Korea
2005 Tavola rotonda sulla condizione della donna straniera in Italy_The Skin of Biella Project/
Cittadellarte. Italy
Citta Biella /Billboard Installation/Biella Train station. Italy
Valigia Cantata Performance/Biella. Italy
2004 Band Venus Eclipse meets Jiyul, the Activist Monk/Performance and discussion/
Pidgin Collective 1st collection/Haja Center. Seoul. Korea
Minority Report/Collaborate with Artist collective Mixrice/Arhus. Denmark
2003 Dog/Person/Show_Solo Exhibition/Artinus. Seoul. Korea
Workshops & Lectures
2009 Multiculturalism in our time/ Palais de Tokyo. Paris
2009 -2010 Lecturer. Kookmin University. Seoul
2008, 2009 Artist talk. Yonsei University. Seoul
2007-2008 Lecturer. Ulsan University, Ulsan. Korea
2006 Virginia Woolfs meets New Town City/Exhibition and Workshop about new town policy and
gender/History of Women Exhibition, Seoul Korea
Jeju & Seogwipo Libraly of Miracle workshop for Children/ Libraly of Miracle. Jeju & Seogwipo.
Korea
2005 Workshop ‘Creativita e Transformazione Sociale Responsabile/ San Servolo, Venice, Italy
Project
2011 Gunsan Art Residency Project/Gunsan. Korea
2010 RealEstateBoxEmptyIsland123 Project/ Collaboration with Bona Park
2009- Okin APT Project/Collaboration with Shiu Jin, Jungmin Yi, Jooyoung Lee, Whayoung Kim
2008 I.D. GIG4 Incheon_Jakjeon holiday factory/Incheon
2006 Yeonhee-dong 195 Residency Project/ Collaboration with Jooyoung Lee,
Jan Christensen and other artists/Seoul. Korea
Travel Bag Singer Project/ Collaboration with Jang Un Kim/ Ilsan New Town. Korea/
2005 The Skin of Biella Project/ Collaboration with Victor Andrea Munoz/Biella, Italy
2003-2006 Open Studio Project/Collaboraton with Kyeongran Cho and Youngji Kwon/Korea
Other Activities
2003-2006 Editor and Organizer of Open Studio Project/Studio on Paper
2003-2006 Visual Band Venus Eclipse/New Ingredients member
Commission
2007 Anyang Public Art Project 2007/Anyang City Hall
Art in City Public Art Project/Art Council Korea
2006 Sound & Screening 4. An Actual Poem_By Eunji Cho/ Insa Art Space, Art Council Korea
Graf2006/They got daily and left to take a break/Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation
Publications
2011 Lard Score
2009 Earth Thief
2006 Open Studio Project/Studio on Paper 1
Open Studio Project/Studio on Paper 2
An Actual Poem Audio CD
2004 Open Studio Project Book
International Artist Residency Program
2011 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon( Participating as Michelangelo Pistoletto Band)/ Seoul. Korea
2010 Gyeonggi Creation Center/ Ansan. Korea
2009 Pilot Projekt Gropiusstadt/ Berlin. Germany
2008 DCR Residency Program/ DCR. The Hague. Halloand
2007 Seok-su Market International Artist Residency_Artist Forum International/ Anyang. Korea
2005 Cittadellarte_Fondazione Pistoletto/Biella. Italy
Works
Profile
About a Band Preparing to Get Retired When
It Becomes Top
siren eun young jung(Artist)
Michelangelo Pistoletto Band(hereinafter as
Michey Band) was organized by two female artists, Bona Park and Eunji Cho, when
they participated in a residency program at Gyeonggi Creation Center located in
Seongam- island, Ansan, Korea. From its start, the band was not called as such.
The band used to be called 123 Band, which was named after the only Bus No. 123
conneting a little remote island, Seongam-island, to a city, Ansan. After
performing two songs ‘To Let’ and ‘Owner of Another Island’ in an empty box
building in the island, it changed its name into Michelangelo Pistoletto Band.
Michelangelo Pistoletto is an artist and a founder of a residency program in
Italy, where both artists of the band participated in different years. However the
band turns authority, dignity, seriousness or complexity of art associated with
the powerful male’s name into abruptness, heterogeneity, lightness, flatness or
easiness. Michey Band seems to take an opposite direction that performativity
of the grand name has, and its strategy appears to be successful.
However, why should it be a band? For Bona
Park and Eunji Cho, doing a band (or art) is a fantasy that they never reach
but still dream, and a band performance (or artistic performativity) is a
lip-synced music, which is never matched with real sound. It is as ‘Guns and
Roses’ to Bona Park or ‘Prince’ to Eunji Cho. Their commanding stage presence
and overwhelming performances enrapture and drive Michey Band but frustrate
them at the same time. They present themselves in a form of non-fine art, band music,
and reveal the process that such shameless and unsophisticated trials fail. Without
aim and desire, the fantasy is repeatedly led to fiasco, which is an ingrained
characteristic of their works. However it surprisingly plays a role to unveil
political and social structure implied in landscapes where they intervene. The
band makes strange surroundings - empty buildings in a remote island, land for
sale, flats lined up in a form of unrefined American-style bed towns, a global
city where post-modern skyscrapers rise up, also, desolate ruins in an old
collapsing town which has been simultaneously inhaled into a whirl of
redevelopment project, and a rustic resort which became an abandoned community
or a ruin - much more unfamiliar, The band just appears in music videos against
such backdrop, but such landscapes get more pushed to a frontline and to a
political arena.
They are a band but neither musicians nor
singer- songwriters. They write lyrics but ask a composer to make music, and
then they just try to imitate a band by synchronizing the songs recorded with
others’ voices. Their performance copies ‘cool band like looking’, but it comes
somewhat awkward bit by bit sliding far from integrity. Their performance, which
seems nothing, veils something but unveils others. Lyrics are not clearly heard
at the first time and yet get more prominent in a series of repetition, while
their body movement, which do not specifically express, ridiculously steps
backward behind the lyrics and landscapes. Michey Band chooses landscapes with
careful intentions. It is needless to say how intentionally they choose places
for performance or frame music videos. Obviously, Mickey Band’s humorous
performance abandoned or breached customs of institutional arts. However,
because the landscapes and place they choose are familiar issues in
contemporary art, their performance seems to go back to representation of
landscapes, which is an institutional art. It represents their chaotic conditions
or intended twists leading to spectators’ laughter and confusion. The band will
retire just when the public look at them with a surfeit of yearnings as well as
confusion concurrently. Since then, the band will remain as a myth. Michey Band
is waiting for their retirement. It means that they are waiting for the peak
when their dramatic disappearing becomes possible. It is for fading into an
eternal fantasy and staying as cacophony of an aimlessly expended place and
history.
 ennjicho@gmail.com (Eunji Cho) * Website : http://www.mcjoonsausage...){kind=link}