Choix, Kyoo

Aritst name of Kyoo Seok Choi, since 2020.

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• Kyoo Choix a étudié la sociologie lorsqu'il vivait en Corée, poussé par le désir de comprendre les nombreux problèmes présents dans sa société. Venu en France pour élargir ses horizons dans un environnement différent, il a découvert un désir plus profond de comprendre qui il est et ce qu'il souhaite accomplir. La lecture s'est avérée difficile pour lui, entravant sa compréhension du sens. Pour surmonter cet obstacle, il a constitué ses archives linguistiques de la manière du travail du ver à soie, construisant son cocon, le détruisant, puis recommençant le processus. Sa nouvelle vie dans une langue étrangère l’a progressivement orienté vers l'art. Devenu plasticien, il a rédigé sa thèse intitulée "Art d’archives, archives de l'art : construction du savoir, de l'œuvre d'art et de soi", explorant ainsi son processus créatif. En tant que chercheur, artiste et commissaire d’exposition, il organise des projets artistiques et académiques entre la Corée et la France. Il a récemment participé à des expositions organisées par Combine Works à Séoul, Arts Éphémères à Marseille, la galerie Jean des Montagnes à Bard-le-Régulier, Art Speaks : Louder than Words au Maroc et la Fondation Zervos à Vézelay.

• Kyoo Choix studied sociology when he lived in Korea, driven by the desire to understand why there are so many problems in his society. Coming to France to broaden his horizons to another world, he discovered a deeper desire to know who he is and what he wants to do. Reading proved to be difficult for him, hindering his comprehension of the meaning. To overcome this obstacle, he built his linguistic archives in the manner of a silkworm's work, constructing his cocoon, destroying it, and then restarting the process. His new life in a foreign language gradually led him towards art. Becoming a visual artist, he wrote his thesis entitled "Art of Archives, Archives of Art: Construction of Knowledge, Artwork, and Self," which explores his creative process. As a researcher, artist, and curator, he organizes artistic and academic projects between Korea and France. His recent participation includes exhibitions organized by Combine Works in Seoul, Arts Éphémères in Marseille, the gallery Jean des Montagnes in Bard-le-Régulier, and the Zervos Foundation in Vézelay.

• Kyoo Choix was born in Seoul and studied sociology with an intention to change the society. Kyoo Choix came to Paris a little by chance in 2005 and was able to start art again also a little by chance. Perhaps this person has found a calling from childhood. Kyoo Choix has been working as a visual artist since 2014. The way of working of this artist is to build something from almost nothing. Like a silkworm, the work of this artist is a reconstruction towards its body. This little worm becomes a chrysalis and then it comes out. Kyoo Choix obtained a master's degree in plastic arts at the University Paris 8 in 2014 and will complete the thesis entitled "Art of archives, archives of art: construction of knowledge, of the art work and of self” in 2022. Kyoo Choix currently resides in Ateliers Daguerre in Paris: http://lesateliersdaguerre.fr/kyoo-choix Kyoo Choix has organized with Eric Bonnet several artistic and academic projects between Korea and France since 2017. 

• 나는 서울이라 불리는 도시에 오래 머물렀었고, 이후 파리라는 곳에 머물고 있다. 이 두 시공간은 나를 통해 이어진다. 나는 한 공간에 오랫동안 틀어박혀 고치를 짓는다. 이동은 내면에서 치열하다. 내가 뽑아낸 실은 이전과 이후의 시공간을 잇는다. 나는 비어있었던, 채워져도 다시 비워지는 통로이다. 여러 시공간들이 나를 지나간다. ‘우연히’ 프랑스어에서 살게 되었는데, 이 ‘이상한' 언어로된 텍스트를 이해하기는 불가능에 가까웠다. 그래서 공통된 단어가 지나가는 문장을 여러 텍스트들로부터 필사해서 언어 아카이브를 구축했다. 수년 후 아카이브는 한계에 다다랐고, 이것을 파괴하는 과정에서 지식 체계가 예술 체계로 변형되고 있다. 하나로부터 다른 하나를 잇거나, 무언가를 이식하거나 변형시키며 나는 변형된다. 내가 읽는 한국어로 된 글과 프랑스어로 된 글은 내 안에서 엮인다. 이 둘을 엮는 나의 내부는 이전과 다르게 재구성된다. 또한 나는 지식 체계와 예술 체계가 지나는 통로이다. 의미 체계와 사회 체계가 연결되는 통로이다. 자연과 인공 구조가 접합되는 통로이기도하다. 나는 또 다른 지점을 지나는 통로가 되도록 열려있다.