Douglasism: Itemized Miasma 더글러시즘: 불온한 공기, 2013

 Installation in progress @ Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
25th Oct. -12th Nov. 2013
curated by Kim Kim Gallery
special thanks to Sonia Dermience & Damien Airault, Kwanhoon Gallery, Haeju Kim
Photos by Damien Airault, Sonia Dermience & Joann Koo



The Main Bulk of My Output 내가 생산하는 대부분의 것들에 대하여


     The majority main-bulk of my output consists of written art and iterary prose “stories”, both as my project and collaboration input or as “essays”, as well as almost kinda normal “criticism” and supportive backup information.  However, despite appearing or even partly being eccentric and autonomous, I’m severely conscientious, ethical and pragmatic — given my insistence on gleaning maximum insight and lowdown — and full consultation of those involved in the same venture, as much for myself and my input as for the project. But many of my works can “survive”, alone, by themselves, on their own; reuse is possible and sometimes done — not lazy, dismissive and noncommittal disposal — always selected and chosen with reason. Form taken can vary from: the printed page; live events (recitals and lectures, at launch receptions, performances, conferences etc); audio recordings; moving image; exhibited artwork; online etc.
Despite being akin to literature, most origination, development and outlet is linked to visual art — and rooted very much in my earliermostly unexposed and abandoned visual art practice — sharing many common concerns and characteristics — but allowing infinitely greater potential for flexibility and scope — never easy or even possible in my previous practice.   My “service” can be applied to just about any and every thing, where, body and time. When I still made visual art, it was mainly deadpan oneliners; jokes with categories, definition, meaning and contradictions-in-terms; excuses to use found, modified and self-authored language.  I always wrote anyway, including critical essays and information.  My more recent and ongoing almost / semi / non “career” (such as it is) began around the late 1990’s and year 2000; after I’d given up deluding myself and deceiving others of whatever it was I claimed and pretended I “did” or was; beforehand, if people encouraged or invited me — I all too often gave up — despite a partial track-record dating back to the late 1980’s and early 1990’s; only this time around, I embraced and accepted offers and opportunities, following up ideas — at 1st, salvaging and regurgitating ideas and material leftover from what I’d done earlier — then soon, avoidance, escape, disguise, transformation and improvement of that — until moving onwards and away from there.
As I said in an unpublished statement: “I suppose I'm an opposite other way around reversal of (yet another idiom or genre I identified — as part of my habit of ‘idioming’ and ‘genrefication’).  Whereby (ex) literary writers and pœts / publishers (persons of letters etc), later become more exposed and successful as visual artists — yet with many common and recurrent threads held onto.  Vito Acconci, Vincenzio Agnetti, Marcel Broodthærs, Joan Brossa, Christian Dotremont, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Jochen Gerz, Jiri Kolar, Henri Michaux, Michel Seuphor, Jean-Claude Silbermann and Emmett Williams etc.”
As for my present works, I usually generate, introduce, describe, enforce and inflict an inescapable reality; whereby strange but familiar and credible environments, processes, events and forces unravel and proceed (nota bene: some of these “stories” are born out of reaction to site-visits, research and insight, which I follow up, develop and perfect).  A mutant hybrid cross-between nature and artifice, lacking culpability or authorship attribution and accusation — as though somehow just happening — and ambiguous as to morality of intention, purpose and outcome.  Embodiment and delivery of such imagery and scenes is pulled off using half prosaic and part deadpan words and phrasing; any human presence and action is nearly absent, except represented by mere implication, symbolism, metaphor and anthropomorphosis or the most fleeting and brief of clichés.  Every aspect of the ensuing overall end-result is a mental, perceptual, material and cultural presence and experience; hopefully coming across as already pre extant, up and running, known, accustomed to, normal and inevitable.
Issues arise and are addressed of how free, controlled, honest, insincere, genuine and false any creativity or anything else for that matter can be or is.  While rarely born or finalized using systems (like Raymond Roussel, Oulipo authors, the Vienna Group etc), theres more deliberate contrivance than there supposedly is in Stream-Of Consciousness, Surrealist Automatism and Beatnik Free-Association.  Although banal and mundane found language is used and referenced — and readymade quality is aimed at — I rarely manipulate lifted sources (as in “found pœtry”, William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin’s Cutup and Fold-in novels, Unica Zurn’s profound anagrams, Tom Phillips’s ‘Humument’ stories etc).
If and when possible, necessary and justified, my contribution is presented in such a way as to parasitically infest, take over, feed off, grow on and play games with (or save) the host.  An otherwise marginal inclusion is made central, whilst a group or collective outlet becomes solo. Sometimes, I write spin-off revelatory “meta-literature”. Behind the-scenery and inside-storytelling about the background, production and other circumstances around my work and projects. To quote myself in my artist’s statement (or ‘Policy’!), “in many ways my work is illustration in reverse” is what I’ve said about all this, finally arriving at the summarized definition of it as “Dynamic Inventory / Itemized Miasma”.
©, Copyright, Douglas Park


 결과물의 대부분은 거의 일반적인 종류의 “비평 보조적인 정보나의 프로젝트와 협업의 자원들, “에세이”,글로 써진 예술 그리고 문학적 산문인 “이야기들 구성된다 드러나는 형태나 심지어  실체 일부가 기이하고자율적으로 보임에도 불구하고 최대한의 통찰력을 투여하고 비밀정보들을 모아내는 노력을 한다는 점에서 나는 매우 양심적이고윤리적이며 실용적이다또한 같은 모험에 동반하는 사람들을 최대한 고려하고  자신에 대해서 아니라 프로젝트에 대해서 그리고 같은 모험에 동반하는 사람들에 대해서 최대한 고려한다는 점에서 그러하다그러나 나의 여러 작업들은 혼자 자체로스스로 “살아남을”  있다 것들은 재사용이 가능하고 때로는 실제로재사용되는데태만하고 오만하거나 방관 안에서 처리되는 것이 아니라  당위적으로 선정되고 선택 받는다.  형태는 인쇄물라이브 이벤트(발표회강의런칭 리셉션에서퍼포먼스컨퍼런스 ), 오디오 녹음동영상작품전시온라인 등으로 다양하게 구체화된다.  이것은 문학과도 유사하지만 대부분의 시작과 발전결과는 시각 예술 –특히 거의 보여진  없고 버려진 나의 초기 시각 예술 행위- 공동의 관심과 특성을 공유한다.  또한 동시에 나의 이전 작업에서는 쉽지도 않고 가능하지도 않았던 유연성과 시선에서의 무한한 가능성과 잠재력을 가지고 있다나의 “서비스  어떤그리고 모든 장소몸체시간에도 적용될  있다내가 여전히 시각예술을 했었을  그것은 주로 진지하거나 무표정으로 던지는 짤막한 농담들이었다범주와 정의의미또는 모순이 들어있는 농담들이었다발굴하고변경하고자체적으로 만든 언어들이었다어쨌든 나는 항상 비판적인 논평과 정보를 집어넣은 글을 썼다나의최근의현재에도 진행되고 있는 거의반쯤은/(이와 같이 “경력적인 일들은 1990년대 후반에서 2000 즈음 시작됐다내가 “거나 그랬다고 주장했고그런 척했던 것이 무엇이든지 간에 스스로를 기만하거나 다른 이들을 속이기를 포기하고  이후였다 이전에는 사람들이 나를 북돋아주거나 초대해준다면 -  모두를 금세 포기하곤 했었지만- 1980년대 말과 1990년대 초로 되돌아본다면  시간 즈음에서는  이전에 내가 했던 것에서의 생각들과 남은 물질을 인양하고 역류시키고는  그것에 대한 회피도망변장변형개선하는 방식으로 생각들을 덧붙이면서그곳으로부터 계속 나아가고멀어질 때까지 여러가지 제안들과 기회들을 수용하고 받아들였다.  미출간  글에서언급한적이 있는데 “나는 내가 반전을 거꾸로 뒤집은  반대라고 생각한다”( 역시  ‘숙어 만들기 idioming’ 장르화하기 genrefication’ 습관의 일환으로 내가 발견한  다른 숙어나 장르이지만). (전직)문학 작가들과 시인들/출판가들(문자형 인간 ) 후에 시각 예술가로서  알려지고 성공하게 되는 경우가 있다여기에 엮여 있는 많은 예시들로는 비토 아콘치빈센지오 아네티,  마르셀 브로타스조안 브로사크리스티앙 도트르몽이안 해밀톤 핀레이,요한 게르츠지리 콜라앙리 미쇼미셸 수포 클로드 실버맨에메트 윌리엄스 등이 있다.

 현재 작업에 대해 다시 말하자면나는 주로 피할  없는 실재를 발생시키고소개하고묘사하고시행하고괴롭힌다그래서 이상하지만 익숙하고 그럴듯한 환경과정사건힘들이 풀려 나오고 진행된다. (주의일부 이런 “이야기들 내가 추적발전시켜 완성한 현장답사연구와 통찰에 대한 반응들로부터 탄생했다). 자연과 인공 사이를넘나드는 돌연변이 잡종은 책임감이나 저작권귀속감과 혐의가 결여 되어 있고  –어떨  그냥 일어나기는 하지만 -그리고 의도목적결과에 대한 도덕적인 질문에 대해 애매한 상태를 유지한다그러한 장면과 이미지를 형태화하고전달하는 것은 절반은 평범하고 일부는 진지한 단어들과 어구들을 통해 이루어진다단순한 함축상징은유인간형상화 (anthropomorphosis) 아주 짧고 간단한 상투성의 작동을 제외하면 어떤 인간의 존재와 행동도 부재하는 것이 된다뒤따라오는 결과물들은 정신적인식적물질적문화적 현재와 경험이다이미 있던 작동 중인 알려진 익숙한 정상적이고 피할  없는 것들도 함께 따라오기를 바랄 뿐이다이를 통해  문제에 대해 독창성이나 다른 무언가가 얼마나 자유로운지통제되는지정직한지불성실한지진정성 있는지거짓된 것인지에 대한 이슈와 논쟁들이 일어난다기존의 시스템을 사용하여 탄생하거나 종결된  (Raymond Roussel, Oulipo/울리포/잠재문학작가들, Vienna Group/비엔나 서클 등과 같은것이 아닌 고의적인 장치들-의식의 흐름초현실주의적 오토마티즘비트 세대의 자유연상법과 같은 장치들도 있을 것이다진부하고 일상적이며 지어낸 언어를 사용하고 인용했고– 레디메이드  퀄리티를 목적으로 하고 있지만이미 존재하고 있는 것들(윌리엄 버로우즈의 “파운드 포에트리” 그리고 브라이언 기슨의 컷업폴드  소설들유니카 체른의 아나그램 필립스의 ‘휴무먼트(homument=human +document)’이야기 등) 이용하지는 않았다.  가능하고필요하고정당하다면 내가 기여하는 바는 이러한 방식으로존재하면서 숙주에 기생적으로 움직이고숙주를 장악하고얹혀살고 안에서 자라며 숙주와 경쟁(혹은 구제)하는방식으로 표상될 것이다그렇지 않으면 단체나 집단적 결과물이 주도하는 가운데  같은 미미한 개입이 중심이 되게 하는 것이다이따금 나는 파생적으로 계시적인 “메타 문학 집필하기도 한다배경에 관해 장면 뒷얘기나 내부의 이야기 작업과 프로젝트들을 둘러싼 생산과 다른 환경들에 대해 언급하기도 한다 아티스트 스테이트먼트에서 인용하는 “여러모로  작업은 뒤집힌 삽화다라는 말은  모든 것에 대한 정리가  것이다.  마침내 이것은 “역동적 목록이자 불온한 공기 요약될  있을 것이다.

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