Concept

Engagement is a way of capturing attention, a way of alluring and a way of enticing to possess ownership. We could implement this as a way of attracting an audience, being drawn into a system and in turn be captivated. Such methods can include smoke screens, masquerade and stings.

We can be engaged in political upheaval and in contrast engaged to be married. Either way if one shows the willingness to engage then they are seized, arrested and caught, through an innocent human desire to absorb and be engrossed.

What happens when this engagement is done in a malicious, unlawful and corrupted way? When does the real become hyper-real? Entrapment is the process of this transition to occupy whether through political, artistic or personal systems.

What is the ethical concern over this? Is the viewer guilty for being engrossed in a piece of work that is deemed vulgar or inappropriate; a guilty pleasure? Is the accused guilty until proven innocent? Is the artist wrongly committed for a self-indulgent expression? Does this polarity repel or assist the convicted?

International artists have been invited to submit work which explores a subversive engagement, use tactics and trickery to captivate and which contests rules and laws of a system. Aesthetically, artists works entices the audience, engages them in viewing and ultimately entrap them into the work. Will the viewer be engrossed, cheated or convicted?

Works featured include traditional art forms of photography, painting and sculpture but also the contemporary processes of interventions, installations and new media.

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Hajun, Lee




Republic of Korea

'Duplicated self Portrait'
300mm x 387mm
Marker&Permanent pen&faint effect 

'The portrait'
320mm x 410mm
Acrylic on Canvas 

I totally concentrate on masquerade and the subject of my artistic meditation elongated to the extent of our society, which is a primary fundamental theme of my artworks. I have been taking a step to comprehend the wide variety of underlying aspects in our society and people including me. This is the reason why my artworks and artistic style look vulgar, crude, and primitive.  I believe that a series of my artworks would function as a driving power for people to ponder about themselves in these days, the public’s masquerade, and their engagement to others.