Installation
In a general sense, the term “installation” refers to the display or arrangement of artwork within an exhibition. In a stricter sense, the term “installation” can also refer to an art work specifically based in its wider display environment. Such installation art often attempts to enable the audience to become part of the new environment that the work creates. In this circumstance, the artwork becomes defined not only by its space, but also in terms of the relationship between the work, space and the audience.
Baggat Art Research Society
An art organization that practiced outdoor site-specific art around the Bukhangang River in 1992 to “deal with all spheres of life of living creatures including humans.” The origin of Baggat Art Association began from the Winter, Open-Air Art Show at Daesung-ri by 31 Artists exhibition held in 1981. 31 participating artists founded the Baggat Art Club in Daesung-ri and a year later changed the name to Baggat Art Research Society. They regarded nature as an inspirational creative medium and presented ritualistic works to challenge the obsessively modern mentality of the time. While dismantling the Winter in Daesung-ri exhibition, the contributors decided to restart as the Baggat Art Association in 1992. In the Association manifesto, they stated that they aimed to “challenge abstract and conceptual Korean art [for accepting] Western influence blindly” and promote Baggat art “as an attempt to coexist with nature.” The Association continue today their art activities relating to nature and ecocriticism.