Event Logical
A member of the AG (Avant-garde Group) as well as leader of the group Space & Time (S.T.) 1969 – 1980, Lee Kun-yong helped to open the horizon for contemporary art in Korea through his experimental approach to conceptual art, performance and installation. When Lee attended the 8th Paris Biennale in 1973, the experience deeply changed his thinking, and he began to consider the body as an artistic medium in itself. He focused on performances related to space, situation, site and the body, giving it the name ‘event’; drawing a line between ‘happenings’ and his own practice. From 1975 to 1979, Lee presented about 50 ‘events’ in different locations and exhibitions, and although documentation of Lee’s performances is extremely rare, Event Logical shows one of these events. (Art Cinema OFFoff)