Jeongil / Jeongdam / Jeongwol / Jeongkyeong The Festival transforms Culture Station Seoul 284 into six spaces akin to cosy and attractive homes. It includes the following individual themed spaces: JIP-JIP expresses the hope of the New Year. BANG-BANG evokes warm-hearted scenes from daily life. SSAENG SSAENG MADANG explores the richness and fun of traditional Korean games. JEONGDAM DAEHAPSIL offers a relaxing Waiting Room for friendly conversation. BYEOL BYEOL JANTEO sells a range of traditional products. ONEUL PHOTO STUDIO gathers a photographic archive of traditional daily life. Collateral Exhibition: ONEUL HANBOK: TIMELESS presents a selection of traditional Korean clothing for today.
‘HOUSE-HOUSE’ A space filled with New Year wishes. Through announcing the beginning of Lunar New Year in 2024, ‘HOUSE- HOUSE’ is designed to evoke the values of traditional culture. The universe (宇宙) unites infinite space (‘宇’) and time (’宙’) and includes all things. But the spaces that define our lives are all too often built with the cold and alienating geometric forms of modern architecture. Chang Eungbok, the Director of the exhibition, transforms Culture Station Seoul 284 into a House that employs warm and dynamic geometric forms which reflect the values of traditional culture while also being inspired by contemporary architectural and environmental forms. Through using the materials, forms, and structures of traditional culture, ‘HOUSE-HOUSE’ signals the happiness and peace we desire at the beginning of the Lunar New Year, and is connected to the next space, ‘ROOM-ROOM’ - a space within a space.
‘ROOM-ROOM’ Warm-hearted scenes from daily life. An architecture and design that connects space to the universe evokes the substance and spirit that joins the ‘House’ to the ‘Room’. ‘ROOM- ROOM’ realizes Korean-style living by adding warmth to the precious goods of daily life. It is arranged as a place to enjoy daily life, defining, intensifying, and concentrating our state of mind. Our lives are led in accordance with the flow of nature and time, such as the traditional seasonal customs, the 24 solar phases, the four seasons, etc., and these overlap in the spaces of ‘HOUSE-HOUSE’ and ‘ROOM- ROOM’, bringing a new experience of the warm-hearted ambience of traditional life and culture.
