Extended Case Studies and Methodological Demonstrations: Supplement 2 to Relational Archival Investigation

Four case studies in Korean experimental art examine how museum collections and art archives document titles, performances, photographs and installations. Seoul Museum of Art Archives records trace Kim Yong-Ik’s Flat Object title variants and distinguish Rim Dong Sik’s Tying Reeds and Beard action from later interventions in the photographic print. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), records place the photographic presentation of Sung Neung Kyung’s Reading Newspaper in the work’s early exhibition history. They also distinguish Kim Youngjin’s early single-monitor presentation of 1978–2 from the twelve-monitor arrangement at the 2016 Busan Biennale. The selected cases demonstrate how Relational Archival Investigation links artworks to specific occasions without merging their distinct documentary histories.

한국어 초록
한국 실험미술의 작품명, 퍼포먼스, 사진 기록, 비디오 설치를 네 사례로 살핀다. 서울시립 미술아카이브 자료를 통해 김용익의 〈평면 오브제〉 명칭 변이와 임동식의 〈갈대와 수염 묶기〉 사진에 가해진 후대의 개입을 검토한다. 국립현대미술관 소장품 기록은 성능경의 〈신문 읽기〉가 초기부터 사진으로 전시되었음을 보여 주며, 김영진의 〈1978–2〉 초기 단일 모니터 발표와 2016년 부산비엔날레의 열두 모니터 설치를 구분한다.

Artists in this study
Kim Yong-Ik (김용익; Kim Yong Ik) · Rim Dong Sik (임동식; Rim Dongsik) · Sung Neung Kyung (성능경; Sung Neungkyung) · Kim Youngjin (김영진; KIM Youngjin b, 김영진 b)

Works discussed
Flat Object (평면 오브제) · Tying Reeds and Beard (갈대와 수염 묶기) · Reading Newspaper (신문 읽기) · 1978–2

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Dorian Vale | ORCID 0009-0004-7737-5094 | Wikidata Q136308916 | ISNI 0000000528819744 (publisher-attested)
Museum of One | Wikidata Q136308879 | ISNI 0000000528819728 (publisher-attested)