무능한 풍경의 노련한 뱀: 노순택의 표상 전략 (Sneaky Snakes in Scenes of Incompetence: Suntag Noh’s Representation Strategy)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 현대미술사학회
· 수록지 정보 : 현대미술사연구 / 38호 / 233 ~ 257페이지
· 저자명 : 최연하

초록

노순택은 한국 분단의 현실에 주목하며 분단의 역사성과 현재성을 부단히 사진으로 가시화해 왔다. 그의 전시,《무능한 풍경의 젊은 뱀》은 구조화된 장치(이데올로기) 속으로 예속될 수밖에 없는 ‘무능한’ 사회적 풍경 앞에서, ‘젊은 뱀’인 사진의 역할을 성찰하고 있고, 이는 비판적 실천으로 이어진다. 본고는 노순택의 사진에서 의미가 어떠한 표상적 전략을 통해 작동하는지 그 방식들을 규명하고, 다큐멘터리 사진의 새로운 가능성을 모색해 보고자 한다.

영어초록

In his exhibition Sneaky Snakes in Scenes of Incompetence, Suntag Noh says “the division of Korean peninsula surrounds us like the air, and so as photography”. Since we can’t clearly understand the environment because we’re surrounded by it, his words can be interpreted to mean that ironically we can’t observe photographs as there are only so many. He displayed the reality of photography as if making a collection. ‘ Scenes of Incompetence’ alludes to the social environment that is only subjugated by structured politics, and the ‘sneaky snake’ seems like a metaphor for cameras, which have a short history but make quick cunning moves. The artist seems to make attempts at conveying the incompetent scenes of blindly chasing mere images of photographs rather than contemplating on the hidden political scenes. Through a series of photographic work, Suntag Noh dismantles the fundamentals of photographs and explores new possibilities of device. In Red House, he uses three curtains to make allusions to a ‘mirror’, which changes its forms depending on the subject’s viewpoint and degree of interpretation. In order to express ‘memory’ and ‘oblivion’, the artist describes the roles of photography as a form of memory arts in Forgetting Machines. Against the backdrop of ‘incompetent scenes’, the camera, which is the ‘sneaky snake’, diligently collects, thins out and categorizes pieces-images that have fallen out from the world. Our focus is directed to how Suntag Noh, who has been expressing the power of photograph ingeniously, puts forth the renewed possibilities of photographic devices.

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