Urban Playground : Beyond Consumption

Hear from Woopsyang, the artist behind Space-Out Competition, and awaken non-consumptive ways to use the city as your playground.

On the public holiday, Monday 9 June, QV will host Space-Out Competition for RISING. It’s a competition to see who can do the most nothing. Acclaimed South Korean artist Woopsyang hatched the idea in 2014 when she was struggling with burn out.

Hear from the creative force behind the celebrated installation when she delivers a one-of-a-kind public talk exploring her groundbreaking ‘Urban Play Development Project’.

Driven by the idea that city play is often just another form of consumerism, the ‘Urban Play Development Project’ offers us a new way to see the city—as a giant playground full of possibilities. Woopsyang will explore new, non-consumptive ways of play that awaken human instincts for joy and experimentation, using the language of art to challenge and expand our understanding of play in urban life.

Woopsyang - 도시, 놀이터가되다: 비소비적놀이를상상하다

국제적으로주목받는시각예술가웁쓰양(Woopsyang)의 유쾌한세계로여러분을초대합니다. ‘멍때리기대회(Space Out Competition)’라는독창적인시각 예술 퍼포먼스를 통해 잘 알려진그녀가, 이번에는 ‘Urban Play Development Project’라는혁신적인프로젝트를중심으로특별한공개강연을진행합니다.

“도시에서의놀이는결국 또 다른형태의소비가아닐까?” 라는 문제의식에서출발한 이 프로젝트는, 도시를가능성으로가득한거대한놀이터로바라보는새로운시각을제안합니다. 이번강연에서웁쓰양은소비중심에서벗어난 새로운놀이방식들을탐구하며, 기쁨과실험정신이라는인간의본능을일깨우는놀이를예술의언어로풀어냅니다. 그녀는이를통해도시에서의놀이에대한우리의인식을새롭게하고, 그 가능성을 확장하고자 합니다.