PARK SEONG JUN

Upon entering the darkened space, spectators are met with flashing strobe lights and the voices of journalists, creating the impression of stepping into a press conference. The reporters’ questions, delivered through sound, initially treat the spectators as if they were celebrities. But with the trembling voice of a woman journalist asking, “Why did you do that to me?”, the tone abruptly shifts. Their voices gradually turn the spectators into perpetrators—from MeToo-related incidents to brutal serial crimes. The lighting effects become increasingly aggressive, further stimulating the already tense spectators, and spectators begin to notice their shadows on the opposite wall resembling either perpetrators or victims. In this simulation of press conference, where the individual and the collective are intertwined, the internal conflict between desire and anxiety felt by the audience is amplified.

The interactive installation Press Conference, represented as a press event within a paradoxical structure—where what is said and what is heard, what is desired and what is believed, fail to align—sharply illuminates the absurd and vicious aspects of contemporary society. It reveals how distorted desires are transferred/imposed onto individuals and groups, while also pointing out the phenomenon in which this is again expressed as conflict between individuals and society.