Jo Seong Hee
Jo Seong Hee
Invisible Cities Panoramas
This project is placed in the context
of artistic urban photography as well
as night photography. Urban
photography is as old as photography
itself, but an artistic use of this subject
was pioneered by Alfred Stieglitz, in the
early 1900s. He proved that cityscapes
can have an aesthetic value. Today, new
types of media, such as video, pose a
challenge to architectural photography.
Jo's work aims to show that photography
competes successfully with these media,
as it is possible to create 'new', imaginary
landscapes through a combination of shots.
This project is an experiment to apply the
technique of collage and produce an
imaginary‘panorama’ of high-rise
buildings and other urban features seen
by night.
The pictures each consist of three images
tightly juxtaposed in one frame. For Jo's
idea of a panoramic impression furnished
by triple images She relied on McLuhan's
philosophy regarding the extension of vision.
By joining images, you transcend the need
to read sequences sequentially. Hilliard and
Scott McFarland also ‘compressed’ time into
single images. The result combines elements
of collage and voyeurism.
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Education:
M. A. Photography, London Metropolitan
University (part time) 2007-2009 |
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C & G Photography Level 1 introduction
b&w development print and film, 11
weeks, North Kingston Centre 2003 |
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practical training black and white
development print and film, Photoland,
Seoul, South Korea |
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Department of Industrial Design,
ChonBuk University, South Korea 1987-1991 |
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Exhibitions:
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‘Invisible Cities’, part of Uncertain States,
Photo-Space Gallery, London 2009 |
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‘Invisible Cities ’, M. A. Photography Final Show Uncertain States, Metropolitan
University, London 2009 |
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‘Invisible Cities ’, M. A. Photography
Interim Show, Metropolitan University,
London 2009 |
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‘Unfolding’, Foyer Gallery, London
Metropolitan University, London 2008 |
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‘Artists’ Gardens’, M. A. Final Show,
Metropolitan University, London 2008 |
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‘Tube Project’ & ‘Cute Japanese Boys’,
M. A. Photography Interim Show,
Metropolitan University, London 2008 |
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Publications and reviews:
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- S. Jo, 'Artist's Gardens', Activate 5 (2009),
23-25 |
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- All About London (Seoul: Nexus,
forthcoming): photographs of life in London |
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- ‘Korean Language Service’,
Hanin Herald, 318 (1 December 2008): 1 |
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- A Few Pics from the Café 1001
Performance’, 25 November 2008. |
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- ‘Lee Byung-Hun on Being the Bad Guy’,
at 11 November 2008. |
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- Stars Launch Korean Film Festival’,
at 8 November 2008. |
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- ‘Photos from the Evening at the KCC’,
at July 2008. |
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- Behind the Scenes with the KAA’,
at 29 June 2008. |
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- website Unji Chung (flautist),
at June 2008. |
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