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Eyes Far Lips    (2022–present)
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Ambassadors    (2023)
Eyes Far Lips Act.2    (2023)
Oct. 21·22·28·29, 2023    Windmill, Seoul, Korea, concert, “Ambassadors”; with Hanjoo Kim, Kitty, Y2K92; as part of “Eyes Far Lips Act.2”
Oct. 20, 2023    Windmill, Seoul, Korea, Yonsok Yi solo exhibition, “Eyes Far Lips Act.2”

Ambassadors Oct. 21, 22    Y2K92 & Kitty
Ambassadors Oct. 28, 29    Hanjoo Kim & Kitty
Reciter    Kitty
Voiceover    Pagoda
A Featurette    Muyeong Kim
Costume    C. H. Lee
Anamorphosis    Yongjae Lee
Sound    Kkeugokigo
Video    Junghun Ha
Photo    uma shin
Text    Jaemin Hwang
Production    Shampoo
Scene.2    Shower
Supported by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture & Korea National University of Arts
Seoul Arts Awards 2023, Multidisciplinary Arts, Porsche Frontier Award, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture


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눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips    (2022)
Oct. 21, 2022    White Noise, Seoul, Korea, Yonsok Yi solo exhibition, “눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips”; curated by Jungmin Cho

Featuring works
Winter    Hanjoo Kim
Thunder    Jiyoung Wi
Missionary    Yongjae Lee
Tensegrity    Gwansoo Shin
Featurette    Muyeong Kim

Photo (day)    Haeyoung Kim
Photo (night)    uma shin
Video    Chang Younghae
Gaffer    Yoon Heo

전시 서문    조 정민
유리 이후    이 토명
시체를 위한 무대: 《눈 먼 입》에 관하여    황 재민

Production    Shampoo
Graphic Design    Jongmin Ahn
Assistants    Ghimgilly, Hyunjin Kim

Supported by Korea National University of Arts



Yonsok YI; Ambassadors (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2); 2023; performance still, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; installation view, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin



studio, 보광동, Seoul, 2023
⒞ Yonsok YI, 2023.

⒞ Yokohama Nohgakudo
On the Noh stage, no scenery shifts from one play to the next, nor is there a curtain to conceal or reveal. Only a single panel remains—the kagami-ita, bearing the image of a green pine. Its presence suggests that everything capable of casting shade, and thus of creating illusion, has been excluded. To disturb this deliberate austerity, to make anything occur at all, is a task of rare difficulty.
⒞ Suginami Nohgakudo
⒞ Dymsensei, 2018.
Yonsok YI; Ambassadors (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2); 2023; performance still, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin




camera rehearsal with Kitty; for Ambassadors (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2); Windmill, Seoul, 2023
⒞ Yonsok YI, 2023.



costume fitting for Kitty & Jibin of Y2K92; for Ambassadors (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2); costumes by C. H. Lee; studio, 보광동, Seoul, 2023
 “고통은 의복”; The Handmaiden, dir. Park Chan-wook, 2016
C. H. Lee; costum for Hanjoo & Simo of Y2K92; courtesy of the artist
⒞ Yonsok YI, 2023.
Yonsok YI; Finale, 2021; corrugated cardboard and toothpicks; courtesy of the artist



Hashigakari (bridge)
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; installation view, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; Windmill, Seoul, Korea; Muyeong Kim; a Featurette: Sfumato, 2022, 2023; text engraving on cowhide; each 210 × 170 mm; courtesy of the artists; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; Windmill, Seoul, Korea; Muyeong Kim; a Featurette: Tantalus, 2022, 2023; text engraving on cowhide; each 225 × 143 mm; courtesy of the artists; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; Windmill, Seoul, Korea; Muyeong Kim; a Featurette: Easel, 2022, 2023; text engraving on lambskin; each 230 × 162 mm; courtesy of the artists; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; installation view, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Ambassadors (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2); 2023; performance still, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin



main stage
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Piano; 2022; oil and acrylic polymer on wood panel; 25 × 300 × 4 cm; triptych; courtesy of the artist; photo: Joseph Lee
Yonsok YI; Piano; 2022; oil and acrylic polymer on wood panel; 25 × 300 × 4 cm; detail; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; Windmill, Seoul, Korea; C. H. Lee; Ceremonial tunic in the form of a cross; 2023; wool, cotton, linen, interfaced in silk organza; approx. 240 × 240 cm; courtesy of the artists; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Ambassadors (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2); 2023; performance still, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; Windmill, Seoul, Korea; C. H. Lee; Ceremonial robe of rectangular construction; 2023; cotton poplin with silk organza interior bustle, presented on Siegel & Stock-man couture mannequin; courtesy of the artists; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; Windmill, Seoul, Korea; Yongjae Lee; Anamorphosis, 2023; oil on linen, approx. 160 × 160 cm; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Ambassadors (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2); 2023; performance still, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Eyes Far Lips Act 2; 2023; installation view, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
installation View; Eyes Far Lips Act.2 Scene.2 (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2), 2023; Shower, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: 황아림
Reciter (Kitty)
Yonsok YI; Ambassadors (as part of Eyes Far Lips Act.2), 2023; performance still, Windmill, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin



studio, 보광동, Seoul, 2023
⒞ Hong Shohyun, 2023.



studio, 보광동, Seoul, 2021

⒞ Yonsok YI, 2021.



study for a Late Night Special, 2021
⒞ Yonsok YI, 2020.
⒞ Yonsok YI, 2021.
Yonsok YI; Reading; 2021; digital scan (TIFF), from a Late Night Special (2021–present); courtesy of the artist
⒞ Yonsok YI, 2021.
Yonsok YI; I solemnly swear I am up to no good; 2021; laser print and drawing on paper and tracing paper; installed on a glass window using order racks; courtesy of the artist
Yonsok YI; Thunder; 2021; digital scan (TIFF), from a Late Night Special (2021–present); courtesy of the artist
경향신문, Jan 6, 1955, article
the face is relatively slender with thin lips, and the near absence of facial hair suggests it was painted when the king was around 19 years old.
순조 어진 (익선관본)
순조 어진
⒞ National Palace Museum of Korea
a photograph of King 세조’s portrait taken in 1935 (left) and a reproduction of the portrait published in the 경향신문 on May 14, 1969 (right)
presumed portrait of King 순조 at age 19. Collection of the National Palace Museum of Korea. While in storage in Busan during the Korean War, most of the face—except for the area below the nose—was lost in a fire in 1954.
⒞ National Palace Museum of Korea
철종 어진 ⒞ National Palace Museum of Korea
Yonsok YI; Tail; 2022; oil on wood; 4 × 4 × 30 cm; courtesy of the artist; photo: Joseph Lee
USS Alaska
USS Palos
USS Monocacy
USS Benicia
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH66305
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH63680
⒞ Felice Beato, 1871.
⒞ Yonsok YI, 2022.
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips; 2022; White Noise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI & Yongjae Lee; two frames for two drawings from Missionary (by Yongjae Lee); 2022; multi-layered reflective glass and angled walnut; approx. the size and weight of a human head; produced for Eyes Far Lips; courtesy of the artists

All the Money in the World, dir. Ridely Scott, 2017
⒞ Vermeer Centrum Delft
⒞ Goppion S.p.A. 2019
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips; 2022; White Noise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips; 2022; White Noise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin

Yonsok YI; Piano; 2022; oil and acrylic polymer on wood panel; 25 × 300 × 4 cm; triptych; courtesy of the artist; photo: Joseph Lee
Yonsok YI; Piano (panel 1 of 3); 2022; oil and acrylic polymer on wood panel; 25 × 100 × 4 cm; detail; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Piano (panel 2 of 3); 2022; oil and acrylic polymer on wood panel; 25 × 100 × 4 cm; detail; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; Piano (panel 3 of 3); 2022; oil and acrylic polymer on wood panel; 25 × 100 × 4 cm; detail; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips; 2022; White Noise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips; 2022; White Noise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips; 2022; White Noise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin



(under construction)