Tahn

Born in Korea in 1967, Tahn witnessed firsthand the post-war generation’s tireless  reconstruction. Raised amid rapid industrial shifts, Tahn’s own generational struggle was one of identity amid transition. Now, holding a Ph.D. in Media Contents and degrees in Psychology and Modern Dance, Tahn explores hybrid spaces where  traditional Korean iconography meets contemporary data-driven media. Tahn’s works examine collective memory, human fragility, and temporal elasticity, creating spaces that fuse myth, history, and real-time engagement.      

Amusement Park of Memories: What If Life Was One Ride You Couldn’t Finish?

His work visualizes time as a ride that never fully ends. Nostalgic carousels spin without riders; rollercoasters stall between anticipation and oblivion. Each visitor alters the visual flow: more viewers reveal more memories and fragments of today’s news; fewer viewers cause narratives to fade quietly into abstraction. Influenced by Husserl’s comet metaphor, the head represents the immediate “now,” with a tail of unresolved pasts trailing behind. If live audience-data and real-time news streams are unavailable, the work seamlessly defaults to simulated interactions-ensuring perpetual resonance with audiences who walk by.