MUSÉE 29 – EVOLUTION
Evolution explores the concepts of progress, transformation, growth, and advancement in an age when images are taking a dramatic shift in the role they play in our lives.
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Steven Yeun: I apologize but I'm at Disneyland right now and there's a giant marching band in front of me. Maybe it's good background music.
Andrea Blanch: [laughs] It's not disruptive at all, thanks. First of all I wanted to say that you've made some great career choices. Quite extraordinary.
Originally the idea of Like Ice in the Sunshine came to me on a hot and sunny day at Bondi Beach, while I was observing other sunbathers. With my artist residency in Venice Beach, I could find further observations and inspirations. Sydney and Los Angeles are both situated on almost the same latitude, which also allowed me to shoot in similar sunlight.
So talking about the South Bronx, even though that was far from being an immediate realization, was a natural continuation of what I was doing before. I’m also very interested in how people organize collectively to assert their voices and rights.
And from there we make stories, recall something deep in our memory now passed, and we connect because the boy who we do not know, who we may even judge, made us feel for a moment. I can't overcome the representation of identity, but I can hopefully, look at the the ways in which each of us is susceptible to cultural expectations, ideals, and pressures and their internalization.
Get past the fear. Believe in yourself. Go beyond the perception of what you think your potential is. We go through life and think, “I can only do this. I can’t do this here.”
