[spectre] HALBEATH: Takuji Kogo & Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries

[Chris Byrne]

New Media Scotland presents

HALBEATH
Takuji Kogo & Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries

The Arches, Glasgow
17th & 18th March 2004

Catch a sneak preview of Halbeath at http://www.mediascot.org

A lament for a failed globalism. Halbeath shows at the National Review 
of Live Art, Glasgow.

The South Korean company Hyundai started construction of a microchip 
manufacturing plant at Halbeath near Dunfermline in 1996, at the time 
hailed as the biggest inward investment in Scotland. Completion was 
delayed by the subsequent Asian financial crisis. In 2000, US mobile 
phone manufacturer Motorola re-started construction. Motorola left in 
2001 and the factory remains closed.

Takuji Kogo created Halbeath with help from Korean artist Young Hae 
Chang Heavy Industries. Images of a mobile phone handset combine with a 
popular song from the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. 
The failed hopes of Korean industry under globalisation are traced back 
to their roots in post-war reconstruction. For a second 're-mix' of 
Halbeath, Takuji Kogo examines the impact on the locals. He overlays 
images of the abandoned factory with the tune from a 17th century 
traditional Scottish song, The False Bride.

Takuji Kogo developed the work during a residency at New Media 
Scotland, part of the project Art In The Home, at locations across 
Edinburgh. The exhibition as part of the National Review of Live Art is 
the work's first showing in Scotland.

http://www.newmoves.co.uk

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Coming up soon, more New Media Scotland projects:

27.3.04 - 30.4.04 - Mike Stubbs: City Strapline Industries, Baltic, 
Gateshead
30.3.04 - 8.5.04 - Beverley Hood: Doppelganger, Street Level, Glasgow
3.4.04 - Designer Bodies Symposium, Scottish National Gallery of Modern 
Art, Edinburgh
3.4.04 - 6.6.04 - Designer Bodies Exhibition, Stills, Edinburgh
plus DRIFT: Sound Art + Experimental Music, online throughout the year

To find out more, visit the New Media Scotland web site at
http://www.mediascot.org

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New Media Scotland
P.O. Box 23434, Edinburgh EH7 5SZ
Tel. +44 131 477 3774
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