Conceptual nominee

Obviously, the rapid development of IT technology has had a lot of good influence on mankind. Thanks to this, everyone in the world can easily communicate and check each other's news.

However, this overflowing information and communication methods also place a great burden on individuals. Comparing your own life with that of others, misinformation, etc.

Rather, an individual receives a lot of information, but on the contrary, he becomes obsessed with showing a lot of his or her information to others. We experience mental isolation in the process of notifying our existence on social media.

Shingyu Kang(Born 12, 12, 1991)

KANG Shingyu is graduated from Seoul Institute of the Arts and majored film directing in South Korea. His film works acclaimed and selected from all over 100 festivals in the world. Not film works, but his photo works are got named many exhibition and awards in the world. He is currently active various art area including film, media-art, photo and visual arts.

As a photographer, KANG is skillfully composed nature, human and object. He believes art could change the world. Hence, he created photograph with insomnia theme. His insomnia works made in South Korea and all over the world. He made about 600 insomnia photos past seven years. He is keeping to make insomnia photos.

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