THIS PROJECT, SUPPORTED BY THE ASIAN CULTURAL COUNCIL AND THE LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL, HONORS THE MEMORY OF 200,000 YOUNG WOMEN KNOWN AS "COMFORT WOMEN" WHO WERE SYSTEMATICALLY EXPLOITED AS SEX SLAVES IN ASIA DURING WWII, AND INCREASES AWARENESS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DURING WARTIME. THE EVENT WAS ORGANIZED ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE, NOT SEEN BEFORE IN MODERN HISTORY, AND IS THE LARGEST INSTANCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE 20TH CENTURY, YET IT HAS GONE LARGELY UNACKNOWLEDGED. 이창진씨는 재미동포 예술가이다. 주로 설치미술을 하면서 뉴욕지역에서도 유명한 작가로 등장하였다. 9.11테러 사건을 묘사한 대규모 설치미술이 인근의 거대 빌딩에서 벌어져 사람들의 주목을 받았다. 그 후 정신대 문제에 필이 꽃혀 한국과 대만, 일본 등지를 다니며 연구와 조사를 거듭하였고 서울과 대만에서 정신대문제를 가지고 설치미술을 벌이기도 하였다. 그가 2008년 7월 26일 희망제작소 내 사무실을 그의 남자친구, 어머니와 함께 방문하고 인터뷰하고 간 뒤 남긴 글이다. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 200819. Won Soon Park lawyerMeeting with Won Soon Park, Executive Director of The Hope Institute. Working for institutional change and social justice in Korea. www.makehope.org In 1994, he helped form People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD). Founder of "The Beautiful Store" a project of "The Beautiful Foundation." which is "Aiming to rekindle Korean habits of generosity and to popularize philanthropy, Mr. Park challenged individuals and companies to donate just one percent of their income or time. More than twenty-six thousand people have done so. The Foundation redistributes the money to the needy and to local public-interest groups. Meanwhile, in the Foundation’s chain of Beautiful Stores, volunteers recycle donated goods and clothing for sale to low-income shoppers." His own optimism is based on the power of social movements. "Hope does not fall from the sky," he says. "We create hope ourselves."    with Won Soon Park and Eunju Park  |
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