“His twenty-four hours and my twenty-four hours would not be the same.”
 
This work is a single-channel animation by Park Jung Hyuk, first presented in 2015 at the Lee Han-Yeol Memorial Hall as part of the curated exhibition《Faces I Want to See》. The exhibition reexamined, through artistic perspectives, the lives of individuals who were sacrificed in the course of democratization and civil struggles. In this context, Park traces the final day of the late Kim Ju-Young, who lost his life in an accidental fire during a disability rights movement.
 
■ Aesthetic Approach
Park Jung Hyuk focuses on the gap between himself as a non-disabled individual and the deceased, who had cerebral palsy, while also attending to the shared faculty of “vision” that connected them. Through interviews and on-site research, the artist reconstructs the final twenty-four-hour trajectory of the deceased, connecting these movements as lines on a map and shaping them into a single “constellation.”
 
■ Symbolism and Structure
The Sensibility of the Constellation: The lines drawn along the trajectory are projections of the “heavy and speechless emotion” the artist experienced when confronting the realities of disability rights. This sensation is transposed into a feeling akin to the awe-tinged sorrow of identifying constellations in the night sky during childhood.

Seven Colors: The seven colors appearing in the animation are derived from the actual colors encountered along the deceased’s final route of movement, including, for instance, the line color of Seoul Subway Line 5.
 
Visualizing Helplessness: The radically simplified imagery in the latter half of the video translates into visual language the artist’s sense of helplessness upon facing documentary footage of the deceased—a fleeting stillness in which he could offer no tangible support.

■ Expansion
The narrative constellation constructed in this video later expands into the installation work Seven Vertices 2, which proposes a three-dimensional spatial experience. It marks a significant turning point in Park Jung Hyuk’s artistic practice, affirming an ethical stance that seeks to empathize with the suffering of others.

[Artist Note]

Seven Vertices is a work that was exhibited in the group show 《Faces We Want to See》 at the Lee Han-yeol Memorial Hall (October 7–November 30, 2015). The exhibition selected six individuals who had been sacrificed during the process of democratization or in popular struggles for livelihood, paired each with one of six artists, and presented their lives through each artist’s distinct mode of expression.

The exhibition’s purpose was to resurrect these “faces” – people whose deaths were difficult, unjust, or untimely – through the artistic interpretations of different contemporary artists. Rather than simply memorializing Lee Han-yeol, the museum used this platform to broaden its mission: turning the space into one that honors many martyrs and activists who preceded him, not just a single figure.

Each of the six selected individuals was paired with an artist, and through various media such as painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, and video, the artists explored personal stories of activism, struggle, and sacrifice. For example, artists like Ha Jae-wan and Lee Ji-hyun depicted specific martyrs, drawing on historical records and emotional resonance to evoke their legacies.

This exhibition is not just a historical recount: it is an act of collective memory and artistic tribute. By “calling forth” these faces, the Lee Han-yeol Memorial Hall invites visitors to reflect on the ongoing relevance of their stories, and to honor the lives of those who fought bravely for justice.