The Byun Shi-Ji Atlas WORKS · FŪDO · LANGUAGES
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A Digital Map of Works, Fūdo, and Languages

The Byun Shi-Ji
Atlas

A digital atlas connecting paintings, life, oral testimony, research, literature, languages and the public work of the foundation.

100 works34 languages87 years

A painting is not an isolated image. It stands within a life, a place, a voice, a body of research and a network of other works.

01 · WORKS

Works Map

Move among 100 works through time, motif, colour, language and relation maps.

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02 · LIFE

Life Map

Follow a life from Seogwipo through Japan and Seoul and back to Jeju.

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03 · RESEARCH

Research Map

Enter through primary sources, biography, fūdo, iconography and comparative art history.

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04 · LITERATURE

Literature Map

Read poems, essays and the trilogy of monologues alongside the paintings.

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05 · WORLD

World and Languages

Open the 34-language editions of the official 100 artwork texts.

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06 · FOUNDATION

Foundation Map

Find records, authentication, rights, exhibitions and publications.

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07 · RELATIONS

100-Work Relation Map

Connect each work with life events, oral history, research and related works.

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Fūdo is not background.

It is the condition in which a being stands, bends, waits and endures. The Atlas is organised so that every path eventually returns to the surface of a painting.