The First start of the HAPPY HOUR was in 2012 from the Central Saint Martins as one-hour lunch time performance based on research about the technology's various influences on our daily lives and notion of happiness in the CSM community.
Let's meet HYESUNG BAEK who originally created this project.
Why Lift?
The reason why I selected the lift as a performance space was because I intended to observe the people's appearances in the vehicle under the two contrasting conditions of electronic information sound and lift attendant's information service.
During the performance, I found a remarkable advantage of using lift that the captive audiences and the performer could hold much closer communication and interaction because of the its unique feature of spatial limit.
What is the function of lift attendant?
The performer played as the lift attendant doing her roles as a valuable interactive communication tool for a good public relation.
In the lift as a special place to discuss the financial profits expected from the automated system or mechanical convenience, or people's happy memory for an hour in the special place, I dealt the people's one-hour happy memory, the humanity creation area that was never easy to be replaced by any machine.
How this project has been developted?
The HAPPY HOUR has been developed by a generous POST GRADUATE COMMUNITY funding of University of the Arts London, thus I and Mette who is super brilliant fine artist & performer could visit all UAL colleges to find out what makes UAL community happy and how we make UAL community happier.
Thank you all UAL people who shared HAPPINESS with us during the HAPPY HOUR !!!
Let's meet HYESUNG BAEK who originally created this project.
Why Lift?
The reason why I selected the lift as a performance space was because I intended to observe the people's appearances in the vehicle under the two contrasting conditions of electronic information sound and lift attendant's information service.
During the performance, I found a remarkable advantage of using lift that the captive audiences and the performer could hold much closer communication and interaction because of the its unique feature of spatial limit.
What is the function of lift attendant?
The performer played as the lift attendant doing her roles as a valuable interactive communication tool for a good public relation.
In the lift as a special place to discuss the financial profits expected from the automated system or mechanical convenience, or people's happy memory for an hour in the special place, I dealt the people's one-hour happy memory, the humanity creation area that was never easy to be replaced by any machine.
How this project has been developted?
The HAPPY HOUR has been developed by a generous POST GRADUATE COMMUNITY funding of University of the Arts London, thus I and Mette who is super brilliant fine artist & performer could visit all UAL colleges to find out what makes UAL community happy and how we make UAL community happier.
Thank you all UAL people who shared HAPPINESS with us during the HAPPY HOUR !!!