#1. Introduction
Welcome!
The exhibition you are about to see, entitled Jung Youngsun: For All That Breathes on Earth, encompasses the life and work of Jung Youngsun, one of Korea’s first generation of landscape architects.
For Jung Youngsun, landscape is a comprehensive science and art form where her materials are all things that breathe, from microorganisms to the universe itself. In a landscaping career spanning half a century, she has carefully listened to the stories that Korea’s land has to share, endeavoring to preserve the biodiversity of its indigenous species.
Even in her activities with prominent construction rojects in the era of national development, including the building of expressways and industrial parks and the staging of Olympic and Expo events, she has strived to incorporate the beauty of Korean landscapes and draw renewed attention to them.
This exhibition adopts a thematic approach as it presents some of the most prominent landscape projects in which Jung has participated to date—dating back to her first involvement with landscape projects as in the 1970s—alongside around 500 archival materials.
We hope that this experience with the work of Korea’s leading landscape architect and her guiding philosophy will also provide an encounter with the history of Korean landscape and the fascinating stories associated with its developments.
