<Danmalmonun> is the work of artist Song Seong-jae installed on the street lamp at the entrance of the yard of Ju-si-gyeong. ‘Danmal’ means sweet words, and ‘Monun’ refers to ‘grid paper’ like a checkerboard. ‘Kanadara~’ is written in Korean on a square frame, and a word that is good to hear is hidden in it horizontally and vertically.
Looking at the artist's planning intention, “Hangeul is not missing. It's too much. Since the letters were written with the intention to unfold them, rather than suggesting that anything would be bad and measuring it, how about a word (Danmal) that is good for your heart? What if it was something you wanted to say or hear today? I put such letters in the frame of the grid. You can deliberately look for it here and there, or you can find it at first glance along the way. I have nothing to wish for if someone's day gets better in one word... … ” is revealed.
On one side, good sentence-level words such as ‘thank you’ are hidden, and on the other side, good word-level words such as ‘happiness’ are hidden.
<Danmalmonun> is the work of artist Song Seong-jae installed on the street lamp at the entrance of the yard of Ju-si-gyeong. ‘Danmal’ means sweet words, and ‘Monun’ refers to ‘grid paper’ like a checkerboard. ‘Kanadara~’ is written in Korean on a square frame, and a word that is good to hear is hidden in it horizontally and vertically.
Looking at the artist's planning intention, “Hangeul is not missing. It's too much. Since the letters were written with the intention to unfold them, rather than suggesting that anything would be bad and measuring it, how about a word (Danmal) that is good for your heart? What if it was something you wanted to say or hear today? I put such letters in the frame of the grid. You can deliberately look for it here and there, or you can find it at first glance along the way. I have nothing to wish for if someone's day gets better in one word... … ” is revealed.
On one side, good sentence-level words such as ‘thank you’ are hidden, and on the other side, good word-level words such as ‘happiness’ are hidden.