화투, 플라스틱에 컬러 프린트, 2018

Hwatu*, c-print on plastic cards, 2018

  ‘아들, 며느리가 어르신들이 집에 찾아오지 못하게 하려고 꼬부랑 글씨(영어)가 있는 곳으로 이사간다.’ 라는 말이 어르신들 사이에서 유행한다는 말에, 명절 때 가족이 함께 화투를 치며 아파트 이름을 알려드릴 수 있는 화투를 고안했다.

The phrase "Son, daughter-in-law move to an apartment named with curly writing (English) to prevent the elderly from coming to the house" was popular among the elderly. In response to this trend, during holidays, families play Hwatu together and introduce the name of their apartment while playing, allowing them to spend time together and share the name of their apartment.

*Hwatu is a Korean traditional card game. It consists of 48 cards, each representing one of the 12 months. There are four cards for each month.

*Curly writings means “English”. A term used to describe the alphabet shapes by elderly who are not familiar with English.