박재동/Park Jae Dong

Oh yes I almost forgot. That my father ran a comic book store in pusan when I was young. To think of what I was granted! There wasn't a comic I hadn't seen. I believe by that experience, comic just became a part of me.

 

As a column cartoonist many changes came to my life.

It was so different of what I had seen in art exhibitions. In exhibitions there were no people actually black talking about the art. If the visitors didn't understand the art, they thought it to be their problem.

However newspaper cartoons were predictable and just out there as performance art.

Like walking on a air borne rope in front of a huge crowd, like a dancing psychic, it was dangerous, for if it was no fun, it was no better than bad milk.

I realized how influential and "dopelike" the thing called mass-media was.

I was able to feel the power of art, like a godsent…….being with the flow, with the people...it was fabulous.

However I quit the fabulous newspaper cartoonist.

Why? I wanted to do animation too much. (And the democracy movement was over....my saving were over...)

And since then I'm keeping my word ,though animation wasn't as easy as I had thought it would be. I'm still doing it. Short films , Tv series , and commercials.

And the wind blew my footsteps to this school.

 

The feeling to be with students, it's great! and especially our students I mean.

They all have a wonderful talent and don't need a constant telling what to do.

And I have a dream. That our school would be internationally famous. And I already see it becoming a real. It's true!. Our students are amazing. If I hadn't met these people my world would've been very dull indeed....I think of that often and it makes my blood clearer and richer.

 

My pleasure in watching our student's art triple every year is great.

I have my hopes up in this annual presentation as well.

I have faith that I only need to stimulate myself and that makes me happy.

 

e-mail: tangripark@daum.net

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