"Right now, we're connected"...Four nominees for this year's Writer of the Year Award.

[Anchor]
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is holding an exhibition of four candidates for the Artist of the Year Award, which shows the current state of contemporary art in Korea.

In particular, this year, each work contained the concerns of artists to connect members living in this era.

Reporter Song Jae-in introduces.

[Reporter]
To see the 'Writer of the Year' exhibition, we first have to go over the blood mesh tangled with painful hearts.

So as you step inside the artist, this time you have a wax figure of the artist's face.

It looks lonely on its own, but in fact, the friendly words of my friends are engraved on it.

[Yoon Ji-young / Writer of the Year Award Nominee: My face is made by recording the voices of my friends (with wax on the phonograph), recording the voices wishing for my well-being or the well-being of our relationship, and melting it down again.]

Yang Jung-wook's work is also difficult to read at a glance the warm heart contained in it.

look at the field for a long time Looking at it, writer Yang said that he noticed his wife struggling more than the field.

The crops in the field, the light, water, and wind that grow people, are tactfully expressed in moving pieces.

[Yang Jung-wook / Nominee for 'Writer of the Year' : Everything actually has a different purpose depending on how you think about it and how you combine it. I want you to look at everything flexibly.]

Author Kwon Ha-yoon noted the story of a Taiwanese tribal leader who was resisting Japanese colonial rule, who unexpectedly formed a friendship with a Japanese anthropologist.

Two people who became friends after looking at each other as individuals,
The artist
provides a string for modern people to connect with them through VR technology.

[Kwon Ha-yoon / Candidate for "Writer of the Year" : Beyond confrontation between countries, the fact that they were able to form friendships came as a hope to me....]

Through the video, Jane-Jean Kaizen realized an unattainable imaginary space.

A series of videos featuring Jeju's history, nature, and people, including April 3, will guide the audience to Ieodo, the legendary island of Jeju residents.

[Jane Jin Kaizen / Nominee for "Writer of the Year" : I have a lot of memories (from Jeju, where I was born before being adopted), and I have dealt with Jeju's spiritual culture, political history, and nature in my past works]

The nominees for this year's Artist of the Year Award, which provides an experience of connection between people and people, space and people, and even connection beyond time and space.

The final award-winning author will be announced in February next year.

I'm Song Jaein of YTN.