Dong Woo Jang: The art of bow-making
Dong Woo Jang: A arte de fazer arcos
Dong Woo Jang turns an unusual stick of bamboo into an archer’s bow, an exploration of his cultural heritage and a metaphor for his perfect world. Full bio
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natureza altamente competitiva
ambiente de alta pressão
com pedaços de madeira
de homem das cavernas
na sobrevivência do homem
alimentados com folhas de amora.
sobre esse fato histórico,
nas Olimpíadas de 1988.
trabalho de prestar atenção,
em fazer arcos,
mais distantes, fora do meu bairro.
ou até voltando pra casa
pra cá, em Long Beach.
coberto de serragem,
pra contar pra minha mãe,
que está aqui na plateia:
daqui pra frente.
arcos de todo o mundo.
maximizam a flexibilidade
para dentro, para maior apertura,
mais energia na compressão.
da minha herança cultural.
que foi se acumulando através do tempo
adulto vivo poderia me dar.
pelos lugares mais distantes,
com os lugares mais próximos.
com um mecanismo simples,
e da harmonia entre elas
exatamente onde estão,
parte de mim para vocês.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dong Woo Jang - Bow designerDong Woo Jang turns an unusual stick of bamboo into an archer’s bow, an exploration of his cultural heritage and a metaphor for his perfect world.
Why you should listen
His parents wouldn’t let him play video games, so Dong Woo Jang had to invent other ways to entertain himself in and around his Seoul apartment. First, he studied spider anatomy and hunting skills for three years, creating their habitat in his room. Next, Dong headed outside, where he picked up fallen tree branches and turned them into archery bows.
Later, while researching the age-old craft, he discovered that his optimal design was strikingly similar to that of his ancestors. Though he concedes that, during his process of “fixing, breaking, redesigning, mending, bending, and amending” bows, he accidently set his building on fire. The 15-year-old says that working with wood -- and traveling back and forth in time -- makes him feel free.
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