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Changgyeongwon Ya-Aeng as Modern Urban Culture - An Interpretation based on Benjamin's Phantasmagoria -

근대 도시 문화로서 창경원 야앵 - 벤야민의 '판타스마고리아'를 중심으로 -

  • Kwon, Young-Ran (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Seoul National University) ;
  • Pae, Jeong-Hann (Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 권영란 (서울대학교 대학원 생태조경학과) ;
  • 배정한 (서울대학교 조경.지역시스템공학부)
  • Received : 2017.11.13
  • Accepted : 2018.01.11
  • Published : 2018.02.28

Abstract

This study sought to interpret the Ya-Aeng (夜櫻) from the viewpoint of urban society, focusing on the occurrence of the Ya-Aeng at Changgyeongwon (昌慶苑) in the modern city of Kyungsung. When the Ya-Aeng started in the 1920s, the social aspects of Kyungsung were in a transitional period from the traditional to the modern. The social modernization of Kyungsung has had a dramatic impact on the Ya-Aeng as a part of the city culture. Using the concept of 'phantasmagoria', which was widespread in Kyungsung society and the Ya-Aeng, this study has established three implications of the Ya-Aeng. First, Kyungsung's phantasmagoria appeared in the form of crowds, spectacles, and experiences. This study suggests that such interpretation also applies to the Ya-Aeng. This means that the capitalism-controlled modern society on one hand and the Ya-Aeng on the other had the same mechanism. Therefore, the Ya-Aeng, as modern city culture, becomes a miniature version of Kyungsung and a modern commodity world in itself. Second, the fact that phantasmagoria is a major element of the landscape of the Ya-Aeng means that there is a special way of seeing. For modern subjects, the phantasmagoria of the Ya-Aeng has acted as a learning mechanism for a modern way of seeing. Third and finally, the phantasmagoria of the Ya-Aeng was an illusion to encourage the continued consumption of this culture and at the same time, forget about the capitalism-controlled urban culture. At this time, capitalism was dominated by the influence of Japanese imperialism. The significance of this study lies in that it expands the idea of the Ya-Aeng from the events inside Changgyeongwon into the urban culture, which is a projection of modern urban society. In addition, where the Ya-Aeng in the past had been regarded as a decadent and poor-quality spring celebration in comparison to the traditional spring celebration, this study proposes a new point of view for the Ya-Aeng in an urban social context.

이 연구는 창경원 야앵이 근대 도시 내부에서 일어났다는 점에 주목하여 도시사회적 관점에서 야앵을 해석하고자 했다. 야앵이 시작된 1920년대 경성의 사회적인 모습은 전근대와 근대 사이의 과도기였으며, 경성의 사회적 근대화 과정은 도시 문화로서 야앵에도 영향을 미쳤다. 이 연구는 당시 경성 사회와 야앵에 만연했던 '판타스마고리아'를 통해 다음과 같은 세 가지 시사점을 찾았다. 첫째, 경성의 판타스마고리아는 군중, 스펙터클, 체험의 양상으로 나타났으며, 야앵에서도 같은 모습이었다. 이는 자본주의에 의해 통제되는 근대 사회와 야앵이 동일한 매커니즘을 가진다는 것을 의미한다. 야앵은 축소된 경성이자 근대적 상품 세계 그 자체가 된다. 둘째, 판타스마고리아가 야앵의 경관을 구성한다는 점은 야앵에 특별한 보는 방식이 존재한다는 것을 의미한다. 근대적 주체들에게 야앵의 판타스마고리아는 근대 도시 경성과 이전부터 살아오던 삶의 공간 사이의 간극을 메울 수 있게 해 준, 근대적 보는 방식에 대한 학습 기제의 역할을 했다. 마지막으로, 야앵의 판타스마고리아는 야앵의 지속적 소비를 부추기는 환상인 동시에, 일제의 영향이 지배적인 자본주의에 의해 작동되는 도시 문화를 망각하게 하는 장치가 된다. 이 연구는 야앵을 창경원 내부의 이벤트에서 근대 도시 사회를 투사하는 도시 문화로 확장해 다루었다는 점에서 의의를 갖는다. 전통적인 상춘의 방식과 비교하여 퇴폐적이고 질 낮은 상춘 문화로 치부되었던 야앵에 도시사회적 맥락에서 새로운 시각을 투사했다는 점도 또 다른 연구의 의의라 할 수 있다.

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