Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries (YHCHI) creates Web art, which is published on http://www.yhchang.com, as well as exhibited in gallery spaces. YHCHI is a collaboration of C.E.O. Young-hae Chang and C.I.O. Marc Voge. The two founded YHCHI—based in Seoul—after acquiring basic digital-media skills and soon became famous for their edgy digital poetry that flashes to the beat of music. However dynamic their work may appear, they have eschewed using the many extravagant graphics and interactive features available today. Their pieces still appear in black Monaco font on a white background, with only a few works appearing white on black. Although they assumed a serious business name to parody powerful conglomerates and international companies, their art is readily accessible to anyone online. One of YHCHI’s key objectives for these works is simply to entertain. The customary numerical countdown and title screen “YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES PRESENTS” in every work resemble early popular film conventions to create viewer anticipation. The texts written by Chang and Voge are provocative and often politically pointed, tongue-in-cheek stories covering everything from sex and violence to alienation and the mundane.
