min guhong mfg.

“You are a virus. there are 10 humans in the world. 5 are weak. 5 are strong. find the weak. and infect them all. for the peace of the world.”

“this may be a big game, or small reality.”

“[an interview](http://0000-dddd.com/en/texts/welcome-to-min-guhong-manufacturing) about this product with [dddd](http://0000-dddd.com/en)”

virus simulator

”*Times Blank* is a blank typeface based on times new roman, and inspired by adobe blank. it is available in two font weights from regular to bold.”

”*times blank* was first presented to the final showcase of the Society for Power Control (SFPC) at the School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) in new york, summer 2016.”

“*times blank* is also Min Guhong Manufacturing’s official typeface. It goes well with john cage’s *4’ 33”* as a background music.”

“*times blank* can be used everywhere or whenever something blank is needed.”

times blank

“A beautiful typographic river is near the company. its name is ‘river (typography).’”

“In typography, rivers (or rivers of white) are gaps in typesetting which appear to run through a paragraph of text due to a coincidental alignment of spaces. Rivers can occur regardless of the spacing settings, but are most noticeable with wide inter-word spaces caused by full text justification or monospaced fonts. Rivers are less noticeable with proportional fonts, due to narrow spacing. Another cause of rivers is the close repetition of a long word or similar words at regular intervals, such as ‘maximization’ with ‘minimization’ or ‘optimization’.”

river (typography)

“a business card made of obsidian, shaped like a tombstone. collaborated with moonsick gang and archive bomm. photo by nathing studio.”

“It’s free like any other business cards. But there is no delivery service. you have to carry it yourself. for your information, it’s about 220 lbs.”

“a Supreme cash cannon might be under the business card.”

min guhong mfg. business card

“37 things the company does not do. The original was written in korean in 2015, when the company was founded.”

“designed by [hong eunju and kim hyeongjae](http://hongxkim.com). translated into english by [koh achim](https://scalarvectortensor.net).”

“related to [new order](https://left.gallery/work/new-order)”

about the company

“the Numbers that fix the time don’t matter for the min guhong mfg clock.”

min guhong mfg. clock

“This book is hard to explain. Or, if this book can be explained by a few words, then you may say that Rainbow Sherbet has failed fundamentally.”

“The book is ostensibly about the work of Min Guhong Manufacturing, a parasite ‘corporation’ that lives off the publisher and graphic design studio Workroom. Its founder, Min Guhong, is a writer, editor, translator, designer, and a software developer, but probably not in that order. The corporation produces practical and speculative ‘products,’ from video games and computer softwares to short novels and music playlists. One of the recurring themes of the diverse products is self-reflexivity: after all, many of them are about Min Guhong Manufacturing itself.”

“written by byul.org, song seungeon, jang ucheol, han yuju, laurel schwulst, kim nuiyeon, kim hyungjin, and yoon juli. edited by yoon juli. designed by [sulki and min](http://sulki-min.com). published by archive bomm and workroom spector.”

further information on http://www.sulki-min.com/wp/rainbow-sherbet (english), http://www.sulki-min.com/wp/rainbow-sherbet-kr (korean), and http://workroompress.kr/books/rainbow-sherbet (korean)

“including the shipping fee”

rainbow sherbet

“a video introducing the company is playing forever in the company’s lobby…”

“in collaboration with [laurel schwulst](https://laurelschwulst.com)”

“music by [roy black](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Black_(singer))”

“4:13”

“english only”

for your information

“Click or touch a button to give new order to [content](https://left.gallery/work/about-the-company).”

“dealing with html and css is to give something a new order.”

“with an educational program for training its human resources, called ‘[new order](http://neworder.xyz)’”

“presented at [Publishing as method](http://thebooksociety.org/publishing-as-method)”

“it works right on google chrome.”

“korean only”

new order

“a text cloud about what poetry is or not”

“with next generation of korean poets”

“korean only”

what is poetry

“Can a website be a book?”

“Why would a website become a book?”

“with [the book society](http://thebooksociety.org)”

publishing as method

“maybe we don’t need to use `<body>` on the web to introduce something.”

“It works right on Google Chrome.”

outside of the body

“We should see something big sometimes, sometimes small, sometimes very big.”

sometimes big, sometimes small, sometimes very big

“what is right of left, or right left? Can it be implemented simply?”

“right gallery is right left gallery produces and sells downloadable objects since 2015”

“thank left gallery for being with min guhong mfg. in this life…”

right.gallery

“A mysterious fruit is forever on the table in the company’s drawing room…”

“As you can see, I used `<ul>` tag instead of `<ol>` tag or `<div>` tag because it’s a list, and there’s no clear order in it.”

“[an interview](https://fruitful.school/blog/2019-12-19.html) about this product with [laurel schwulst](https://laurelschwulst.com)”

“presented at [publishing as method](http://thebooksociety.org/publishing-as-method)”

mysterious fruit

“a weightless letter to young-hae chang heavy industries”

“the letter is on the shelves in the company’s drawing room…”

“korean only”

“young-hae chang heavy industries only”

“not adobe flash”

“[more information (korean only)](https://thebooksociety.org/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=6033001&t=board)”

dear messrs. young-hae chang heavy industries

“the diploma hangs on the wall in the company’s drawing room…”

“because They didn’t have the diploma to prove our completion of the curriculum.”

“The signature was given to random signature generator generated by [this software](https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~graves/handwriting.html) instead of the school’s representative.”

diploma from school for poetic computation

greetings

“Thank you for inviting me to [Fruitful School](https://fruitful.school) anyway. It’s also where I want to be a student or a teacher.”

“A few days ago, my favorite American friends [Laurel](https://laurelschwulst.com) and [John](https://johnprovencher.com) asked me to reveal my secrets to make websites…”

“with a video.”

“But I can’t handle a video very well. And the time to render a video is quite boring for me. Benjamin Franklin said, ‘Remember that time is money.’”

fruitful presentation

“Submit a URI that reminds you of 2020…”

“Collaborated with [Seoul](www.seoul.go.kr), [Seoul Museum of Art](https://sema.seoul.go.kr),  [SeMA Nanji Residency](https://semananji.seoul.go.kr), and you. ”

orchid, gromwell, trash

“doing it a little easier than him…”

being mr. kawara’s assistant

We are proud to present [a series of 5 videos](/brody-condon) by artist [Brody Condon](/brody-condon), recorded in 2014. 

The Berlin based artist (b. Mexico 1974) often facilitates and documents game-like group encounters that experientially probe dissociative phenomena. His work is best known for its early influence on re-purposing computer games and LARP techniques ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brody_Condon)).

Condon's work has been widely exhibited internationally, and been acquired by public collections such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Albright-Knox Gallery, and the Kadist Foundation.

The 5 video works are each available in an edition of [3 non-fungible Ethereum tokens](https://left.gallery/work/evp-amie). These tokens are progressively priced: respectively 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 ether, and sold on a [first-come, first-served basis](https://left.gallery/work/possession-janet) (no auction).

We like to thank our friends at [Folia](https://www.folia.app/) and Alberto Granzotto for their support.

Possessed High-Poly NFTs

Read our co-founder Harm van den Dorpel's text [Tokenizing Sustainability](https://harm.work/news/tokenizing-sustainability) about his position on NFTs and the direction left gallery is taking.

Harm van den Dorpel on NFTs

“37 things the company does not do. The original was written in korean in 2015, when the company was founded.”
“designed by <a href="http://hongxkim.com">hong eunju and kim hyeongjae</a>. translated into english by <a href="https://scalarvectortensor.net">koh achim</a>.”
“related to <a href="https://left.gallery/work/new-order">new order</a>”

about the company .pdf

edition

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