Lucky Hertz_ Songcheon Mineral Water(Wealth), 2025, mixed media, sound, dimensions variable, 2min 13sec.
♧The vibration of water where the fortune of wealth surges
Local legend related to Songcheon Mineral Water
In the 1950s, a blind man named Shin settled near this site. One night, an old man in a white robe appeared in his dream and said, “I will help you prosper in this place.”
The next morning, a sudden thunderstorm struck, splitting the rocks and diverting the stream. From the newly formed crevice, a fresh spring emerged. In Korea, some groundwaters in mountains are believed to hold miraculous healing properties. Some local people searched the area for the miraculous spring to make profit, but failed to do so because the well was hidden beneath fallen leaves. Eventually, they all left town.
Decades later, as the area was developed to build a highway, the once-impoverished Shin family became wealthy and moved to the city, leaving behind a spring wrapped in legend.
[Source] https://ncms.nculture.org/mountain-n-spring/story/7232
