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Following the fragmented light beyond the shoulder of a giant is an installation set within a vault in a bank. It consists of a single-channel video, fluorescent lights, a diamond-shaped double tetrahedron with mirrors attached to the eight facets, triangular wood panels leaning against a wall, and a curved, biomorphic object covered with black powder. These disparate elements are conversant with each other, as well as with the space of the windowless vault. The vault in a bank is symbolic of the monetary system of capitalist society. Intervening in this highly controlled space, the installation metaphorically defies the continuous control of the modern nation, corporation, and society. Light is a metaphor for the ephemeral, appearing both on the floor of the vault and in the wood in the video. Through the light, these two spaces and times are connected. While the space is reflected on the mirrors on the double tetrahedron, creating another dimension, the black object springing from the floor stands as an opposing force. It is organic and absorbs the surroundings rather than reflecting. The relation of these different elements is subtle and poetic. It reflects the desire of living outside of the physical space affected by modern norms, rules and institutions, which are symbolized by the title, “beyond the shoulder of the giant” of the modern system.
*exhibition place: Now in Daegu 2011 Exhibition Space
*works list
Following the fragmented light_HD Video clip_4min 41sec_2011
A Meusault's smile_steel plate, mirror_60*60*180cm_2011
Language for a traveler_plywood, foamex_2011
Fragmented light_fluorescent light_2011
Neruda's Ode To Bird Watching_Neruda's poem, needle, thread _2011
Deep light(1 piece)_ pigment on resin_2009
Following the fragmented light_HD Video clip_4min 41sec_2011
a Meusault's smile_steel plate, mirror_60*60*180cm_2011
language for a traveler_plywood, foamex_2011
fragmented light_fluorescent light_2011
Neruda's Ode To Bird Watching_Neruda's poem, needle, thread _2011