Looking Outwards
Art work that Inspired Me
I couldn’t choose just one art work that had inspired me so I’ll introduce the studio which has made the works that had inspired me. Kimchi and Chips is an mainly interactive installation art studio which is located in Seoul. Most of their art consist using Max/MSP/Jitter. Their art consist of code, form, material, concept and mechanism, where their concept is creating an emulsion of imagined reality within the real world developing natural interactions between people, nature and digital network. Their works focus on the smallest part of the nature such as light, wave and the small movements.
One of the works that I especially found interesting is Lunar Surface. The concept of the Lunar Space, the fact that they were drawing space in space was really interesting to me. They used computer and lights to project it into space, and our eyes see it as an space due to after image. This is fully captured by the long exposure photographs but seeing with the human eyes also makes the work more stand out to me. This art was inspired by Murakami Haruki’s book 1Q84 and since I had liked the book a lot the art was more appealing and interesting to me, and I could read what they were trying to say through the art.
Project that surprised me
Brilliant Cube by Jin Yo Mok had surprised me since his work was comparably simple in concept and its function but it give a lot to think about in our life. It is a 6meter square cube with LED lights that express the brilliant moments in our lives by pattern. The theme “Live Brilliant” is simple but pure to my thought. It is installed at one of the most busiest and crowded place in Seoul and most might not recognise it as an artwork but many people take time to appreciate it rather than go their own way. I think the placing of this work was really effective since it would not be as effective when it was a museum setting. By placing it at a busy district area, it could have its full potential.
Project that could have been great
Time of Doubles by Artificial Nature, group that is made up of two artists Haru Ji and Graham Wakefield was inspiring but I personally think it had more chances to be a better and more interesting project. They create an artificial nature where people can interact with the fluid space, where it actually is a sustainable nature with in it. It reproduces, grows and sustains itself. However, it is simulating nature, the real world, inside not a real world, inside a screen. I thought that this was similar to the zoo or the aquarium where it is more like a one time viewing event rather than providing a chance to think about nature and its mechanism. I think it might have been better if the viewer could interact with it and modify the lives behind the screen.