An Absent Place
Group Exhibition ≪We May Be Separated Like Isalnd, But≫, Daegu Art Factory, South Korea
12/10/2024 - 2/26/2025
site-specific installation


    An Absent Place : a non-conceptual sense of place

    What meaning can a place hold when it is composed only of objects and materials in the absence of people? And how might such a place offer an experience of space and time that escapes conceptual definition?

    Conventionally, a place is understood as a space given meaning by the people who use it, marked by sociocultural values and a clear purpose. In this sense, the space and time we perceive rely on a human system of symbols and social conventions, and what we call “place” is in part an imagined construct.

    This site-specific installation sets out an imaginary piece of land, covered in sand, from which the human subject has been removed. Only a few machines, moving pendulum, cast objects and fragments remain on it. The pendulum swings in random patterns, at times losing momentum or not moving at all. When the air compressor burned out partway through the exhibition, it was left unreplaced, so that no human hand would intervene in a site run by non-human forces. 
    Curated by Yeni Ma, Dokyung Kim, and Hwa Yeun Jung, and co-participated with 20 other artists