“31 Experiments on Light: Intimate Rapture” features a total of 143 works of art, whether they be photographs, installation art or media art. The featured works were created by 31 teams of artists from nine countries, including France, Germany, the U.S., Italy, Taiwan, Belgium and Hungary.
The visual work of art ‘Paris-François’ by the French team ‘STENOP.ES’ features images of historical French buildings being projected onto the ceiling, at Culture Station Seoul 284.
One of German-born artist Bernd Halbherr’s works is on display at the ’31 Experiments on Light: Intimate Rapture’ exhibition currently underway at Culture Station Seoul 284 in Seoul.
The old stationmaster’s office in the building houses a work by Oliver Griem, a German artist. In the dark, silent room, three lights project images of the Korean capital onto the walls. Elsewhere in the building, in what used to be a restaurant, images of historical buildings in Paris are reflected on the ceiling while Alexis Venot’s piano piece “Veranda” plays through the speakers. All the featured images were created by the team of French artists STENOP.ES.
Korean team Mioon’s 'Green Room' is on exhibit at the '31 Experiments on Light' exhibition. It embodies an amphitheater and features miniaturized people on seats using a spherical lamp.
Among the works of art featured at the ongoing '31 Experiments on Light' exhibition is the piece 'Soak' by the Korean media art team Everyware. Patterns of diverse colors are formed on the white canvas when viewers touch it. The patterns look as if they are getting soaked in paint as they meld into each other.
The domestic team Everyware brings in a set of interactive works, allowing patrons themselves to be part of the creation of the art. For example, when a viewer shines a flashlight on the wall, certain images loom large on the screen.
There’s a rare glimpse into how some famous 20th-century artists used light in their works of art, as well. Some of the featured artists include Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Raoul Ubac and Wanda Wulz.
On the second floor of the building, visitors come across the work “Green Room” by the Korean team Mioon. The piece hangs from the ceiling like a chandelier. It is a light installation that looks like an amphitheater with miniaturized people in the seats.
The exhibition also focuses on Korean photographers who captured things under dim light. Jang Tae-won captured nighttime scenes by moonlight in his work “Stained Ground.” Joo Myung-duck’s “Lost Landscape” gives a dreamy look at a tree and a clump of grass on the slopes of Seoraksan Mountain under semi-darkness.
Not only exhibits, but also performances, where the harmony between light and darkness is delivered with body movements, will entertain the eyes of visitors, too. The Project No dance team will show how a boy looks for light in the darkness and becomes a grownup.
“Light allows people to see the world. However, just opening your eyes and having light come in through the pupils into the eyeballs is not enough,” said director of Culture Station Seoul 284 Shin Soo-jin. “Recording and interpreting the world seen via light and bringing it back to the world of light is the very greatness of visual art.”
The exhibition continues until July 4 and it is free of charge.
Many works of art can be seen at ’31 Experiments on Light: Intimate Rapture,’ currently underway at Culture Station Seoul 284 in Seoul.
By Sohn JiAe
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: Culture Station Seoul 284
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