Space Unfolded
In ‘The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House’, Korean-born, London-based artist Do Ho Suh invites visitors to explore his large-scale installations, sculptures, videos and drawings in this major survey exhibition.
Is home a place, a feeling, or an idea? Suh asks timely questions about the enigma of home, identity and how we move through and inhabit the world around us.
With immersive artworks exploring belonging, collectivity and individuality, connection and disconnection, Suh examines the intricate relationship between architecture, space, the body, and the memories and the moments that make us who we are.
Source: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/the-genesis-exhibiti...
Rubbing/Loving: Company Housing of Gwangju Theater
This work is a rubbing of a space which lay empty after the Gwangju Uprising, a mass protest against the South Korean military government, in May 1980. After suppressing the protest, the government censored what had occurred. For this work, Suh and a team of assistants covered the building’s interior with paper and rubbed the surface, creating a trace of the wall’s textures. They worked wearing blindfolds. Through this process, they attempted to reflect on the invisibility of the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea’s official collective memory. Peculiarly, one corner of the space was missed by every member of the team. Originally created as a three-dimensional room, for this display, Suh unfolds the work into a two dimensional, floorplan-like structure.
Space Unfolded
In ‘The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House’, Korean-born, London-based artist Do Ho Suh invites visitors to explore his large-scale installations, sculptures, videos and drawings in this major survey exhibition.
Is home a place, a feeling, or an idea? Suh asks timely questions about the enigma of home, identity and how we move through and inhabit the world around us.
With immersive artworks exploring belonging, collectivity and individuality, connection and disconnection, Suh examines the intricate relationship between architecture, space, the body, and the memories and the moments that make us who we are.
Source: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/the-genesis-exhibiti...
Rubbing/Loving: Company Housing of Gwangju Theater
This work is a rubbing of a space which lay empty after the Gwangju Uprising, a mass protest against the South Korean military government, in May 1980. After suppressing the protest, the government censored what had occurred. For this work, Suh and a team of assistants covered the building’s interior with paper and rubbed the surface, creating a trace of the wall’s textures. They worked wearing blindfolds. Through this process, they attempted to reflect on the invisibility of the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea’s official collective memory. Peculiarly, one corner of the space was missed by every member of the team. Originally created as a three-dimensional room, for this display, Suh unfolds the work into a two dimensional, floorplan-like structure.