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Website: http://www.kimsooja.com/ Bio/CV: http://www.tinakimgallery.com/artists/kimsooja Kimsooja, To Breathe, 2019. Site specific installation consisting of mirror diffraction grating film and sound performance The Weaving Factory, 2004-2013, at The Chapel Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Courtesy YSP. Photo Mark Ree. This installation piece is an example of the type of work Kimsooja typically does. The artist uses a combination of mirrored surfaces, film, and natural light to create iridescent patterns that scatter across rooms like in the image shown. In this particular piece, she also played a recording of her own breathing to create a meditative atmosphere and transform the space. She has described this as an exploration of "the void within the skin of architecture." Source: https://www.designboom.com/art/kimsooja-chapel-yorkshire-sculpture-park-03-29-2019/ One thing I find especially fascinating about Kimsooja's art is the way people observing the artwork automatically become a part of it as well, as the light reflects and refracts onto them as well. In this way, the work envelops viewers and makes it impossible not to take notice. I also really like the scattered colors and the way they appear so effortless as they move and change on every surface. Kimsooja, To Breathe, 2019. Site specific installation consisting of mirror diffraction grating film and sound performance The Weaving Factory, 2004-2013, at The Chapel Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Courtesy YSP. Photo Mark Ree. In my own work, I would want to incorporate some of the ideas I've seen about how light moves and interacts with things. Playing with different light sources in painting and trying to learn how internal light would change a composition might be really interesting to try. Another thing I might be interested in trying would be using a similar method to what I saw in Kimsooja's art to make light interact with art I've made differently. I remember learning (when we made paper sculptures) that coloring on the undersurface of paper and holding it over another piece of paper creates a colored reflection that reads like a glow, so bringing something like that into my art might be cool to try as well.
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It was really cool to see the Japanese Aesthetics lecture for the second time. It helped me remember a lot of the elements that I hadn’t thought about in a long time and I learned a lot of new information too. I find the idea of centering art around the imperfections and highlighting them as a thing of beauty because, for me, it is so easy to get stuck making art that seems conventionally beautiful. I was especially fascinated by Kintsugi, which is where gold is used to mend broken ceramics and other objects. The way the imperfections are highlighted so obviously is the complete opposite of most repairs which try to hide seams and cracks. I think that considering some of the elements of Japanese Aesthetics would really benefit my art by making it seem more natural and organic, as well as helping me be looser with my process.
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