SeMA Omnibus : At the End of the World Split Endlessly
Gijeong Goo, MACROMACHINEPLANTINCUBATOR
The show was held until 2024/11/17 at Seosomun Main Branch
이 작품은 네개의 상이한 디지털 스크린을 활용해 자연의 생명력을 표현하고 있습니다. 스크린에는 녹색 잎과 자연 요소가 선명하게 나타나 있으며, 금속 구조물에 부착되어 입체적인 배열을 이루고 있습니다. 어두운 배경은 스크린의 밝고 생동감 넘치는 이미지를 더욱 돋보이게 합니다.
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Description of the Artwork
Gijeong Goo, who has been embodying nature within the features and experiences of digital devices, raises questions in his latest work about how urban dwellers can remain useful to nature and sustain an attitude inspired by it, even in a state of isolation from nature. He also explores whether it is possible to transcend anthropocentrism without physically moving the body. The work was inspired and initiated by the nature-friendly design studio of the artist's friend. By designing the growth and combination of various plants placed by the window of a small office in an urban building, he was collecting and nurturing plants with strange patterns or unique colors, arranging them within the space, through the relationship between urban plant keepers (humans) and companion plants (non-humans). The artist photographed and 3D scaned the companion plants, collecting high-resolution data to create images. The images of TV and structures are then framed within actual screens, juxtaposing real and virtual imagery to induce a meditative immersion in the viewer. Through this, the artist questions the gap between experiencing meditative nature and the cycle of utilizing what is given in urban environments, such as digital devices and human technological design. He aims to deconstruct and reconstruct digital nature in the most urban manner.