Installation view of
《Frames of Architecture》 ©Seoul Museum of ArtSeoul Museum of Art presents a group
exhibition 《Frames of Architecture》 on view through June 1 at Nam-Seoul Museum of Art. 《Frames
of Architecture》 focuses on architecture not as a
consumable object but as a "perspective" and "attitude"
toward viewing the world through the medium of video, aligning with the Seoul
Museum of Art's 2024 exhibition theme of "architecture."
Typically, architecture is categorized as a
spatial art form and film (the origin of the video medium) as a time-based art
form. But they are also two realms that have evolved in relationships of mutual
influence, sharing temporal and spatial elements as important aspects.
In architecture, temporality is expressed
through the designing of users’ movements and experiences in space. Video, in
contrast, is a medium where sensory space can be constructed not only within
the visible spaces on the screen but also from what is remembered through the
connections within sequences.
Installation view of
《Frames of Architecture》 ©Seoul Museum of ArtThe exhibition seeks to use this time-based
video medium to provide an experience that is distinct from other architecture
exhibitions. By restricting the video creators to architects and fine artists,
it attempts to show the intersections of perspectives formed from different
points of departure.
As it presents works by eight artists (or
teams) applying different perspectives to different themes relating to
architecture, 《Frames of Architecture》 gives the viewers an opportunity to
expand their own architectural imagination. We live our lives surrounded by
architectural things that are constantly “framing” our lives: the homes we live
in, the spaces where we work, the bridges we cross for transportation purposes,
and the distantly visible urban landscapes. To display an “architectural
imagination” means to view our architecture-mediated relationships through new
eyes and think about them in different ways.
Wobistdu Studio, Rundmahal Around, 2022,
Architectural motion graphic, 3D animation, color, sound, 8min 8sec ©Seoul Museum of ArtBut our reality today is one where we have
sacrificed control over what we see, washed over by waves of spatial objects
that algorithm-based digital devices thrust at us rather than viewing actual
spaces that we choose to look at. If we consider a given movement experienced
by the body and eye as we move through space to be akin to a “frame” of film,
we may imagine our overall experience of time and space as one of connecting
these frames into a single “video.”
《Frames of
Architecture》 has
the potential to offer a unique experience for viewers as it poses questions
about the relationships we form in everyday space and encourages them to become
“directors” capturing frames of their own.
Participating Artists: MOS Architects, Park Sunmin, Park
Junebum, Lee Yoonseok, Beka & Lemoine, Hong Buhm, Wobistdu Studio, Nana
& Felix
