Installation
view of 《Remnants
and Remains》 ©Project Space SarubiaProject Space Sarubia presents a solo
exhibition 《Remnants and Remains》 by artist Jiyun Kang, through June 27.
In today's world saturated with countless
images, Jiyun Kang continues her practice by focusing on what lies outside of
that flood—the things that remain unseen, the blank spaces where nothing is
immediately visible. For Kang, "seeing" is not about instantly
consumed images with high resolution like those on a smartphone screen. Rather,
it is about sensations that require physical movement, specific conditions, or
prolonged presence in order to come into view.
Installation
view of 《Remnants
and Remains》 ©Project Space SarubiaIn the exhibition 《Remnants
and Remains》, visitors are first met with flickering
scenes on one side of the wall at the entrance—reached by descending a faded
terrazzo staircase. Within the light, there are signals that cannot be read. As
one turns to move toward the center of the gallery, a blind catching the shadow
of a flying bird halts the viewer’s gaze.
The video work Remnants and
Remains, which shares the exhibition’s title, is composed of
translucent fabric through which light passes, and a wooden screen that renders
images sharply. The video traces how the color "blue"—once
unnamed—came to symbolize an era. The artist adds that nothing can truly belong
to blue itself, reminding us that even what we believed to be tangible or
unquestionable was merely something momentarily witnessed.
Installation
view of 《Remnants
and Remains》 ©Project Space SarubiaIn this exhibition, Jiyun Kang unpacks the notion of what we believe we have seen, revealing the gap between what is visible and what remains unseen. She shares an experience of looking at absences—of learning how to see emptiness, of recognizing spaces where something presumed invisible has been omitted, and of observing traces of what once was.
