‘Herr Nabel Von Welt’

Sarah Mock & Gemini Kim
19.09–03.10.2015

Space One presents ‘Herr Nabel von Welt’, the collection of PHASO or Post-Human Archaeological Studies Organization, a collaborative project by Sarah Mock and Gemini Kim.
'Nabel der Welt' is one who thinks of oneself to be the center of everything. ‘Herr von Welt’ is a male who behaves superior in all things. Is this the attitude of today's human nature? Is ‘Herr Nabel von Welt’ biting the hand that feeds him/her?
Silent relics and excavations of PHASO depict the fluid border between cultural and natural things provoking questions of current human state.

Artist Intro:

Gemini Kim lives and works in Seoul, Korea. He gained his MFA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, MA in Urban Culture and Photography from Goldsmiths College. Currently he is on his public art task in Seoul and Incheon along with his personal art projects such as PHASO and other archaeological programs. Some of his recent shows include 2015 ‘Secret to Long Life’, Boan Inn, Solo Show, Seoul; 2014 ‘Piano Lesson’, Space O’NewWall, Seoul; 2014 ‘Life of Cordyceps’, Corner Gallery, Solo Show, Seoul.

Sarah Mock studied Media Art in the Academys of Fine Arts Mainz and Kassel before graduating as Meisterschülerin at UDK Berlin. Her surrealistic videos, sculptures and installations intervene with the relationships between culture, the artificiality of urban spaces, and the subconscious. Her last video work "The Deluge“ was developed and recorded during a three-month artist residency in Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, South Korea. Currently she is in South Korea with a travel scholarship from DAAD Germany.