‘Objects More or Less Interesting’, 2019

Installation, Sculpture, Foresco MDF, Fluorescent Neon Acrylic Plexiglass Sheet, LEDs, Dimensions Variable 

‘Objects More or Less Interesting’ explores physical and environmental phenomena associated with urbanization in a traditional residential area. Drawing on the historical, social and cultural symbols of the traditional Korean house, Hanok, the sculptural and architectural forms employed convey spatial-temporal variations of traditional architecture by using three primary shapes: the square (traditional radial structure), circle (cross beam), and triangle (roof). The central space is empty: a constructive gap, an imaginary surface asking for the direction in which our traditional communities and our cities should develop. Using artificial industrial raw materials instead of traditional ones, the work featured in this exhibition metaphorically examines relationships of economic power and social change inherent in the process of urban transformation. Showna’s work re-interprets various theories of scientific analyses and theories of molecular biology as visual metaphor. In particular, seeing structures and landscapes as ‘cells’ undergoing the process of alteration or transformation over time (resulting from the direct uptake and incorporation of exogenous materials from different surroundings).