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ATMOSPHERE
01 Tokujin Yoshioka
The Gate (2014)
Site-specific Installation
Size Variable
Layers of transparent fibers alter
the whole room to a lens and allude
MATERIALITY OF LIGHT image that transcends dimensions.
Transparent fibers are affected by
the light and the enormous lens take
people to the gate of the future.
My interpretaion of ‘Atmosphere’ in terms of materiality of light is about the translation
of light through various mediums and how light is being expressed through various methods,
and at the same time, affecting the overall atmosphere in the environment. The exhibition 02 Miya Ando
aims to raise awareness of the importance of light as people tend to neglect its existence Mokume Gane Grid(2016)
Silver Nitrate, Dye on wood panels
as it has become a part of our daily life. In addition, it is also important to understand the Size Variable
capabilities of light in different intensities that created the overall ambient.
An exploration into the duality
of metal and its ability to convey
In this collection, 21 objects from various artists, curators and designers are put together strength and permanence, yet in the
and have been selected in among categories from science, nature and technology. These same instance, to absorb shifting
practitioners were able to subtract, reduce and distill their concept and were also deliberate color and capture the fleetingness of
light.
without interfering its constraint.
03 Sabine Reckewell
Black String (2011)
Sculpture Installation
121.9 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm
Using linear materials, repetition and
geometry to create volumes. They
dissolve into linear patterns that shift
and change as the viewer’s position
shifts. Shadows from light sources
can create additional visual patterns.
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04 SarahFinkle
Untitled work of the
“TAC” series
Sculpture Installation
Size Variable
Let the material, in a way, inform
how the piece develops.
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Aoki
Taro Nasu Bambi (2006)
Sculpture Installation
Size Variable
The boards were considered as cells
that composed the space, and by
mutating these cells Aoki intended to
change the very qualities of the space
itself.
06 Yunjung
Kang
Rubber bands (2011)
Sculpture Installation
Size Variable
Making abstract creations that shrink
and expand, exhibiting the positive
and negative space. These organic,
sensual, and universal forms evoke
presence and absence, the emotion of
fullness and emptiness as well as the
qualities of solidity and fragility.
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07 James
Welling
Choreograph (2015)
Inkjet Print
106.7 X 160 cm
By mixing architecture and dance, he
was creating a hybrid, objects and
movements first drawn by light (in
his photographs), and then combined
together to create surreal new land-
scapes.
08 Christiane
Baumgartner
Pfad (2003)
Woodcut on Japanese Misumi Paper
36 X 56 cm
A central aspect of the work is the
relation between materiality and
immateriality. Through the selection
and transformation of a video still,
a unique woodcut was created that
brings experience and weight to an
otherwise unexperienced moment.
09 RodneyEwing
Time and Place (2016)
Art Installation
Silkscreen and Dry pigment on paper
152.4 x 101.6 cm
Creating an intersection where body
and place, memory and fact are
merged to re-examine human
interactions and cultural conditions
to create a narrative that requires us
to be present and profound.
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10 Ross Bleckner
Lights (1988)
Art Installation
Paintings, Oil on paper
40.6 x 30.5 cm
The works often employ recurring
symbolic imagery, rendered with a
blurred, glowing sense of light.
11 Davide Balula
Burnt Painting (2015)
Art Installation
Charred wood, coal dust on linen
217.2 x 125.7 cm
Harnesses all forms of natural matter,
as well as manmade structures and
systems to generate paintings,
sculptures, photographs,
performances, and site–specific
interventions.
12 Carol Bove
Herma (2013)
Sculpture Installation
304.8 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm
Combining found and made elements
while incorporating a wide range of
domestic, industrial, and natural
objects, the sculptures reveal the
poetry of their materials.
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13 Jun Aoki 16 Olafur Eliasson
Fibre (2004) Moss Wall (1994)
Art Installation Sculpture Installation
1800 X 600 cm Size Variable
Layers of transparent nylon fibres When it is watered, the lichen
used for fishing nets with lightings expands and emits a pungent odor.
programmed to change in intensity
over time, altering the viewers
Bringing natural phenomena into the
constructed space of the museum,
perception of transparencies and the where one becomes more aware that
depth of the overall space. nature is also a construction
14 Andreas Gursky 17 Hannes Zweifel & Zimoun
Paris, Montparnasse Untitled (2013)
(1993) Video Screening
Duration: 00:55 minutes
Photography Installation
c-print
149 x 354 cm The light transmits and visually
amplifies the movements of the
suspended boxes onto the floor. The
Colorful, bold, large-format
depictions of contemporary life. result is an atmosphere based on
Focusing on scenes and places sound, light and material, originating
representing the international from a very simple mechanical system
and commonplace materials.
sentiment of contemporary society.
15 Catherine Yaas 18 Zimoun
Lock (2006) Untitled (2017)
Video Screening Sculpture Installation
Duration: 09:42 minutes 255 prepared ac-motors,
328kg roof lath, 1.8km rope
Exploring the relationship between Size Variable
physical and psychological space,
namely how environments are Transforming everyday materials,
constructed and experienced by their devices and objects, invisibly present
inhabitants, through an emphasis on around us, in aesthetic environments,
temporal duration. defining the space, sound and
atmosphere of the beholder’s
experience.
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19 Carlo Bernardini
Vacuum (2011)
Site-specific Installation
Size Variable
Transforming dark spaces into
abstract light environments. The
site-specific installations are based
on triangular forms, where lines pass
through walls, floors, façades and
even between buildings.
20 Olafur Eliasson
Rainbow Assembly
(2016)
Site-specific Installation
Size Variable
Rays of light illuminate a circle of
mist in a darkened room, creating
rainbows. Approaching the rainbows,
you discover the machinery that
produces them: rings of sprinklers
and spotlights on the ceiling.
21 Pablo Valbuena
Quadratula (2010)
Site-specific Installation
Size Variable
The space is manipulated by means of
projected light. The main axis of the
room is extended and the limits of the
physical space is dissolved.