Prof. Doctorate, Fine art. 2017
Dong -Hwan Ko
Artists Statement
Dong-hwan Ko 2015
The subject matter and content of my work is a dialogue between physical structure of my installations and the intangible or invisible spatial experience evoked by these structures.
To do this, I am examining the process of communication between the physical space and phenomenology space and how this relationship is recognized. Representing or visualizing the intangible or invisible that occupies space is difficult.
It could be argued that the intangible thing is closely related to our psychological and physical memories.
A key element in the definition of space is not so much the object, which is located in space, but our memories. However, I do not want to make space poetical or meditational in my current practice. I want space to be experiential for audiences. They define the space themselves through their experiences.
The starting point for my work is simple cubic space. I think a cube is the basic and common 3-dimensional structure of architecture space. Most buildings and rooms are composed of many cubic spaces constituted by connections of vertical and horizontal lines. However, I not only make perfect cubic shapes, but I also use modified and distorted cubic shapes in my current practice. I create cubic space without any objects inside, because I do not want the actual space to be defined by the objects located in it. I create the empty frame of a cube. However, emptiness in my works is a space already filled in or ready to be occupied by something. For me, empty space is the extended concept. The blank can be infinite or a very small space. It can also be a poetic or literal space depending on the response and perception of viewers.
Dong Hwan Ko
www.donghwanko.com
[email protected]
Dong-hwan Ko 2015
The subject matter and content of my work is a dialogue between physical structure of my installations and the intangible or invisible spatial experience evoked by these structures.
To do this, I am examining the process of communication between the physical space and phenomenology space and how this relationship is recognized. Representing or visualizing the intangible or invisible that occupies space is difficult.
It could be argued that the intangible thing is closely related to our psychological and physical memories.
A key element in the definition of space is not so much the object, which is located in space, but our memories. However, I do not want to make space poetical or meditational in my current practice. I want space to be experiential for audiences. They define the space themselves through their experiences.
The starting point for my work is simple cubic space. I think a cube is the basic and common 3-dimensional structure of architecture space. Most buildings and rooms are composed of many cubic spaces constituted by connections of vertical and horizontal lines. However, I not only make perfect cubic shapes, but I also use modified and distorted cubic shapes in my current practice. I create cubic space without any objects inside, because I do not want the actual space to be defined by the objects located in it. I create the empty frame of a cube. However, emptiness in my works is a space already filled in or ready to be occupied by something. For me, empty space is the extended concept. The blank can be infinite or a very small space. It can also be a poetic or literal space depending on the response and perception of viewers.
Dong Hwan Ko
www.donghwanko.com
[email protected]
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