Lotus: Zone of Zero

336 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure, Cables
Dimensions Variable

2013 Photo by Rachel Topham

Retrospective exhibition at Kimsooja / Unfolding, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium

To Breathe: Obangsaek

To Breathe: Obangsaek

Site-specific Wallpaper Installation
Variable

2013 Photo by Jaeho Chong

Installation at The Lift, the Bloomberg Building, New York, USA

To Breathe – The Flags

To Breathe – The Flags

To Breathe – The Flags, Series of 12 Video Still Images

2013 Photo by Elizabeth Carecchio

Site-specific Installation at the Marseille-Provence European Capital of Culture 2013: Kimsooja, To Breathe - The Flags, Aix-en-Provence, France

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA

Site-specific Video Projection at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA
Courtesy of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

2012 Photo by Kimsooja

(Left to Right)
01 To Breathe: Invisible Mirror / Invisible Needle, 2003-2006, Single Channel Video with Sound from Kimsooja's Voice Performance 'A Weaving Factory'(2004), 10:40 loop (video) / 11:38 loop (sound)
02 A Needle Woman - Patan, Havana, Rio de Janeiro, N 'Djamena, Sanaa, Jerusalem, 2005, 10:40 loop, Silent

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero

336 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Courtesy of Plateau, Samsung Museum, Seoul

2011 Photos 02 - 03 by Sang Tae Kim

Site-specific Installation at Group Exhibition Space Study, Plateau, Samsung Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2011
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium

Encounter – Looking into Sewing 1998/2011

Encounter – Looking into Sewing 1998/2011

Performative Sculpture, Used Korean Bedcovers, Mannequin
Courtesy Kimsooja Studio and Kewenig Galerie, Berlin

2011 Photo by Simon Vogel

Bottari: The Island

Bottari: The Island

Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Japanese Clothes
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy Axel Vervoordt Foundation and Raffaella Cortese Gallery, Milan, Italy

2011 Photo by Jaeho Chong

Site specific Bottari Installation at Group Exhibition Tra: Edge of Becoming, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy

Mandala – Chant For Auschwitz

Mandala – Chant For Auschwitz

Mandala – Chant For Auschwitz │ 만다라 - 아우슈비츠를 위한 성가
Used Clothes, Shoes, Toys, Tibetan Monk Chant

2010 Photos by Adam Ciereszko

Mandala: Zone of Zero, 2004-2010

Mandala: Zone of Zero │ 만다라 – 0의 지점
Single channel mixed media sound installation (One Jukebox, Three Chants Mixed with Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic), 9:50, loop

2010 Video filmed by Gilles Coudert

To Breathe: Zuoz

To Breathe: Zuoz

To Breathe: Zuoz │ 호흡 – 추오츠
Diffraction Grating Film on 5 Window

2010

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero

Lotus: Zone of Zero │ 로투스 – 0의 지점
Approx 2000 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Courtesy of the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea;

2008 Photos by Mikåel Falke and Fabrice Kada

First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium

Bottari Tricycle

Bottari Tricycle

Used Chinese Tricycle with 21 Bottaris, Used Bedcovers and Used Clothes
110(h)x95x287cm
Unique

2008 Photo by Thierry Depagne

Installation view at Kimsooja, Mumbai: A Laundry Field, Continua Gallery, Le Moulin, France 2009

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs │ 보따리 트럭 – 이민자들
1 ton truck, Bottaris, Bungee Cords
470 x 170 x 200(h)cm
Unique

2008

The House Project – Lofoten Island

The House Project – Lofoten Island

The House Project – Lofoten Island │ 하우스 프로젝트 – 로프튼 섬
2008-2013
Filmed at Laukvik, Lofoten, Norway

2008 Photos by Kjell Ove Storvik

The House Project presents an abandoned house in Laukvik, Lofoten Island, Norway as an object in itself, and a platform for multiple related interactive practices. Initially, the artist collaborated with the Loften International Art Festival (LIAF) to purchase an isolated and abandoned house in Lofoten, with the idea that it would be documented, and then renovated into a retreat/residency space.

The house appears to have been abandoned suddenly by its inhabitant, an older fisherman's wife, forty years ago. It has been left with furniture, full of personal objects, memories, and history. After the visiting the house, and discovering this rich personal history embedded within the house and its many contents, the artist decided to keep it as it is. She altered her idea instead to invite people to stay in a nearby guesthouse for the residency, keeping the house as a sanctuary, and as an object.

The artist has been documenting the house in both photographs and video, in every season, and hopes to realize this project as a book project in the end. She also plans to invite writers, artists, musicians, architects, and choreographers to come stay together in the area, and to create a site specific dialogue in relation to the house and its location. This may offer an opportunity of focused contemplation of art works and processes, the place and its surrounding environment.

The project aims, thus, to allow for continuity in the artist's engagement with, and non-intrusive contribution, to the local environment, retaining the mystery of the occupants disappearance, while their stories remain intact.

Sewing into Walking, 1994/2007

Sewing into Walking, 1994/2007

Sewing Into Walking │ 바느질하며 걷기
Bottari and Video Installation
Bottari, Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothing + Three Channel Video (Kyungju: 19:40 loop, Yangdong Village: 2:41 loop, Mai Mountain: 1:43 loop), Silent

2007 Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid

Respirar – Una Mujer Espejo / To Breathe - A Mirror Woman

Respirar – Una Mujer Espejo / To Breathe - A Mirror Woman

Respirar – Una Mujer Espejo / To Breathe – A Mirror Woman │ 호흡 – 거울여인
Site Specific Installation with Diffraction Grating Film, Mirror, The Weaving Factory, 2005(sound performance by the artist)
Courtesy of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Curated by Oliva María Rubio. Coordinated by Mónica Carballas and Rafael García

2006 Photo by Jaeho Chong

To Breathe / Respirare, 2003-2005

To Breathe / Respirare, 2003-2005

To Breathe / Respirare │ 호흡
Single Channel Video with Sound from Kimsooja's Voice Performance A Weaving Factory(2004)
10:40 loop (Video) / 11:38 loop (Sound)
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2005 Photo by Luca Campigotto

Mandala: Zone of Zero

Mandala: Zone of Zero

Mandala: Zone of Zero │ 만다라 – 0의 지점
Mixed Media Sound Installation (One jukebox, Single Channel Audio of Three Chants: Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic), 9:50, loop
Dimensions Variable, Juke box: 81.28cm(dia), 30.48cm(d)

2004

Laundry Woman

Laundry Woman

A Laundry Woman │ 빨래하는 여인
38 Korean Bedcovers, Wire, Clothespins
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy of Centre D'art Contemporain, Basse-Normandie, and Kimsooja Studio

2004 Photos by Didier Morel

A Laundry Woman