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To Breathe, The Chapel Yorkshire Sculpture Park

To Breathe, The Chapel Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Installation at Kimsooja: To Breathe, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Chapel, Wakefield, UK

2019

01 Photo by Mark Reeves
02 - 04 Photo by Jan Liegeois

To Breathe
Site-specific Installation with Mirrors Panels and Diffraction Grating Films, and Sound Performance The Weaving Factory(2004-2013)
Courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, and Kimsooja Studio

Thread Routes – Chapter VI

Thread Routes – Chapter VI

Single Channel Video
28:18, 5.1 Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof
Commissioned by the City of Poitiers

2019

Thread Routes – Chapter I, II, II

Thread Routes – Chapter I, II, II

Installation view at Musée Sainte-Croix, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

Thread Routes – Chapter I, II, II
2010-2012, 16mm film transferred to HD Format, 5.1 sound.
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, the Musée Sainte-Croix and Kimsooja Studio

Solarescope

Solarescope

Installation view at Notre-Dame La Grande, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

Solarescope
Site-specific Lighting Installation
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

To Breathe – Tour Maubergeon

To Breathe – Tour Maubergeon

Installation view at Tour Maubergeon, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photos by Jan Liegois

To Breathe – Tour Maubergeon
Site-specific Installation with Mirror Panels
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

Archive of Mind, 2016/2019

Archive of Mind, 2016/2019

Installation view at Palais des ducs d'Aquitaine, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
First exhibited in a different configuration at the the Kimsooja, Archive of Mind, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea(MMCA), Seoul, Korea

2019

Photos by Jan Liegois

Archive of Mind
2016/2019, Participatory Site-specific Installation Consisting of Clay Balls, 18m elliptical wooden table, and sound performance Unfolding Sphere(2016)
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, Axel Vervoordt Gallery and Kimsooja Studio

To Breathe

To Breathe

Installation view at Sainte - Radegonde Church, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photo by Yann Gachet

To Breathe
2019, site-specific installation consisting of diffraction-grating film.
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio.

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007/2019

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs, 2007/2019

Installation view at Chapelle Saint Louis, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

01 Photos by Jan Liegeois
02 - 03 Photos by Yann Gachet

Bottari Truck – Migrateurs
2007/2019, Site-specific Installation Consisting of 1 ton truck from France (1976 Peugeot 404 Pickup), Bottaris, Bungee Cords
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio.

To Breathe – La Canopée

To Breathe – La Canopée

Installation view at La Canopée, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

To Breathe – La Canopée
Site-specific Installation with Diffraction Grating Films
Dimensions Variable

Bottari, 2017/2019

Bottari, 2017/2019

Installation view at La Canopée, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Bottari
2017/2019, Used black bedcover, used clothing
Courtesy of the Kewenig Gallery, City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio.

Mumbai : A Laundry Field

Mumbai : A Laundry Field

Installation view at Maison de l'Architecture, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photo by Yann Gachet

Mumbai : A Laundry Field
3 Channel Video, 10:25 loop, Sound
Courtesy of Kewenig Gallery, the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

Archive of Mind, 2016/2019

Archive of Mind, 2016/2019

Installation at Kimsooja: Archive of Mind, Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), Salem, USA

2019

1 - 2 Photo by Bob Packert
3 - 6 Photo by Ken Sawyer

Archive of Mind
2016/2019, Site-specific Participatory Consisting of Clay balls, Elliptical Wooden Table, and Sound Performance Unfolding Sphere(2016)
Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio

Planted Names, 2002/2019

Planted Names, 2002/2019

Installation view at Chapelle Saint Louis, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

Planted Names
2002/2019, Site-specific Installation Consisting of Carpets Woven with the Names of People Enslaved at Drayton Hall Plantation
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

Encounter – A Mirror Woman, 2017/2019

Encounter – A Mirror Woman, 2017/2019

Installation view at Le Confort Moderne, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photo by Jan Liegeois

Encounter – A Mirror Woman
2017/2019, site-specific installation consisting of folding mirror screen.
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers, le Confort Moderne, Axel Vervoordt Gallery Kimsooja Studio

Bottari 1999-2019

Bottari 1999-2019

Installation view at Place de la Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet and Sebastien Laval.

Bottari 1999-2019
Site-specific Installation Consisting of Shipping Container Painted the Colors of Obangsaek, Containing all of the Artist's Personal Posessions from her New York apartment.
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

To Breathe – The Flags

To Breathe – The Flags

Installation view at Rue de la cathédrale, For Traversées / Kimsooja, 13 site-specific installations around the city of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

2019

Photos by Yann Gachet

To Breathe – The Flags
Site-specific Installation consistingof 12 nylon flags
Courtesy of the City of Poitiers and Kimsooja Studio

Lotus: Zone of Zero, 2003/2019

Lotus: Zone of Zero, 2003/2019

Installation at Group Exhibition Clapping with Stones: Art and Acts of Resistance The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA
First exhibited in a different configuration at the Palais Rameau, Lille, 2003, Courtesy Dijon Consortium

2019

Photos by David De Armas

Lotus: Zone of Zero
2003/2019, Site-specific Installation Consisting of 272 Lotus Lanterns, Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic Chants, Steel Structure and Cables
Dimensions Variable

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