YUNCHUL KIM : GYRE
Gyre at the Korean Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition–La Biennale di Venezia will present a series of interconnected and large-scale installations by artist Yunchul Kim, that will invite visitors into an alternative universe wherein objects, beings and nature co-exist. Seven installations, including three new works, on display will each work together like a breathing body, powered by invisible matter to decentralise anthropocentric perceptions of reality.
According to the artist, “in the infinite cycles of creation and extinction, the world and its matter constantly gyrates and descends. Gyre explores the world as a labyrinth where “mattereality” matters rather than materiality, embracing non-human objects and material reality.” This is the central theme of the Korean Pavilion’s exhibition, which permeates everything from energy to matter, life, and the universe.
The exhibition will reflect Kim’s transdisciplinary practice that spans art, literature, mythology, philosophy, and science. Gyre will be a swirling cosmic event in the Giardini that invites visitors on a journey into the world of materials, centred around three themes: The Swollen Suns, The Path of Gods, and The Great Outdoors. Yunchul Kim (b. 1970, South Korea) is an artist and an electronic music composer whose practice focuses on the artistic potential and the reality of matter through installation, drawings, writing, and music. He was a member of the artistic research project group Liquid Things at University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the art and science project team Fluid Skies. He is the winner of the 2016 Collide International Award at CERN, and has been awarded by VIDA 15.0, Arts Electronica, and Transmediale. In 2014, he founded Studio Locus Solus in Seoul.
His recent presentations include Yokohama Triennale, Japan (2020); KUMU, Estonia (2020); National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (2020); iMAL, Belgium (2020); CCCB, Spain (2019); and ZKM, Germany (2018).
Exhibition: 23rd April - 27th November 2022