DEEP SURFACE, documentation (excerpt), 9'00"
(full installation 23'00"), fulldome projection, 2017
"Kang sculpts space through projected moving images, altering the static nature of architectural structures by turning the dome into a spatiotemporal environment in which the audience is invited to immerse itself. Consequently, Kang’s work generates a “deep surface” that visually folds and unfolds and augments the real through virtuality. A type of cutting-edge
"For her work Deep Surface—an oxymoron that undoes another key dichotomy—Kang employs the same technological means to project images onto the internal surface of a dome [...] Due to the immateriality of the projected beam of light, the architectural surface and the illusion of depth co-habit rather than collide. The domed ceiling is transmogrified into a different kind of space without being physically or permanently modified. trompe-l’oeil, Deep Surface’s conflation of dome and moving digital images erodes the boundaries between illusion and reality. In addition, the mode of spectatorship required by this work annuls the disparity between individual voyeuristic experiences and public modes of observation."
quote from Into the Deep Surface, Daehyung Lee
for full text HERE
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGES
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Wallpaper* UK, "Wallpaper* - Wrap artist: a retrospective remix for Max Mara embraces body and Seoul", December 2017, Charlotte Jansen
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Korea JoonAng Daily, "Artist Yiyun Kang blurs the borders of reality at Max Mara exhibition", MOON SO YOUNG, 08, December, 2017
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조선일보, Chosun Daily, "[Why] "400㎏짜리 내 설치 작품에 깔렸던 날… 살아있는 것만으로 감사", 송혜진 기자, 18, November, 2017
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THE ULTIMATE LUXURY CHINA Max Mara COATS! SEOUL", December, 2017, China
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Aroute "강이연 작가 - 깊은 표면' Max Mara COATS!SEOUL 2017 exhibition - 아트팟 10회" broadcasted on 11, December, 2017, SKY A&C channel

Slide show, Photo © Yiyun Kang
Slide show, Photo © Yiyun Kang