금민정
Guem Minjeong

“Before entering the house, I take a moment to catch my breath. . . . Entering a space is a moment filled with anticipation. The movement of the “body” toward a space that can be imagined but has never been visited is full of curiosity and excitement. The architectural elements of “walls” and “doors” that connect the inside and the outside, as well as between spaces, are physical barriers and partitions that divide space. At the same time, they play
an important role as mediators in the boundary that divides the human psyche into imagination and reality.”
—excerpt from the artist statement

Guem Minjeong focuses on the theme of “space” and creates site-specific video works based on the temporality and narrative of specific places. Majoring in sculpture, a fine art genre, the artist created a new genre called “video sculpture” by combining traditional sculpture media such as clay, stone, wood, and iron with the modern medium of video. In this exhibition, she presents a video installation in which urbanized buildings and the contemporary natural sensibilities reflected in them are collected as actual natural data, transformed into video, and expressed through the artist’s unique media technique. The theme is a virtual space created by imaginary nature that unfolds
beyond the concrete wall and door—symbols of modern urban architecture. The work, where present and past, real and virtual coexist, extends into the exhibition space, inviting movement and immersion into a new space.