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A Device: Back to the Moment at MokSpace

News of the upcoming exhibition at MokSpace, near the British Museum:

A device: Back to the moment

Time: 30 September at 18:00 – 06 October at 18:00
Location: Mokspace
33, Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH
London, United Kingdom

A Device - Back to the Moment poster

Mokspace is pleased to present the group exhibition “A device: Back to the moment”. This exhibition features the work of 6 Korean artists: Myungnam An, Seungpyo Hong, Jiho Won, Rae Koo, Dongyoon Kim and Hyeyoung Ku.

In order to draw a common emotion in their psychological state, the artist’s work acts as a device. It unlocks the memories and recollections of the audience using the human senses in a synesthetic manner. Therefore what results is an experience that can be appreciated by everyone on an individual and personal level.

‘A Device’ consists of sculptures, photos, paintings, performances, etchings and ceramic work giving the exhibition a distinctive variety. It provides the audience with a way to look back at various stories from memories, enabling them to admire the lost moment once again.

The exhibition tries to create a situation where the audience is reminded of something in the past, that does not usually come to mind, by connecting to memories that are hard to recall or related to nothing in particular.

‘A Device’ is particularly interesting because the art included in the exhibition bears the “madeleine effect”, a concept that Marcel Proust(1872-1922) coined, in which cues encountered in art evoke recollections of the past without conscious effort.

Artists

Dong Yoon Kim

Education

Goldsmiths, University of London 2010 – 2012: MFA Fine Art
London College of Communication, University of the Arts London 2006 – 2009: BA(Hons) Photography
College of Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, 1998 – 2006: BSc Computer Science

Selected group exhibition

2011

Light/Touch at Upper Street Gallery, London
4482 – The 4th Korean Contemporary Artists in London at Oxo Tower Bargehouse, London
14th Japan Media Arts Festival at The National Art Centre, Tokyo
Bologna Art First 2011 at Bologna Exhibition Cetre,Bologna

2010

Academy meets Photokina 2010 at Cologne
Hong Kong International Art Fair 2010 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 2010 at The Photographer’s Gallery, London
4482 – The 3rd Korean Contemporary Artists in London at Oxo Tower Bargehouse, London

2009

Paris Photo 2009 at Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
New Sensations 2009 at A Foundation, London
Starting with a Photograph – An Exhibition of Saatchi Online Artists at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London
Crossfields at Korean Cultural Centre UK, London
Graduate Show at Well Gallery, London

Awards

Jury Recommended Work of Art Division: The 14th Japan Media Arts Festival 2011
Shortlisted for New York Photo Festival 2010: General Fine Art Series
Finalist of Fresh Faced and Wild eyed 2010: Annual Graduates Exhibition of The Photographer’s Gallery
Finalist of New Sensations 2009: A Channel 4 Prize for Saatchi Online 2009 UK Graduates

Rae Koo

Education

2008 – 2011 BA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London

Selected Exhibitions

2011

Degree Show, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

2010

4482(sasapari), Bargehouse, London, UK
Cueb 2010, Cueb gallery, London, UK

Myung nam An

Education

2006 to 2009 – BA Hons, Ceramic course, Camberwell college of Art

Awards

2010 – Designer Crafts at the Mall 2010-Polly Weiss Award for Outstanding Use of Colour
2004 – First Prize Award, The 40th National Open Competition Exhibition Award, Danwon Arts Competition
The Modern Ceramic Arts Award of Korea 2004 to 2005

Jiho Won

Education

2011 MFA in Sculpture, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
2007 BFA in Sculpture, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul

Selected Exhibitions

2011

53Degrees, The New School House Gallery, York
Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London
SASAPARI (4482), Bargehouse, London

2010

Recollection, Portsea Place, London

Hyeyoung Ku

Education

2008-2010 MFA Goldsmiths College, University of London, Art Practice
1998-2002 BA Chung-Ang University, Sculpture

Exhibition/ Performance

2011 Performance Series

£150p/w, ‘4482’ (Bargehouse, London, UK)

2010 Performance Series

Meet Your Maker, ‘Salon Summer 2010’ (Salon contemporary, London, UK)
Meet Your Maker, ‘Goldsmiths MFA show’ (Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths, London, UK)
Double Frames, ‘4482’ (Bargehouse, London, UK)
Renaissance – Hyeyoung Ku’s 30th birthday (Deptford Townhall, London, UK)
‘Pause & Eject II’ (Shoreditch Townhall, London, UK)

2009 Performance Series

Storm and Stress (Recital Room, Goldsmiths, London, UK)
Storm and Stress Trailer, ‘Crossfields’ (Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK)
Extra Fancy, ‘Find Yourself Here’ (Art Event in Richmond Hill Hotel, London, UK)
R.I.P. Sperm & Egg, ‘Pause & Eject’ (The Rag Factory, London, UK)
A Menu of Funeral Practice, Video Installation, ‘Pause & Eject’ (The Rag Factory, London, UK)
Funeral Practice, ‘GAGA-Performance Day’ (MFA Goldsmiths College Art Project, London, UK)

2008

Void Gallery- Alternative Public Art Project (Executive Managing/Curating)
The Reveries of Solitary Walker Project Committee (Group exhibition, Seoul, Korea)

Theatre

2003-2001 Establishment of Theatre Company Crazy mask productions (acted, produced, and directed plays)
2003 ‘Electric-saw Santa Claus’ (Mokdong Broadcasting Centre, Seoul, Korea)
2002 ‘Good Doctor’ (Ulsan Art Centre, Ulsan, Korea)

Awards

2003 ‘TV Show power video’ Best video (awarded three times)
2002 KTF sponsored ‘I am a director contest’ Best mobile content award

Seungpyo HONG

Education

2009 BA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, London
2004 BA in Printmaking, Hongik University, Seoul

Exhibitions

2011

Journey to East, Jubilee Gallery, Nagoya, Japan (appointed)
Monitor Lizard, Bearspace Gallery, London

2010

Mecha, Bearspace Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

Arco Art fair, Feria de Madrid, Madrid
4482 Korean contemporary artists in London, OXO tower, London

2010

Imaginary Scene, Cais Gallery, Hong Kong
Three Person Show (Klega, Heeseung SUNG, Seungpyo HONG),
Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul
Multiplied (Contemporary Editions Fair), CHRISTIE’S, London
KIAF (Korea International Art Fair), Coex, Seoul

2009

Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite, And a De Bridge, London
London Art fair, Business Design Centre, London
Supervisions, Korean Cultural Centre, London

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