MYOPIA | Installation by Jae Hyun LIM
MYOPIA | Installation by Jae Hyun LIM
MYOPIA | Installation by Jae Hyun LIM
Exhibition Period :
January 17, 2015 – February 17, 2015
Opening Reception :
January 17, 2015 7:00PM
Opening Hours :
Wed-Sun 2:30pm – 8:00pm
Address :
G/F , 135 Lai Chi Kok Road,Tai Kok Tsui ,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
About Exhibition
MYOPIA
“Figures take shape insofar as we can recognize, in passing discourse, something that has been read, heard, felt. The figure is outlined (like a sign) and memorable (like an image or a tale).”
— Roland Barthes, A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments
100ft. PARK is pleased to present “MYOPIA”, installation by Jae Hyun Lim between January 17 – February 17, 2015, investigating human behavior under the intervention of temporary spatial setting on street level.
“MYOPIA” is a journey into the act of narrow-mindedness shaped by seeing our mind and body brought to its stillness.
The project begins with a spatial condition of transparent glass wall that separates two spaces; a gallery and street. Pedestrians often simply pass by the gallery. They notice something occasionally but not enough to change the course of their journey so they simply continue.
The objective here is to divert this pattern of relationship using the wall as a means of interacting with the streetscape. The intervention functions as a mediator that facilitates a scene in which our body becomes a part of performance of “seeing” or “being seen”.
The installation consists of a reflector, viewfinder, and reticle. Each element is brought together as a moment in space. The temporal nature of the installation is contrasted to their resolute stillness as objects, suggesting that what is presented here is merely a single instant from a multitude of unknown and variable scenes.
As we get closer to “MYOPIA” our body gradually adjusts itself to the stillness of the installation. Our perceptual sense increases as our movement becomes still; we become a part of the scene by mimicking its silence and immobility in an attempt to gain understanding of the totality of it all.
To see is to surrender
To observe is to suspend…
About Artist
Born in Korea, Jae Hyun Lim is currently Lecturer at Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong. He has conducted and participated in various lectures, workshops and courses of design. As a resident curator/artist at the Praya One (www.prayaone.com) in Cheung Chau Island, where he lives and works, Jae continues to organize and curate events and exhibitions of works by others and himself. In addition to developing architectural projects and installations, his current research focus is examining a various relationships of landscape/artifact/visualization and how they affect and question our definition of perception and reality.
《同形異位》
高倩彤與冼朗兒聯展
策展人：陳子澂
展覽簡介
百呎公園於2015年1月17日至2月17日展出林宰賢的裝置作品《MYOPIA》，作品探討途人在臨時佈置介入路面空間時的行為表現。
《MYOPIA》是探索人的思考、觀察隨著身體和精神進入靜止狀態而變得狹窄的一個旅程。
藝術空間的一面玻璃把場地和街道分隔而形成的空間環境是是次裝置作品的靈感來源。途人往往與百呎公園擦身而過，甚少駐足停留。他們偶爾留意到空間內的活動，但也不足以改變他們的行程，只是繼續往前走。
裝置作品希望利用玻璃幕門作為與街道互動的介面，嘗試影響路人的行為習慣。這種空間的介入促使身體進入“觀看”和“被看”的場境。
作品由反光物料、取景器和標線組成，各元素組合起來製造出一個時空。裝置是暫時性的，跟它靜止的狀態成為對比，帶出所呈現的空間景象只是由一連串不明和流動的因素產生的瞬間。
愈靠近《MYOPIA》，觀看者的身體欲靜止下來，知覺卻隨著變得敏銳。觀看者調節身體行為以適應和理解作品的同時成為作品的一部分。
關於藝術家
於韓國出生的林宰賢現為香港大學建築系講師，活躍參與不同類型的講課、工作坊及設計課程。林宰賢於長洲生活並成立了Praya One (www.prayaone.com) ，擔任該空間的駐場策展人及藝術家，組織及策劃活動及展覽，展示自己和其他創作者的作品。除了參與和建築及裝置有關的計劃外，林宰賢亦專注研究環境、人造物和形象之間的關係，探討這些因素如何影響人對感知和現實的理解。