NEW MEDIA ART LAB UK & KOREA

DATES 4 - 6 November 2013OPENING TIME 10am - 5pm

VENUE Old Billingsgate, 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, 16 Lower Thames St, London EC3R 6DX

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NAM JUNE PAIK _ DOCUMENTA 6 SATELLITE TELECAST

Nam June Paik, the Korean artist, world famous provocateur and founder of video art pioneered the innovative use of technological tools that artists continue to practice today. The first to voice the phrase “electronic super highway” as early as 1974, Paik saw the boundless possibilities offered by broadcasting and the Internet age. Within the exhibition a shrine to Paik features ‘Documenta 6 Satellite Telecast’ (1977) his collaborative work with Joseph Beuys and Douglas Davis, the world’s first live satellite performance broadcast simultaneously into 25 different countries.

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JEREMY BAILEY _ THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION

Crystallize features the “Famous New Media Artist” Jeremy Bailey who is regarded as an artist who evokes the spirit of Nam June Paik most. His work explores custom software in a performative context, offering parodies of new media vocabularies.

‘Future of Television’ uses facial recognition technology to show television channels on his face. Whilst the same technology would apply to self-driven cars in the future, it is the self-depreciating manner and fun that he uses the technique to question the place of television in artists’ work at present and touches self-promoting culture by being “user-controlled”.

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JE BAAK _ THE STRUCTURE OF

‘The Structure of ’ presents a concept that there are only two artificially generated extreme emotions that people can feel when on thrill rides in an amusement park. Whether it is fear or pleasure, collages of all the different types of thrill rides, Je Baak creates figures that evoke these mixed emotions. The feel of emptiness also occurs whilst the endless repetition somehow changes thrill into pain. They look beautiful yet scary, enjoyable yet painful at the same time.

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GLTI.CH _ GLTI.CH PORTALS

GLTI.CH (http://glti.ch) is a collaborative mess between Kyougn Kmi and Daniel Rourke that breaches hopeless distances with cultural and technical make-dos. The work brings people together in glitchy karaoke fests, broken DJ mix-haps, and other kludged-together happenings.

Starting at 9AM on 4th November, Crystallize will open GLTI.CH PORTALS onto 67 hours of multi-user telepresent karaoke in the Old Billingsgate Market, London. GLTI.CH PORTALS will feature access points that connect the lower level of the New Media Art Exhibition to the upper floor of the Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo. By interacting with these GLTI.CH PORTALS, visitors will be able to sing with bedsits in Seoul and San Francisco, offices in Boston and Manchester, galleries in New York, Zurich and beyond! Following the labyrinth below/above, inside/outside, locally /globally, GLTI.CH PORTALS will thread the internet with the starts and stutters of song.

GINA CZARNECKI _ PALACES

Gina Czarnecki’s ‘Palaces’ is a public participatory sculpture made in collaboration with Professor Sara Rankin from Imperial College.

The palace grows as the thousands of baby teeth, donated by children around the world are attached and preserved within the crystal resin sculpture. Palaces is part of a larger body of art called The Wasted Works, that looks at recycling of organs and tissue, legislation and medical research, stem cell therapy, the notion of ownership applied to ‘clinical waste’ and our understanding of informed consent.

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GLTI.CH _ GLTI.CH PORTALS

GLTI.CH (http://glti.ch) is a collaborative mess between Kyougn Kmi and Daniel Rourke that breaches hopeless distances with cultural and technical make-dos. The work brings people together in glitchy karaoke fests, broken DJ mix-haps, and other kludged-together happenings.

Starting at 9AM on 4th November, Crystallize will open GLTI.CH PORTALS onto 67 hours of multi-user telepresent karaoke in the Old Billingsgate Market, London. GLTI.CH PORTALS will feature access points that connect the lower level of the New Media Art Exhibition to the upper floor of the Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo. By interacting with these GLTI.CH PORTALS, visitors will be able to sing with bedsits in Seoul and San Francisco, offices in Boston and Manchester, galleries in New York, Zurich and beyond! Following the labyrinth below/above, inside/outside, locally /globally, GLTI.CH PORTALS will thread the internet with the starts and stutters of song.

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DAVID OGLE _ 08024

David Ogle’s work deals with notions of permanence, perception and the materiality of objects. Light acts as a sculptural medium in much of the work, with spaces becoming intersected and manipulated by geometric forms that distort a viewer’s perception of their environment and their navigations around it. The works are innately ephemeral, each constructed within the parameters of a specific site for a specific time – a context from which the work is inseparable.

AYOUNG KIM _ PLEASE RETURN TO BUSAN PORT

Ayoung Kim presents a three-channel video, set in the late 80s, using a well-known old-fashioned Korean song of the same title. It was the period when the South Korean economy seemed to be rising to its peak; moreover, optimism about globalisation was dominant as the country held international events such as the Olympic Games and the Asian Games. Yet such seeming prosperity also brought about darker aspects into everyday life. Intrigued by a real story of a man who used to be a drug smuggler in the city of Busan, it re-shapes and reconstructs a day of his life in a semi-realistic way. Using footage taken from location shooting and studio shooting as well as archival footage of running sportsmen, it questions upon what the meaning of endless advancement is.

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AYOUNG KIM _ PLEASE RETURN TO BUSAN PORT

Ayoung Kim presents a three-channel video, set in the late 80s, using a well-known old-fashioned Korean song of the same title. It was the period when the South Korean economy seemed to be rising to its peak; moreover, optimism about globalisation was dominant as the country held international events such as the Olympic Games and the Asian Games. Yet such seeming prosperity also brought about darker aspects into everyday life. Intrigued by a real story of a man who used to be a drug smuggler in the city of Busan, it re-shapes and reconstructs a day of his life in a semi-realistic way. Using footage taken from location shooting and studio shooting as well as archival footage of running sportsmen, it questions upon what the meaning of endless advancement is.

SANG UN JEON _ TRAILERS ARCHIVE, VIRTUAL CITY

Sang Un Jeon witnesses that every cultural idea is communicated and transmitted from one mind to another with an unprecedented speed. Jeon focuses on the visualization of hybridized visual culture, creating the most unexpected objects.

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KIRA KIM _ LONDON - BEIJING - TOKYO, 29 TH FLOOR + ON THE BRIDGE

Kira Kim metaphorical piece uses photography, video, LED and other new media in his socially focused but humorous work. Ranging from organised gang members and exercising housewives to multi-national fast food joints and oriental china, his subject matters show the diverse yet somewhat standardised characteristics of modern life. Kira throws a camera from 29th floor of a building, then from a bridge and the work is generated from these actions.

SUHEE KIM _ TEXT MEANING IMAGE

Suhee Kim’s video installation ‘Text Meaning Image’ offers an account view from a reader who is trying to understand the thoughts of an author by a reading text. As time passes and as the reader reads, non-understandable words for him begin to disappear. Finally, only the words that have given a meaning to the reader survive but the text on the page with many voids does not make sense and it becomes an abstract image, as if there did not exist a way to present pure thought.

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SUHEE KIM _ TEXT MEANING IMAGE

Suhee Kim’s video installation ‘Text Meaning Image’ offers an account view from a reader who is trying to understand the thoughts of an author by a reading text. As time passes and as the reader reads, non-understandable words for him begin to disappear. Finally, only the words that have given a meaning to the reader survive but the text on the page with many voids does not make sense and it becomes an abstract image, as if there did not exist a way to present pure thought.

TERRY RYU KIM _ SCREENING SOLUTION IV

Terry Ryu Kim looks at the technology and architecture of social spaces and their controlling effect on movement as well as exploring the body as it is represented through surveillance and considered in design. When some aspects of public spaces where surveillance and host-guest relationship is crucial, such as hospitals, airports and public transport: Kim manipulates screens to accentuate their presence, references liminal, functional zones in interiors such as revolving doors, while the long rows of screens create an artificial and provisional corridor controlling the viewer’s entry into the space.

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DAVE LYNCH _ PROJECT NIMBUS

Dave Lynch’s mobile projection series is a depiction of expanded cinema and questions the role of the image and the human interpretation of data in our culture.

Lynch showcases various devices from his cloud projection research over the past year including his new prototype piece involving drone technology. He will also be resident throughout the lab conducting conversation based research into cross disciplinary collaboration between art, science and maker cultures.

LEENAM LEE _ BATTLE OF SEOLMARI

Leenam Lee’s cartoon screens combine classical painting with digital technology. Using the five pieces of an oriental folding screen as digital screens, past classic art work is brought to life, heavily embedded with symbols expressing the passing of time, causes and consequences from analog to a digital world.

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DAVE LYNCH _ PROJECT NIMBUS

Dave Lynch’s mobile projection series is a depiction of expanded cinema and questions the role of the image and the human interpretation of data in our culture.

Lynch showcases various devices from his cloud projection research over the past year including his new prototype piece involving drone technology. He will also be resident throughout the lab conducting conversation based research into cross disciplinary collaboration between art, science and maker cultures.

SAM MEECH _ KNITTED HORSE IN MOTION

Sam Meech uses domestic knitting machines to explore the parallels between digital images and textiles. Using both punchcard-operated and ‘hacked’ electronic machines, Meech looks at ways in which the devices can be used to develop simple moving image experiments alongside analogue interpretations of digital video compression. He is also looking at the uses of the punchcard as a means for controlling workers and is currently auditing contemporary working patterns within the digital economy, revealing the shift from Robert Owens’ ideal - ‘8 hours labour, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest’.

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SEMICONDUCTOR _ WORLDS IN THE MAKING

‘Worlds in the Making’ is an epic three channel moving image work by Semiconductor that explores how we observe, experience and create an understanding of the physical origins of the world around us.

By appropriating the tools and processes of volcanology to re-interpret the primordial landscapes of our volcanic planet, Semiconductor create a world slightly removed from the one we think we know, disrupting our everyday assumptions of reality and questioning how science affects our experience of natural world.

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PAUL SULLIVAN _ NOODLE BAR

In 2008-2009, Static Gallery carried out a project with its roots in 19th century painter Manet’s ‘A bar at the Folies - Bergere’, using an artwork as a mirror to reflect society. The project plots the setting up of a noodle bar on the outside of the gallery in Liverpool to be staffed by a Korean family selected by application. The project explores not only the technical, legal and bureaucratic frameworks of movement within a globalized society, but also the emotions and desires that lie behind migration.

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PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

Nam June Paik, Documenta 6 Satellite Telecast, 1977, Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (Eai), New York

Jeremy Bailey, The Future Of Television, Still image, 2012

Je Baak, The Structure Of, Still images, 2010

Gina Czarnecki, Palaces, Installation view, 2012Glti.ch, Glti.ch Portals, Installation view, 2013

David Ogle, 08024, Installation view, 2013Sang Un Jeon, Trailers Archive, Still image, 2011

Ayoung Kim, Please Return To Busan Port, Still image, 2012

Kira Kim, On The Bridge, Still image, 2013Suhee Kim, Text Meaning Image, Installation view, 2013

Terry Ryu Kim, Screening Solution IV, Installation view Photo By Peter Hope © 2013

Leenam Lee, Battle Of Seolmari, Installation view, 2013Dave Lynch, Project Nimbus, Installation view, 2013

Sam Meech, Knitted Horse In Motion , Installation view, 2013

Semiconductor, Worlds In The Making,Installation view at Fact (Foundation For Art And Creative Technology) 2011Photo: Brian Slater

Paul Sullivan, Noodle Bar, Still image 2008

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Brochure design by Hyemi Na

DATES 4 - 6 November 2013OPENING TIME 10am - 5pm

VENUE Old Billingsgate, 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, 16 Lower Thames St, London EC3R 6DX