Installation view
of “At the End of the World Split Endlessly” ©SeMASeoul Museum of Art (SeMA) is holding the
exhibition “At the End of the World Split Endlessly” at the Seosomun Main
Branch until November 17, as part of the ‘SeMA Omnibus’, an exhibition of works
from the Seoul Museum of Art’s collections.
The SeMA Omnibus is a large-scale
collection exhibition presented at the main branch and three branch museums of
the Seoul Museum of Art, in keeping with the museum’s 2024 institutional
agenda, “connection.” Spanning across four locations, the exhibition showcases
more than 140 works from the museum's collection, including commissioned new
works, pieces on loan from artists and institutions, and over 350 artworks in
total, including materials from the museum archives.
Installation view
of “At the End of the World Split Endlessly” ©SeMA“At the End of the World Split Endlessly”
explores the inevitable structure of artists and their works through medium in
the post-medium/post-media era, showing the multi-layered structure of
medium/media of our time created by media that respond to technological and
social changes such as old media and new media, virtual and real, AI and the
body.
The exhibition is divided into five
sections: ‘SeMA Collections Read through Medium,’ ‘Old and New,’ ‘Yellow Block,’
‘Layered Medium,’ and ‘Open End.’ Each section allows visitors to explore the
complex, multi-layered, and recursive relationship between contemporary art and
media, much like clicking through the keywords of each section.
Installation view
of “At the End of the World Split Endlessly” ©SeMAIn particular, the ‘Yellow Block’ section
highlights the latest trends in media-related works by young artists.
Additionally, this section explores the apocalyptic diversity of the human
species and the (near) future diversity of plant species, envisioning a
resistant narrative through an imaginative matriarchal society. It also
contemplates human and non-human interactions, even amidst the isolation of
digital nature.
As part of the exhibition’s related
programs, a talk series titled ‘Dialogue X’ between scientists and artists, in
collaboration with the Institute for Basic Science, will be held. Moreover,
every Friday during the Seoul Night of Culture, visitors can participate in a
VR experience of Kwon Hayoun’s work Kubo, Walks the city.
