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Encounter – Looking into Sewing 1998/2011

Encounter – Looking into Sewing 1998/2011

Performative Sculpture, Used Korean Bedcovers, Mannequin
Courtesy Kimsooja Studio and Kewenig Galerie, Berlin

2011

Photo by Simon Vogel

Bottari: The Island

Bottari: The Island

Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Japanese Clothes
Dimensions Variable
Courtesy Axel Vervoordt Foundation and Raffaella Cortese Gallery, Milan, Italy

2011

Photo by Jaeho Chong

Site specific Bottari Installation at Group Exhibition Tra: Edge of Becoming, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy

Bottari

Bottari

Used Korean Bedcovers, Used Clothing
(Red) 53(h) x 57 x 63 cm
(Blud) 58(h) x 57 x 62 cm

2011

Lincoln Center Plaza | Mandala: Zone of Zero

Lincoln Center Plaza | Mandala: Zone of Zero

CAD drawing of proposed Lincoln Center(New York, USA)
Mandala: Zone of Zero, Site-Specific Light & Sound installation

2010

Architecture of Vulnerability (Series of 13 Images)

Architecture of Vulnerability (Series of 13 Images)

Film Slides(35mm) Projection
45 x 60cm

2010

Photos by Kimsooja at Yeong Gwang, Korea, 2010
During the Installation of Kimsooja, Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Yeong Gwang Nuclear Power Plant Art Project

Mirror of Wind

Mirror of Wind

Single Channel Video
4:08 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2010

Mirror of Air

Mirror of Air

Single Channel Video
2:39 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2010

Mirror of Water

Mirror of Water

Single Channel Video
7:25 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2010

Thread Routes Chapter I – Lightwaves

Thread Routes Chapter I – Lightwaves

Single Chanel Video
29:31 loop, Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2010

Thread Routes – Chapter I

Thread Routes – Chapter I

Single Channel Video
24:52 loop, 5.1 Sound, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2010

Mumbai: A Laundry Field, Johanniterkirche Feldkirch, Liechtenstein

Mumbai: A Laundry Field, Johanniterkirche Feldkirch, Liechtenstein

Presented by Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein

2010

(Left to right:)
01 - 03 Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007, 3 Channel Video, 10:25 loop, Sound

Mandala – Chant For Auschwitz

Mandala – Chant For Auschwitz

Used Clothes, Shoes, Toys, Tibetan Monk Chant

2010

Photos by Adam Ciereszko

Installation at 2010 Mediations Biennale: Beyond Mediations, Zamek Culture Center, Poznan, Poland

To Breathe – A Mirror Woman

To Breathe – A Mirror Woman

Inkjet Print on Hot Press Paper
102.9 x 74.9 cm

2010

Commissioned and Produced for Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

To Breathe: Mandala

To Breathe: Mandala

Single Jukebox with the Artist’s Voice Performance “The Weaving Factory”(2004)

2010

Photo by Uwe Engels

Installation at Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany, 2011

Mandala: Zone of Zero, 2004-2010

Mandala: Zone of Zero, 2004-2010

Single channel mixed media sound installation (One Jukebox, Three Chants Mixed with Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic), 9:50, loop

2010

Video filmed by Gilles Coudert

Installation at Kimsooja, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland, 2010

To Breathe: Zuoz

To Breathe: Zuoz

Diffraction Grating Film on 5 Window

2010

Installation at Kimsooja, Gallery Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland

Cities on the Move – 2727km Bottari Truck, 1997/2010

Cities on the Move – 2727km Bottari Truck, 1997/2010

Giclée Inkjet Print
97.5 x 64 cm
Edition of 120 plus 20 AP

2010

Performance in 1997, Production Still Image (Artist Facing Mountain) from Cities on the Move - 2727km Bottari Truck
Print edition made with MAC/VAL for the International Women's day, 2010

Kimsooja, Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Yeong Gwang Nuclear Power Plant Art Project, Yeong Gwang, Korea

Kimsooja, Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Yeong Gwang Nuclear Power Plant Art Project, Yeong Gwang, Korea

Site-Specific at Yeong Gwang Nuclear Power Plant Art Project, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Organized by The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

2010

Earth - Water - Fire - Air, 2009-2010, 6 Channel Video Installation, Loop
Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth, 2009, 9:37 loop
Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, 7:09 loop
Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire, 2009, 5:02 loop, sound
Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth, 2009, 6:25 loop, sound
Aire de Agua / Air of Water, 2010, 6:07 loop, sound
Agua de Aire / Water of Air, 2010, 6:18 loop

Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Atelier Hermes, Seoul, Korea

Earth - Water - Fire - Air, Atelier Hermes, Seoul, Korea

8 Channel Video Installation at Atelier Hermes, Seoul, Korea, 2010

2010

Photos by Marty Heitner

(Left to right:)
01 - 04 Earth - Water - Fire - Air, 2009-2010, 8 Channel Video, Loop, Installation view at Atelier Hermes, Seoul, Korea, 2010
05 Still Image from Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire, 2009, Single Channel Video, 3:47 loop
06 Still Image from Aire de Agua / Air of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:07 loop
07 Still Image from Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009, Single Channel Video, 7:09 loop
08 Still Image from Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 6:25 loop
09 Still Image from Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 9:37 loop
10 Still Image from Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth, 2009, Single Channel Video, 5:42 loop
11 Still Image from Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air, 2009, Single Channel Video, 8:00 loop
12 Still Image from Air Agua de Aire / Water of Air, 2010, Single Channel Video, 6:18 loop

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Agua de Aire / Water of Air

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Agua de Aire / Water of Air

Single Channel Video
6:18 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2010

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Fuego de Tierra / Fire of Earth

Single Channel Video
9:22 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Tierra / Air of Earth

Single Channel Video
6:25 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Agua de Tierra / Water of Earth

Single Channel Video
5:42 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Fuego de Aire / Fire of Air

Single Channel Video
8:00 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Agua / Air of Water

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Agua / Air of Water

Single Channel Video
6:07 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Aire de Fuego / Air of Fire

Single Channel Video
3:47 loop, Sound
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water

Earth - Water - Fire - Air
Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water, 2009
7:09 / loop
silent

Earth - Water - Fire - Air : Tierra de Agua / Earth of Water

Single Channel Video
6:57 loop, Silent
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Nuit Blanche 2009, Ville de Paris, Paris, France

Nuit Blanche 2009, Ville de Paris, Paris, France

Performed and filmed in Paris, 2009, Commissioned by Nuit Blanche Paris 2009

2009

Photo by Thierry Depagne

A Needle Woman – Paris, 2009, Performance Video, Single Channel, 25:00 loop, Silent, HD

A Needle Woman – Paris

A Needle Woman – Paris

Performance Video
Single Channel, 25:00 loop, Silent, HD
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof

2009

Performed and filmed in Paris, 2009, Commissioned by Nuit Blanche Paris 2009

Archive of Couples (Set of 30 Prints)

Archive of Couples (Set of 30 Prints)

Set of 30 Iris Print Prints
each 114.1 x 80.5 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs

2009
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