Chang Hanna, New Nature_ Ants in New Rock, 2023, plastic, variable dimensions © Zaha Museum
From August 20 to October 22, Zaha Museum will present Hybrid Ground by Nam Jinu, Moojin Brothers, Park Haeul, Oh jeisung, Lee Myungho, Chang Hanna, and Choi Suin. Hybrid Ground looks at the current situation that has led to a rethinking of concepts such as mutations, hybrids, and crossbreeds. The hybrids of today are not crossbred animals imagined in ancient times, but the skies covered with fine dust, the oceans with oil spills, and the islands of garbage. The exhibition asks the question, “Which monsters should remain on this land, and which ones should be expelled?” and suggests that we need to seriously consider the objects that humanity has been otherizing.
The seven participating artists will present works that illuminate humanity and hybrids from their own perspectives. Moojin Brothers’s video work < Ground Zero > (2021) depicts the situation of model humans facing various disasters, juxtaposed with a poetic narration. The figure of a model human in front of a violent storm reminds us of the current state of humanity in the face of various natural disasters. Chang Hanna collects plastic waste that has been weathered and mineralized in the natural environment and calls it “New Rock.” In (2023), a video of ants moving in this “New Rock,” humans, objects, and living things are hybridized into a new relationship.
The exhibition also features paintings by Nam Jinu and Choi Suin, installation work by Oh jeisung, < The Time Navigation of a Sculpto r> (2006 – 2023), photographs by Lee Myungho, and short story by Park Haeul. It invites visitors to reflect on the questions posed by the exhibition.
