“NEXTCODE 2023: diver, surfer, world builder” Installation view at Daejeon Museum of Art ©Daejeon Museum of ArtFrom June 27 to September 10, Daejeon Museum of Art will host NEXTCODE 2023: diver, surfer, world builder, an exhibition for young artists. The 25th edition of “NEXTCODE” features artists Kim Piri, Park Dabin, Yoon Yuseong, Lee Deokyoung, and Han Suji, who will present a variety of works using two-dimensional, etching, media, and Chat GPT.
The exhibition begins with works by Han Suji and Park Dabin. Han Suji creates a fictional being called ‘Bitchondria’, which combines the cellular organelle ‘mitochondria’ with the digital unit ‘bit’. She visualizes a pseudo-scientific narrative based on it through video and three-dimensional works. Park Dabin’s work reflects on today’s technological era and addresses the unstable aspects of A.I. and the existential anxiety that artists face because of its birth. Yoon Yuseong’s subsequent work reveals her experience of escaping inertia through bread. Ninety-nine bread and journals documenting the process of making them are staked on one wall. Opposite Yoon Yuseong’s work, Lee Deokyoung’s work continues to explore the image of denseness found in everyday life. Daily landscapes, such as the dense growth of trees and the motion of water, are brought into new focus through the artist’s eyes. Kim Piri depicts maternal and archetypal images such as the navel, umbilical cord, and stem in the mythological space to transfer past traumas to the screen.
This summer-long exhibition will showcase artists who dive into the reality and build their own worlds.
