“Prepared Life: A Study on Dolls, Puppets, and Creatures” Installation view at TINC ©TINCThe exhibition Prepared Life: A Study on Dolls, Puppets, and Creatures will be on view at THIS IS NOT A CHURCH (TINC) from July 20 to August 12.
The exhibition seeks to illuminate on the non-human world by expanding our understanding of “dolls” to include “puppets”, which are often used in puppet theater, and “creatures”, which refer to beings whose species or category is not clear. The exhibition’s introduction traces the historical transformation and utilization of dolls from ancient times to the present, revealing that dolls have reflected with the times. In this way, the non-human has long infiltrated human life in the form of dolls, and the exhibition talks about the necessity of moving towards the non-human.
The eight participating artists, Hyeki Min, Laurie Simmons, Youngjin Yoo, Dongwook Lee, Basil Twist, Jun seo Hahm, Soojin Choi, and Hyeran Hwang, add to the narrative in a variety of ways, including photography, video, media art, performance, and installation. Youngjin Yoo weaves together the succulent plants the artist grows and the stories and objects he encounters while caring for them. Jun seo Hahm will present < Oridons, Bauplan >, a series of 3D animations featuring creatures with long, pointed mouth and four legs. On July 28 and 29, Soojin Choi and Hyeran Hwang explored objects such as chair, ball, and wire to examine the body as a part rather than a whole in a performance titled “Plus Multiply is a Star (+×=☆)”.
Expanding from an exploration of dolls to non-human discourse, the exhibition deepens the context in which we understand dolls and non-human today.
