Poster image of “ORLAN Hybrid: A.rtistic I.ntelligence” ©G.MAPGwangju
Media Art Platform (G.MAP) is holding “ORLAN Hybrid: A.rtistic I.ntelligence”
as a special exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Gwangju
Biennale, through December 5.
ORLAN,
who uses her body to unceasingly include her artistic narrative, utilizes
technology to once again deconstruct, combine, and hybridize physical bodies in
virtual spaces through this exhibition. ORLAN, who describes her body as
software for using art, powerfully originates several artistic and social
voices utilizing transformed virtual bodies.
ORLAN, The
endangered polar bear and new robots made from recycled materials and
objecs, 2024 ©G.MAPThis exhibition seeks to meet with artistic expansion, and its symbiosis, that uses technological media via ORLAN’s art realm, which presents technology’s infinite diversity of genres. In this exhibition, ORLAN showcases new works that incorporate digital photomontage, augmented reality, holograms, and AI technology, all based on these themes.
Ji Yeon Lee has been working as an editor for the media art and culture channel AliceOn since 2021 and worked as an exhibition coordinator at samuso (now Space for Contemporary Art) from 2021 to 2023.
