Installation view of 《Dopamine Hype》 © Kimheesoo Art Center
Kimheesoo Art Center is presenting the
art–science convergence exhibition 《Dopamine Hype》 through April 4, 2026. This exhibition is a collaborative project
in which neuroscience, physics, and contemporary art together explore
dopamine-driven sensory experiences of the present from multiple perspectives.
The four artist teams and two scientists
participating in the exhibition unpack the ways we perceive and respond to the
world today through a wide range of viewpoints. Each work reveals moments in
which desire, choice, and emotional structures are newly configured amid the
excessive stimuli of contemporary society.
Installation view of 《Dopamine Hype》 © Kimheesoo Art Center
Dappertutto Studio has embraced the alchemical concept of “the unity of opposites”—the
ability to perceive contradictions simultaneously—as the central theme of its
ongoing practice. The performers of Dappertutto Studio are defined not first as
agents of action, but as “those who observe the movements of objects that have
not yet occurred.” Their theater does not lie in transferring a story onto the
stage; instead, it constructs the bodies and objects of theater through
signifiers detached from their signified meanings.
The media artist collective Moojin
Brothers has continued to capture uncanny and peculiar sensations and
images within the stories of those around them, reexamining the foundations of
our lives. Seeking to view today’s complex contemporary condition from a
broader perspective—beyond the narrow timeline of the present—they overlay
current spaces and events with the language of classical texts or mythological
imagery.
By interweaving layers of different
temporalities and the technological environments of various media, they present
aesthetic scenes that allow viewers to re-experience the realities of today.
Installation view of 《Dopamine Hype》 © Kimheesoo Art Center
eobchae, an
audio-visual production team, traverses the boundaries between diverse media to
closely observe the accelerating forces of emerging technologies and
environments. From the gaps—where perspectives are omitted or erased—they weave
a speculative worldview.
Soyoung Chung experiments with and expands the material boundaries of sculpture
through installation, video, public art, and sculptural works. Grounded in the
modes of existence and temporality of matter, she constructs a geological
visual language that attends to the unpredictable relationships and
interactions formed as materials—both human and more-than-human—gather and
intertwine.
Participating
Artists: Dappertutto
Studio, Moojin Brothers, eobchae, Soyoung Chung
