Aerin Hong, Music Siren, 2026, Toy butterflies in a bottle, piano modular system, Dimensions variable ©Space ISU. Photo: Euirock Lee.
Space ISU presents a special exhibition 《VHS(Very High Signals)》 on view through
March 20.
The exhibition venue, Space ISU, is the
lobby of an office building, a place where events large and small tend to
remain within predictable bounds.
Here, the artists transform the space from
its pre-exhibition state by employing subtle vibrations of sound and light.
Over the course of the nearly two-month exhibition period, the content of the
exhibition continues to change—whether one notices it or not.
Sun Ah Choi, Gingiva, 2026, Sculpey on window, 1400 x 420 x 19cm. ©Space ISU. Photo: Euirock Lee.
In this exhibition, the works presented as
signals introduce small but meaningful fissures into the explicit and implicit
conditions and expectations embedded in the lobby space. Through processes of
routine, simulation, and the residue and amplification of multiple forces, the
artists present their works in the form of images and sounds endowed with
material presence.
These materials, images, and sounds often
draw from automobiles and speed, computer games, clay and foam board, as well
as primal energies, familiar materials, and elements of everyday life. Yet by
gradually erasing the object of the gaze, the works oscillate between sharp
tension and obsessive demand, and between trust and comfort.
The resulting works linger and intensify
like ambient elements that go unnoticed until suddenly perceived—once heard or
sensed, they become difficult to switch off within the nervous system.
Daeyoung Ko, La Papillon, 2025, Single-channel video, sound 1: Minhwi Lee, sound 2: Taehyun Choi, color, 16min 16sec. Courtesy of the artist. ©Space ISU
This exhibition reconsiders the authority
of visual art as that which is deemed “worth seeing,” and questions whether it
is possible to expand the operational range of the body’s multiple senses.
At the same time, rather than designating
an object to be viewed, the exhibition erases it, leading viewers toward
moments in which there is nowhere to look.
In this space, where various social
conditions slip away, the focus shifts to the viewer as the subject who
activates gaze and perception. In other words, in this exhibition, the question
of what should be seen is one that the viewer alone must resolve.
Participating Artists: Daeyoung Ko, Sun Ah Choi, Aerin Hong
