Installation view of 《The Flâneur of Errors》 ⓒSeoul National University Museum of Art
The Seoul National University Museum of Art
is hosting the curated exhibition 《The Flâneur of
Errors》 through March 29.
Featuring more than 80 works—including
paintings, videos, and sculptures—the exhibition explores the fractures and
signs that emerge within today’s digital environment, proposing the notion of
“error” as a new point of departure for critical reflection in an era when
technology permeates every aspect of life.
Installation view of 《The Flâneur of Errors》 ⓒSeoul National University Museum of Art
The exhibition begins with a paradoxical question: Is error a
flaw to be eliminated, or a gateway to the unknown? In the exhibition foreword,
Shim Sangyong, Director of the museum, notes, “Today’s technologies strive for
perfection, yet our reality remains riddled with errors. Paradoxically, error
is the most honest moment in which the workings of the world are revealed.”
If failure denotes falling short within an established norm, he
explains, error instead constitutes a form of resistance and rupture that
renders the norm itself unfamiliar.
Installation view of 《The Flâneur of Errors》 ⓒSeoul National University Museum of Art
The twelve artists participating in the exhibition each
interpret the signs of the digital age through different media. Across the
works, contemporary anxieties and fractures come to the fore—ranging from
fragmented identities and the alienation of the body, to power structures
shaped by technology and capital, the excess of information and the
disappearance of sensation, and the nonhuman systems of judgment produced by
algorithms.
Participating
Artists: Kim
Bowon, Kim Woonghyun, Kim Chunsoo, Bang Soyun, Shin Jungkyun, Ahn Taewon, You
Jangwoo, Yoon Solin, Yi Younguk, Lee Eunsol, Jeong Seong Jin, Han Jihyoung
