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Jaeeun Choi "Horizon of the Unanswered"
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Jaeeun Choi
MISA SHIN GALLERY is pleased to present Horizon of the Unanswered, an exhibition by Jaeeun Choi, from November 2 to December 14, 2024.
Jaeeun Choi’s White Death, exhibited last year at Ginza Maison Hermès, incorporated a large number of white stones—dead coral. This powerful expression of an environment in crisis left a stark impression on all who saw it. She now takes that observation further, exhibiting works on a theme of the sea, the source of all life.
Ten photographic works arrayed on one of the gallery walls consist of detailed portraits of coral accompanied by short texts extracted from Meditation XVII, a prose piece by seventeenth century English poet and cleric John Donne. Together, they are titled For whom the bell tolls.
On another wall, a monitor screens video of a black sea, overlaid with real-time data of sea surface temperatures from seas around the world. This predominantly black video work, Glas, provides an unemotional depiction of the phenomenon whereby rising sea temperatures lead to the death and bleaching of corals, quietly alerting us to catastrophe in the sea that is the source of all life.
Donne reminds us that when we hear the tolling of the bell that announces a death, it is actually the listener’s own death that it marks. Every phenomenon that occurs in our world concerns us, and the sound of a bell notifying loss of life due to illness or war can be taken as notice of our own death. The tolling bell seems to resound among the quietly dying coral in the dark sea.
Jaeeun Choi’s White Death, exhibited last year at Ginza Maison Hermès, incorporated a large number of white stones—dead coral. This powerful expression of an environment in crisis left a stark impression on all who saw it. She now takes that observation further, exhibiting works on a theme of the sea, the source of all life.
Ten photographic works arrayed on one of the gallery walls consist of detailed portraits of coral accompanied by short texts extracted from Meditation XVII, a prose piece by seventeenth century English poet and cleric John Donne. Together, they are titled For whom the bell tolls.
On another wall, a monitor screens video of a black sea, overlaid with real-time data of sea surface temperatures from seas around the world. This predominantly black video work, Glas, provides an unemotional depiction of the phenomenon whereby rising sea temperatures lead to the death and bleaching of corals, quietly alerting us to catastrophe in the sea that is the source of all life.
Donne reminds us that when we hear the tolling of the bell that announces a death, it is actually the listener’s own death that it marks. Every phenomenon that occurs in our world concerns us, and the sound of a bell notifying loss of life due to illness or war can be taken as notice of our own death. The tolling bell seems to resound among the quietly dying coral in the dark sea.
Schedule | Nov 2 (Sat) 2024-Dec 14 (Sat) 2024 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 2 (Sat) 2024 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.misashin.com/en/exhibitions-en/jaeeun-choi-horizon-of-the-unanswered/ | ||||
| Venue | Misa Shin Gallery http://www.misashin.com/ | ||||
| Location | 1F 3-9-11 Minami Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047 | ||||
| Access | 11 minute walk from exit 4 at Shirokane-takanawa Station on the Namboku or Toei Mita line, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Azabu-juban Station on the Namboku or Toei Oedo line, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Hiroo Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6450-2334 | ||||
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