Moon on the earth
Installation : 2 video works, sand, mirror, LED light, two speakers and two laptops, 2017
From the interview of Stephen Hawking on the news, he said, “people would be able to live on the moon in next few 50years”. I found the interview quite unrealistic, reminding me of the old Korean fairy tale. The Story is about the rabbit living in the moon making rice cakes. Most of the common scientific knowledge about the moon or the universe is from only Media but not personal experience. It made me think if there are any differences between fictions and scientific theories based on scientific evidence.
There is certain irony when I think about scientific theories and fictions. These contain very distinct types of information in the sense of fact and fiction. However people need to use their imagination when they accept new scientific knowledge. It is very interesting considering how conflict these are. But on the perspective of the audience how would they define fact, truth and imagination. The question I would like to raise though this work is about the perception of fact, truth and imagination.
Still image from a Video work “rabbit burrow”
Still image from a Video work “Interview – Stephen Hawking”
The image of the moon in the mirror reflected on the wall filled the space with a high ceiling. The floor of the exhibition room is covered with dusty soil, reminiscent of the moon. Two laptops show two different video channels “rabbit burrow” and “Intervew – stephen hawking” and the speaker echoes Stephen Hawking’s interview throughout the room.
Installation in A3 : sand, mirror, LED light, two speakers and two laptops
Youn Hee Park 