Hong Seung-Hye
Seongsan Art Hall
Hong Seung-Hye, Modern Times, 2024, adhesive vinyl sheet on glass window, 1600 × 730 cm, Commissioned by the 7th Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2024

Exploring the inherent potential of computer pixels, artist Hong Seung-Hye has been building them into real, physical sites and spaces. Borrowing iconic scenes from Charlie Chaplin’s film Modern Times (1939), Hong’s Modern Times depicts the founding of an industrial city using stencil sheets in a large glass window. Modern Times shares themes with the film’s interpretation of the human relationship with machine-based civilization.
 
Seongsan Art Hall
Hong Seung-Hye, 2D to 3D, 2024, mixed media on birch plywood, dimensions variable
Hong Seung-Hye, Bench, 2023, formica birch plywood, 34.5 × 140 × 30 cm ( × 2pcs )

Exploring the inherent potential of computer pixels, artist Hong Seung-Hye has been building them into real, physical sites and spaces. At the same time, the artist’s musical interests have led her to expand the scope of her work to include sound, video, and music. In 2D to 3D, which realizes 2D geometric forms in three dimensions, the viewer is invited to reflect on the possibilities of architectural space as the three-dimensional objects change according to place and relationship

Bench cleverly disrupts the hierarchy of art and furniture by introducing a piece of furniture with a functional and utilitarian purpose into the exhibition space. This particular Bench, however, does more than simply question the distinction between notions of art or craft; Hong’s furniture actually provides a place for visitors to sit and rest within the exhibition space.
 
Seongsan Shell Mound
Hong Seung-Hye, Bench, 2024, varnish on birch plywood, 33 × 244 × 33 cm, Commissioned by the 7th Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2024

Bench, which also functions as a viewing aid for Chung Seoyoung’s video piece The World, offers visitors a spot to rest after climbing the hill of the Seongsan Shell Mound. Here, Hong Seung-Hye captures a moment of musical rhythm and pleasure in the gap between art and technological culture.