Seongsan Shell Mound

Transfield Studio, Elevation, Central, 2024, map and audio guide

Tour performance
14:00 - 17:00, Sunday, October 20, 2024

Transfield Studio, comprised of artists Rick Yamakawa and Yuko Takeda, uses the medium of a touring performance, a map of said performance, and an audio guide to unpack the question: “How can we, gathered here, actually be together?” Having conducted fieldwork and research in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, and elsewhere, Transfield Studio develops their Elevation series in cities that topographically resemble islands and peninsulas, where the land begins and ends at zero meters above sea level. Following Elevation, Separation (2024, Taipei) and Elevation, Flow (2024, Seoul), Elevation, Central (2024, Changwon) explains the geography of Changwon and Jinhae using the rotary, a key element of local road transportation. Visitors may access the audio guide via their own devices, imagining the distant past as they listen to the narrative of the city’s boundaries at the Seongsan Shell Mound, which claims its own frozen time.

Commissioned by the 7th Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2024