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Tang Han, Still from Ginkgo and Other Times, 2023, 4K UHD, colour, sound, 15 min. Courtesy of the artist.
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Park Wunggyu, Fragments from "Nine Pieces of The Dummy," 2019. Ink on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
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TJ Shin, Architecture of Sanitation (Silver-Roll), 2023. Wood, mosquito netting, metal. Architecture by Chris Kameck and TJ Shin. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of artist.
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Woo Min Jung, If all of these do not match each other, as everyone points with a finger, 2021. Mixed material on jute, ocher, clay, 120x160cm. Courtesy of the artist.
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Zheng Bo, Still from Pteridophilia 4, 2019, 4K video, colour, sound, 16:35 min. Courtesy of the artist and Kiang Malingue.
Exhibition
Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall
23 Dec 2023 – 4 Jan 2024
Regular hours
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- 57 Beoman-ro 15-gil
- Geumcheon-gu
- Seoul
Seoul - 08583
- South Korea
Join us for Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall, an exhibition exploring the intersection of art and queer ecologies. Let's all swim backstroke!
About
Backstroke (or back crawl), next to butterfly, is one of the most difficult swimming strokes to master. In their initial positions, the swimmers performing the backstroke lie flat on their backs, supported by the body of water. Legs extended backwards. Arms and fingertips stretched in the forward movement. Direction? Unknown. ‘Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall’ cannot see where they are going. They are unaware of the upcoming dangers that lie ahead of them; unaware of the waterfall that they are heading towards.
But what if we see this waterfall not as an upcoming catastrophe but as a hopeful rupture? As an alternative, non-linear temporality meant to challenge the heteronormative, anthropocentric view of history? Here, the back crawl represents an intentional refusal of the past to arrive at a new, queer future – the swimmers look away from the expectations and limitations employed by the past and turn towards a bright, blue sky. What will they see there?
Beings Swimming Backstroke Towards the Waterfall
December 23, 2023 ― January 4, 2024︎
Participating ︎Artists: Zheng Bo, Lee Sop Cho, Tang Han, Park Wunggyu, TJ Shin, Woo Min Jung︎
Visitor Information
· Open from Monday to Sunday / 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
· Free admission / No parking available
· No reservation needed, walk-ins welcome
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📍Location: Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, 3rd Floor, PS333
🏢 Address: 57, Beom-an-ro 15-gil, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 08583
