Soobeen Woo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             


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Individual Project
Digital print; 72 cm x 48 cm
2024 / Germany
Collaborated with GHTK, VietnamObject Metamorphosis focuses on the mobility of landscapes and their transformation, exploring the relationship between the material and the virtual. Disappearing physical environments, such as glaciers in New Zealand, were documented through personal video recordings and transformed into 3D scans using Luma AI. Through this process, material existence is digitally reconstructed, creating an intersection between reality and the virtual. However, this process questions whether digitization can fully preserve the identity of a place or inevitably leads to distortions and disconnections.

Mobility extends beyond simple physical movement to the reconstruction of existence across time and space. Glaciers that once existed in a physical location are reborn in digital form within a virtual space, allowing the memories and traces of specific places to move and persist within new contexts. Technologies like Luma AI play a key role in this process, enabling the precise recording and reconstruction of vanishing landscapes. At the same time, the distortions inherent in digitization reveal the limitations of fully preserving the identity of these places.

The typography reflects this intention, designed in a fragmented and incomplete form. The incompleteness of the typography highlights the inevitable gaps and transformations brought about by digitization, which fails to fully capture the wholeness of a place.

This work is presented in collaboration with GHTK as part of MAP 2024. MAP 2024 is an international artistic exchange project between Bremen, Germany, and Hanoi, Vietnam, with this year’s theme being “Mobility.” The project explores not only physical movement but also the spread of ideas, thoughts, languages, and artistic expressions. Participating artists interpret the meaning of movement through diverse media and forms, artistically visualizing the multi-faceted and complex nature of mobility in contemporary society.

From December 14 to 20, posters created by Bremen artists will be attached to GHTK delivery motorbikes, traveling across Hanoi and offering a new perspective on movement. This project goes beyond physical mobility to examine the spread of ideas, goods, and artistic expressions. By placing artworks on moving vehicles, it engages with the distributive nature of modern life and emphasizes the flow of art through public spaces.

Photo: Hoàng Nguyễn, Út Quyên
















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