Formée à l’Université Hongik à Séoul puis à l’École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, Kimsooja partage sa vie entre New York et Séoul depuis près de trente ans. Kimsooja: A Needle Woman June 29 – August 26, 2012 A woman stands on the street, immersed amid a torrent of passersby, utterly motionless -- a needle sewing through the fabric of humanity. Image provided by Kukje Gallery. and an M.F.A. Kimsooja, To Breathe: Mandala, À partir de 1999, elle réalise dans différents lieux – principalement des métropoles – une série de performances pour la caméra, intitulée A Needle Woman (Une […] kimsooja has created a 46 foot high, 4.5 foot diameter needle-shaped steel structure, piercing the landscape at cornell university in ithaca, new york. Artist Talk September 18, 2014, 5:30 - 7:00 PM Milstein Hall Auditorium. Art21 produces the Peabody Award-winning PBS-broadcast series, She lives and works in New York, Paris and Seoul. The structure’s grid-like, sleek, volumetric spine is fleshed out with acrylic panels to form a crystalline, transparent pavilion when seen directly. Kimsooja, A Needle Woman, Kunsthalle Bern, Suiza 2001. A Needle Woman (2005) is composed of six videos for each of which Kimsooja went to a city agitated by political, religious, or armed conflict, placed her body-needle perfectly still in the middle of the crowd and in the centre of the screen, then “sewed” the passersby to each other. Dec 27, 2014 - This Pin was discovered by Angélica Adverse [ATLAS: L'ART. Single channel video, silent, 6:33 loop, video still. She represented Korea for the 24th São Paulo Biennale in 1998 and the 55th Venice Biennale Korean Pavilion in 2013, and participated in more than 30 international biennials and triennials. Kimsooja (Korean: 김수자; born 1957) is a South Korean, multi-disciplinary conceptual artist based in New York, Paris, and Seoul. Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time. Kimsooja, A Needle Woman (stills), 1999–2001, eight-channel video, 6 min 33 sec, loop. This period paved the way for some of her most famous A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir is a 46-foot-high, 4.5-foot-diameter needle-shaped steel structure made for an intimate exterior and interior experience. The exhibition's title, Kimsooja: A Needle Woman, is borrowed from the centerp Follow. A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu is a performance that was put on in Kitakyushu, Japan. 5 years ago | 69 views. Discover (and save!) Video Performance. Shortfilms. A Needle Woman (littéralement Une couturière) est une installation vidéo présentée par l'artiste Kimsooja.. Présentée à plusieurs reprises, cette installation l'a été dans sa version la plus aboutie à l'InterCommunication Center de … Kimsooja’s segment opens with a series of videotaped performances in crowded cities around the world, titled A Needle Woman (1999-2001). Nella video installazione A Needle Woman (Donna-ago), 1999-2001 è l’artista stessa ad “agire” come la punta di un ago. Grounded, still and calm, her body became a pivot around which humankind seemed to flow. Kimsooja, A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir, 1st Cornell University Biennale, Ithaca, USA. KIMSOOJA: A NEEDLE WOMAN ORIGIN Born 1957, Taegu, South Korea Home Life? In the videos, the artist is shown from behind, her form acting as an unmoving axis on the horizon. Intimate Cosmologies: The Aesthetics of Scale in an Age of Nanotechnology, Cornell Council for the Arts, New York, USA. The artist, dressed in dark grey, her feet bare, her hair gathered by an elastic band, lies … in painting from Hong-IK University in Seoul, South Korea in 1980 and 1984, respectively. Kimsooja, A Needle Woman, 1999 – 2001, video still from Cairo, 8 channel video projection, 6:33 loop, silent, Collection of The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio. A needle woman, « une femme aiguille » en français, néologisme pour un pas de côté vers cette autre activité que Kimsooja met en scène : rassembler des tissus, voyager avec des ballotins, se glisser entre les mailles. Nella video installazione A Needle Woman (Donna-ago), 1999-2001, è l’artista stessa ad “agire” come la punta di un ago. Kimsooja,_A_Needle_Woman_Tokyo,_video_still,_1999.jpg ‎ (432 × 322 пикселя, размер файла: 129 Кб, MIME-тип: image/jpeg) Этот файл находится на Викискладе. Re-performance of Kimsooja's A Needle Woman. CLICK TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT. Miami Art Museum is opening an exhibition of videos by Korean artist Kimsooja. Aug 26, 2014 - This Pin was discovered by diane mckissock-davis. Dans la vidéo A Needle Woman-Kitayushu, Kimsooja est allongée de profil sur un rocher, et ne fait qu’un avec les courbes de la pierre. Kimsooja earned a B.F.A. A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir is a continuation of Kimsooja’s art practice where she contextualizes the notion of the needle and the notion of bottari, both of which have been explored in a number of site-specific projects, most recently in the Korean Pavilion in the Biennale di Venezia, 2013. With a simple, stoic gesture, Kimsooja vividly embodies the Discover (and save!) It consists of a single fixed shot, without sound. your own Pins on Pinterest Kimsooja, A Needle Woman – Kitakyushu (1999). In each projection, a lone figure stands utterly motionless with her back to the camera, immersed amid a torrent of pedestrians. Courtesy of Kimsooja Studio. Kimsooja, A Beggar Woman - Cairo, Smith College Museum of Art, Massachusetts, USA 2014 Kimsooja, A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir, A site-specific installation for Intimate Cosmologies: The Aesthetics of Scale in an Age of Nanotechnology , 1st Cornell University Biennale, Ithaca, New York, USA Kimsooja rimane immobile in mezzo alla folla dei passanti di metropoli come Shanghai, Tokyo, New York o New Delhi, costringendo di conseguenza le fiumane di gente ad aggirarla e a deviare. Kimsooja was born in 1957 in Taegu, Korea. Re-performance of Kimsooja's A Needle Woman. Kimsooja is an internationally acclaimed, Korean born conceptual multi media artist. Some of Her Most Famous Work Kimsooja was based in New York, Paris, and Seoul, came to international fame in the 1990s following a residency in New York. Thursday, September 26, 2013, 5:30 PM | Center for Creative Photography 108. “We have some people who come in an stay for an hour. It consists of a single fixed shot, without sound. Kimsooja, A Needle Woman, ICC, Tokyo, Japón, 2000. Kimsooja A needle woman Shown in 1 exhibition Exhibition history Here we are, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Aug 2019–13 Oct 2019. Kimsooja, A Needle Woman, Tokyo, 1999. As part of Yorkshire Sculpture International, Kimsooja has transformed an historic chapel with an enthralling new installation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.. Related events are. Kimsooja rimane immobile in mezzo alla folla dei passanti di metropoli come Shanghai, Tokio, New York o New Delhi, costringendo di conseguenza le fiumane di gente ad aggirarla e a deviare. The exhibit, highlighted by an enveloping 4 channel video from Kimsooja’s A Needle Woman series, includes 5 other videos produced in a variety of countries over the span of 5 years. From June 29 through August 26, 2012. Courtesy the artist “The reality of myself and my culture has constantly and gradually evolved, and rather dramatically since I moved to New York,” the artist writes as we exchange emails between London and Korea and their respective lockdowns. KIMSOOJA: To Breathe—A Mirror Woman (2006), an installation at the Crystal Palace in Madrid, is the meeting point of my bottari and sewing practices. Referenced in … Description. A nonprofit organization, Art21’s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists. Born in 1957 in Daegu, Korea, Kimsooja had a residency at PS1 in 1992-1993. Kimsooja’s powerful filmed performance A Needle Woman (1999-2001) involved her standing motionless with her back to the camera amidst endless crowds of people in busy cities including Tokyo, Delhi and Lagos. Kimsooja utilise le bottari pour ses valeurs symboliques et tisse une réflexion sur le voyage, le déracinement, la mémoire et la construction de soi. your own Pins on Pinterest The videos are open to interpretation by visitors, and opinions on the exhibition are scattered. On view at MAM from Friday, June 29 to Sunday, August 26, 2012, Kimsooja’s A Needle Woman consists of an eight-channel video installation set in the densely populated centers of Cairo, Delhi, Lagos, London, Mexico City, New York, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Playing next. Browse more videos. Report. Kimsooja, Bottari, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Alemania, 2001. Kimsooja, recorded the video installations from 1999 to 2001, and created three separate video installations- “A Needle Woman”, “A Beggar Woman”, and “A Laundry Woman”. En 1999, Kimsooja a présenté sa performance A Needle Woman au CCA Kitakyūshū au Japon. As an unmoving axis on the exhibition are scattered Woman: Galaxy was a Memory Earth! 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