Under the vein; I spell on you

Donghee Koo

Donghee Koo, Under the vein; I spell on you, 2012. Single channel video, color, sound. 15 min 27 sec. Collection of Seoul Museum of Art

The protagonist of this artwork uses an L-rod or looks at a map drawn on his arm to locate a water vein along a walking path next to a stream. This stream was not formed naturally, however, but was instead created artificially such that its “water vein” is actually a faucet turned on by a district office employee. The artist is said to have composed this work based on the joy she personally felt while walking along the stream and her sense of betrayal when she found out that it was man-made. In this work, water veins that are hidden from view overlap with blood vessels that lay beneath the skin of our bodies, and the act of washing away the map drawn on the forearm reminds us of our desire to see beyond distinctions of artificiality and reality.

Donghee Koo (b. 1974, Seoul)

Through installation, sculpture, video and photographic images, Donghee Koo transforms unique aspects of everyday life into artworks that reveal the truths hidden behind realistic phenomena and the three-dimensional structure of the invisible world. Koo’s major solo exhibitions include Flaget 2017-2117: 2022 Good Luck (Aarhus Museum, Denmark, 2022), Delivery (Art Sonje Center, Seoul, 2019) and Overwhelming Memories of Transcendental Approach (Perigee Gallery, Seoul, 2018), as well as participations in the 2020 Busan Biennale, the 13th Sharjah Biennale, and Mediacity Seoul 2012 Spell on You.

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