Miwon Kwon: One Place After Another

Miwon Kwon: One Place After Another
‘Art into culture’ is the message I am receiving; not only as sculpture in a location, moreover, of an engagement with the world and its issues. Not emanating from the art institution, it chooses its site from environment; its themes are as diverse as life itself. The artist as nomadic may be invited by an institution regarding a commission or may submit a proposal. Hence, if successful, becomes international globe trotter and a collaborator, producer, manager; no longer a ‘studio bound object maker’.
Another striking aspect is the use of language ‘the work no longer seeks to be a noun/object but a verb/process’ and the artist (no longer the object maker) also demands a different set of verbs; to negotiate , to coordinate, to compromise, to research, to organise, to interview etc.’ How art has changed.
This reading is very interesting and also very dense and expansive.
I only wish to add one more comment about Faith Wildings Crocheted Environment (Womb Room).
It reminds me a bit of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral reef
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The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral reef is a woolly celebration of the intersection of higher geometry and feminine handicraft, and a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world.
Created and curated by Christine Wertheim and Margaret Wertheim of The Institute For Figuring
Hyperbolic Crochet was invented by Daina Taimina.
One of the acknowledged wonders of the natural world, the Great Barrier Reef stretches along the coast of Queensland, Australia, in a riotous profusion of colour and form unparalleled on our planet. But global warming and pollutants so threaten this fragile monster that scientists now believe the reef will be devastated in coming years.
Christine Wertheim and Margaret Wertheim grew up in Queensland. The project began in2005 in Los Angeles and for four years the Reef took over their house. At the same time the project began to expand into other cities and countries until it became a worldwide movement that engaged communities across the globe. The crochet Reef is a unique fusion of art, science, mathematics, handicraft and community practice that may well be the largest art project in the world.