Exhibition Information

			The Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art is presenting 'Kim Ik-hyun: Chair Flying' as the second exhibition of the 2020 Young Artists Exhibition. 'Youth Artist Exhibition' is an annual project of the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art to enhance the creative capacity of artists who are recognized for their potential in contemporary art. In particular, this exhibition was designed to highlight young artists based in Gyeonggi-do and support their new attempts. In the selected group of artists recommended by outside experts, Kim Ik-hyun (b.1985) was finally selected after step-by-step discussions by the Gyeonggi Museum of Art's academic arts team.

Kim Ik-hyun uses photography and video as the main media to connect the past and the present and freely cross the boundary between virtual and real. This exhibition introduces two new videos and photos together, giving you a chance to meet the artist's wider world of works.

The exhibition title, 'Chair Flying', is an airplane pilot training method that simulates the entire process from preparation for take-off to landing naked. This is the basic training, and the pilot's flight license is maintained through actual flight (reality) and simulated flight (virtual). In other words, the reality and the virtual are the same in all flights so far. But today, with restrictions on cross-border movement, the author suggests a shift to a new dimension through a very basic act of head flight. The pilot in the new film "Chair Flight" (2020) flies head-to-head from Jeju to Gimpo, but in reality he doesn't go anywhere. This overlaps with our reality of limited movement. But the author says that the pilot in the work is flying somewhere beyond reality. Another new work, <42,000 Feet> (2020), which means the altitude at which civil aircraft can fly the highest, returns to Incheon International Airport via Japan-Hong Kong-Taiwan. At 42,000 feet, the author finds a point similar to today's rapidly changing society which is hard to feel time and speed. As we follow the flexible and witty text that flows endlessly on the screen, we face a different reality. In this exhibition, which presents a new sense of life in a Coronavirus-altering lifestyle, listen to boarding music and leave your "Chair flight."

[Source] Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art homepage