Exhibition Information

			IVAAIU City is a collective based in Seoul and Tokyo. IVAAIU stands for Idea, Visual Audio, Architecture, Infrastructure and Urbanism. The collective works in multiple disciplines with artists from various genres, making continuous efforts to materialize the contemporary era. The projects attempt to reflect on the current urban environment. The exhibition ‘Let there be light’ is a step towards bringing new ‘light’ to people.

We find moments when we simply gaze at the light that meets our eyes. As we strive to survive in this precarious world and experience the beginning and end of a day throughout the sun and the moon and all the in-betweens, we have more days feeling sorrow than excitement in this light. The light flickering in our eyes seems as dark as the muddy soil on our feet yet light lives within us in many shapes and forms. This darkness may momentarily isolate us, but we will continue and again and again, walk down the path towards the light.

The exhibition, ‘Let there be light’ resonates a type of prism. It expresses the vivid colors of light that finds its way out from the concrete piles of the city; the omnipresent and scattered light in nature; the sounds we make together; and the various moments in life. The space we’re in shifts from noise to music and light becomes our sole form of communication. The works portray the beauty of urban landscape in an objective perspective hoping for the viewers to awaken important values and remind the viewers that light is always around wherever they are, to feel the poetry of infinite light with their heart.

Light is expansive and the smaller the gap, the more intense it gets. Our inner light may be hidden among the busy and shiny city lights, but we must recognize that the light within us is always shining. We hope to raise our heads so the lights inside and out can find us.


The lonely and grim darkness.

Where to go and where to lean on,
the days are full of grim uncertainties.

This is yet another first day for all of us,
dawn comes upon us after the long long night ends.

The light that shines
is here and there and has always been.