JSHan takes part through the sound installation Central Dogma (August 31-September 24), which appears in Gallery 2, where the Nam June Paik exhibition, Transmission is currently being presented. Having explored the physical properties of sounds and sound output devices while collecting and producing speakers, he shares an installation work that incorporates various electronic devices and objects such as speakers, metal rods, wires, and lightbulbs. The vibrations of the speaker moves the connected copper rods, and as they swing and bump into each other, they connect and disconnect power, turning on and off the light. Creating sound installations that embody the principle of “feedback” as a form of communication—inputs and outputs, on and off, transmission and reception, he presents visitors with a live performance that maximizes the light and sound elements in the exhibition space.

Artist

JSHan creates works of sculpture, installation, and sound performance using sound equipment that he has personally collected or produced, including speakers and microphones. Exploring sound output devices and the properties of sound, he has based his creations on research into equipment for converting electrical signals into sound waves and into the physical vibrations of speakers and waves of sound. He has used phenomena of light, sound, vibration, and resonance to spatially represent normally undetectable feedback loops as a form of communication (inputs and outputs, transmission and reception). He participated in the 2020 ARKO Art Center feature exhibition Follow, Flow, Feed and held the solo exhibition Feedbacker: Ambitious Borderer at the OCI Museum of Art. He has recently been broadening the scope of his work through collaborations with artists in fields such as architecture, circuses, DJing, and subcultures.

Random Access Project 3.0

From August 15 to December 3, 2023, Nam June Paik Art Center presents Random Access Project 3.0, featuring six artists ― Jaei Hyuk Ra, JSuk Han, Oro Minkyung, WONWOORI, Cho Hoyoung, GRAYCODE, jiiiiin. Random Access Project is to discover emerging artists who share Nam June Paik's experimentality. Random Access Project 3.0 was curated as an experiment on the exhibition format and an attempt to expand the possibilities of an art museum. The relay of contemporary artists amplifying Paik's signals takes place throughout Nam June Paik Art Center, from the museum shop and cafeteria to the windows of the exhibition hall and the Random Access Hall, unfolding at different times and creating interventions or collisions in the exhibition, only to disappear later.

Nam June Paik Art Center continues Random Access Project 3.0, aiming to create a space where Paik’s experimental spirit meets contemporary art in various ways. The utilization of the art museum proposed by the young artists will become an opportunity where new names for exhibitions are discovered.