The 3rd VH AWARD: Chansook Choi "Black Air"
The 3rd VH AWARD: Chansook Choi "Black Air"
The 3rd VH AWARD: Chansook Choi "Black Air"
The 3rd VH AWARD: Chansook Choi "Black Air"
About the Video
"Black Air" deals with the human dichotomy in engaging with the land that we occupy, and the critical responses to them. The human need for development, driven by modern rationalism, creates an austere dichotomy with rigid boundaries and stratification to everything. The others in that dichotomy are unable to own land, and become border-crossing nomadic beings. Through such an approach, the artwork redefines the earth as a subject of connected empathy, as well as the founding platform of humanity, and not so much an object of possession.
The 3rd VH AWARD: Black Air by Chansook Choi. Provided by HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP VH AWARD
About the Program
The VH AWARD supports emerging media artists who engage with the context of Asia through an online residency program and exhibitions of commissioned artworks across various global platforms. Initiated in 2016, the VH AWARD has been discovering and cultivating promising artists to share their artistic experiments and amplify their voices on diverse issues. The award encourages artists who push the boundaries of audiovisual artworks to reflect on how we understand ourselves and one another in relation to the past, present and future. To amplify and share their voices with broader communities, the artworks commissioned by the VH AWARD have been exhibited in partnership with various art institutions and platforms, including the Vision Hall of Hyundai Motor Group in Yongin, South Korea; the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria; the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara in Jakarta, Indonesia; the National Arts Council in Singapore; the House of Electronic Arts in Basel, Switzerland; and the Elektra Virtual Museum.