mica korea

i went to my first mica reception today. so cool. the exhibit was part of the mica korea program, and titled simply: "exhibition white." i had seen the exhibit take shape bit by bit throughout orientation weekend in the atrium of brown center. i had no clue what it was all about... but the massive fluorescent light diamonds (the first part installed) were mesmerizing. such great use of the brown center: inside they reflect on the glass in all different directions, and outside (especially at night) you can see them glowing from blocks away.



& today, my emac (electronic media and culture) teacher, mina cheon, ended up being a director of the whole mica korea program. such a cool coincidence. after going over our syllabus we walked over to the exhibit & a girl who was a participating artist met with us. it was so cool to not just be able to have a discussion about a piece, but to hear about the intentions from two people who had totally immersed themselves in the project.

pretty much everything that was part of the exhibit was white. white encompassed a variety of feminist comments on korean culture: white day (korean equivalent of valentine's day), the more westernized approach to weddings with white dresses and white castles, the need to have flawless white skin. the group of around 10 mica artists worked on the project in korea and actually exhibited there in seoul. so everything had to be packaged and reconstructed to show at mica. i was really curious about reactions to the exhibit in korea. was it controversial? but it soon became apparent that the white commentary wasn't necessarily specific to korean culture. which is why i totally love conceptual art. the more you think about it, the boundaries of application disappear.