From the beginning, the South Korean artist and choreographer Geumhyung Jeong has explored the depths of the human-versus-other divide. Her installation centres on five human-scale, remote-control sculptures she cobbled together from metal brackets, batteries, wires, dental study props, and disassembled mannequins. Through a series of live interactions between the artist and her uncanny others, the film questions the boundaries between animate and inanimate, controller and controlled, flesh and machine.
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
In the performance, the artist’s body melds with that of her creations as she crawls at their level, lying at the start partly atop an eviscerated medical torso outfitted with crudely taped joystick controllers. She caresses it with such excruciating, slow, and sensual allure that it feels almost too intimate a scene to watch. Fondling the attached controllers, she occasionally uses enough force to elicit movement from a nearby robot, accompanied by a hum and glowing battery-powered lights.
From the beginning, the South Korean artist and choreographer Geumhyung Jeong has explored the depths of the human-versus-other divide. Her installation centres on five human-scale, remote-control sculptures she cobbled together from metal brackets, batteries, wires, dental study props, and disassembled mannequins. Through a series of live interactions between the artist and her uncanny others, the film questions the boundaries between animate and inanimate, controller and controlled, flesh and machine.
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Evelyn Bencicova
In the performance, the artist’s body melds with that of her creations as she crawls at their level, lying at the start partly atop an eviscerated medical torso outfitted with crudely taped joystick controllers. She caresses it with such excruciating, slow, and sensual allure that it feels almost too intimate a scene to watch. Fondling the attached controllers, she occasionally uses enough force to elicit movement from a nearby robot, accompanied by a hum and glowing battery-powered lights.
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