Taking the simple idea of cut-and-paste and blowing it to gargantuan proportions, Korean artist JinnieSeo presents STORM, her largest art installation to date. Measuring 65m by 8m, STORM will be on atthe National Museum of Singapore from 14 July 2008 – 11 January 2009.
The National Museum’s Glass Atrium will be swathed in multi-hued vinyl sheets of different shapesand sizes engaging in a dynamic kaleidoscopic interplay of colours, shapes, and lines. In the day,sunlight falls through the crevices between the sheets, creating interesting shadow play on theground. At night, the vinyl sheets turn opaque and the gaps of glass in between become reflectivemirrors. These light-sensitive vinyl sheets will bring a whimsical and theatrical atmosphere into thearea, where viewers can interact with the space.
STORM was inspired by three narrative ideas: the colourful drama of real life stories narrated in theSingapore Living Galleries – Photography, the capricious nature of the turbulent Singaporean
weather, and the Museum’s Glass Atrium, which resembles a piazza, a gathering place for the
anticipated spectacle of every day life. Through her artwork, the artist hopes to create a three-wayspatial relationship between the architecture, the artist’s creative space, and the viewer’s physicalbody and visual space.
STORM is part of the National Museum’s Art-On-Site public art programme, a programme that invitesartists to exploit the site-specific qualities of the National Museum’s public spaces to createprovocative and original work that alters the visitor’s perceptions of the museum environment.Working in close collaboration with the Museum’s programmers over a sustained period of time, it ishoped that each commissioned artwork can mark a new stage or open up new possibilities in thecreative development of the selected artist.
The artist wishes to thank Emi Eu at STPI for her support in the initial conception of this project.
About Jinnie Seo
A Korean-American artist born in Seoul, Jinnie Seo holds a BA in Biology in as well as a MFA inpainting from New York University. She also studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpturein Skowhegan, Maine. Her selected solo exhibitions include The Third Floor Hermes Singapore inSingapore, The Project Space at Gyeonggido Museum in Ansan, Korea, and Youngeun Museum inKwangju, Korea. Selected group exhibitions include PKM Gallery in Beijing, Daelim Museum, LeeumSamsung Museum, and SOMA Museum, all in Seoul. Seo has been recently awarded The Best Of The Best - The 2008 Mactac Worldwide Awards. Jinnie Seo lives and works in Seoul.
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About the National Museum of Singapore
With a rich history dating back to its inception in 1887, the National Museum of Singapore is
Singapore’s oldest museum with the youngest and most innovative soul. Designed to be the people’s museum, the Museum prides itself on introducing cutting-edge and varied ways of presenting history to redefine conventional museum experience.
Described as the latest cultural icon, the museum hosts challenging and vibrant festivals and eventsall year round and is far from being just a space for exhibitions and artefacts. The programming issupported by a wide range of facilities and services including F&B, retail, Resource Centre, GalleryTheatre and the Public Sculpture Garden among others. The National Museum of Singapore reopenedin December 2006.
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