스킵네비게이션

PVC beach toys
Both a playful installation and a critical statement aimed at the contemplation of the natural and the man-made, the title refers to the process by which the work is produced and the broader socio-cultural context. As an accumulation of a variety of otherwise singular objects, the work represents the cumulative tendencies of our material culture and speaks to the contradictory contemporary understanding of what it is like to inhabit the natural environment.
Composed of hundreds of inflatable toys in the shapes of fish, animals, balls and boats, the artwork is a massive and joyous mound of the signature paraphernalia of beach experiences. In it are contained the childhood memories and games, as well as endless references to leisure and relaxation. It also presents a mystery to the visitor who is left to wonder, did they wash up after a storm or were they rejected by the sea as too artificial to be sustained by it? Is it an enormous heap of lost childrens' toys or the remainder of a celebration they just missed?
Songdo beach, is a place which through the last 100 years has been shaped both by natural forces and human desires. Its contemporary state is neither entirely natural nor entirely man-made, and a true under standing of its history depends on this ambiguous duality. The artwork emphasises this paradoxical duality.