GALLERY TWO
5 – 21 May 2017
Eunjoo Jang
The Illusion that is Reality
Eunjoo Jang, Vitruvian Blue, 2017, ink, paint and scratch hologram on aluminium, 120 x120cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
The Illusion that is Reality explores the phenomenon of virtualisation, which is often referred to as ‘blended reality’. It describes the time and space that allows a person to experience different realities, which in Jang’s case, is explored through virtual layers employing mobile technologies.
Jang’s work encapsulates the process of virtualisation and how it exceeds the limits of our physical world by creating another dimension for individuals to experience. This transition into a new dimension, an unconscious world, opens the possibility to travel into the world of dreams and imagination.
Jang uses her body to map the Sydney city area by undertaking a series of walks over a period of several months. Her routes are then reviewed and processed through Google maps and translated into a series of scratch holograms, an analogue technique of drawing on aluminium to make representations through light diffraction, reflection and interference. By allowing the elusive, moving effects of the scratch holograms and the line drawings in aluminium to co-exist, Jang balances the modalities of actual and virtual.
List of Works
1. Vitruvian purple, 2016, drawing & scratch hologram on aluminium, 120 x 120cm
2. Vitruvian ocean, 2016, drawing & scratch hologram on aluminium, 120 x 120cm
3. Vitruvian green, 2016, drawing & scratch hologram on aluminium, 120 x 120cm
4. Vitruvian red, 2016, drawing & scratch hologram on aluminium, 120 x 120cm
5. Vitruvian sky, 2016, drawing & scratch hologram on aluminium, 120 x 120cm
6. Vitruvian pink, 2016, drawing & scratch hologram on aluminium, 120 x 120cm
7. Untitled, 2017, drawing & scratch hologram on aluminium, 114 x 114cm
8. Untitled, 2017, drawing & scratch hologram on aluminium, 114 x 114cm
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