May 29 – June 2, 2019
2019년 5월 29일 – 6월 2일
gallery M, CICA Museum
The Materiality of Everyday
The exhibition The Materiality of Everyday focuses on the concept of mundanity which surrounds us. Daily objects and events, specifically the ceiling lights, notebook paper, text messages, the sound of nature, and so on, in our lives construct and reflect the way of perceiving our personal reality and history. Through the processes of video editing, 3D modeling, and code generating, a layer of digital filter is created, introducing the methods of extending the preservation of memories of life. The presence of physical objects and memories are removed, by digitalizing and dematerializing the decayable life of both tangible objects and elusive memories. This shift from materiality into a frame of one single moment is capable of retaining an incorporeal tenderness. The exhibition seeks to evoke a consciousness of the details of everyday life from within, and values the preciousness of the foibles in our memories.
Rui Sha graduated as a furniture designer, then transformed into an artist. Currently an MFA candidate in the School of Art Institute of Chicago in Art & Technology Studies and working as an interdisciplinary artist. Her works usually engage with video, performance, and objects which are fabricated in wood, fabric, the sound of nature, etc. The natural materials that she is bringing in become the carrier of emotional expression, rather than a construction frame.
Rui Sha “Illuminating Anonymous” (2019)