The rights of things
2018
Installation
Hand-dyed batik on cotton (iron oxide, beeswax), steel pole
3,2 x 3,30 m
The rights of things, Ideas Platform, Artspace, Sydney, Australia (top)
Fictional Frictions, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea (bottom)
Four suspended lengths of dyed batik panels are inscribed with boxed text fragments that read as:
WHAT IT IS
THAT GAVE
A HOLD
SO STRONG
OF THE LAND
THE AIR OVER
AND EVERY
THING UNDER
ANY GROUND
SOIL
OR EARTH
WHATSOEVER
REALTY
REALITY
OF THE
PERMANENT
AND FIXED
THINGS REAL
Curators: Elyse Goldfinch – Artspace / Jenni Nurmenniemi – Gwangju Biennale
Photos © Artspace (top) / © Doyun Kim (bottom)