SongEun Art SpaceCheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu
Exhibition at SONGEUN setting Roman heritage in dialogue with Korean contemporary art.
Choi Sung-im's Golden Quilt hangs from ceiling to floor, more than seven metres of glinting gold weave. Get close and it turns out to be wire bag ties, the kind that close a bread bag. That's every twist tie you've binned from a Paris Baguette loaf, finally put to use.
The show is a Bvlgari commission: six Korean artists and teams from SONGEUN's own programmes answer the B.zero1 ring, a band modelled on the Colosseum, in about 20 works across video, sound, scent and sculpture. Harper's Bazaar Korea found the responses varied enough to dodge the usual sponsored-show déjà vu. Down in the B2 bunker room, a retrospective covers the ring's history.
Go if you're curious how a brand brief becomes art; it's short-run and closes 14 November. Entry is free but needs a Naver booking, docent tours run at 15:00 and 17:00, and actor Byeon Woo-seok narrates a Korean audio guide.
Golden Quilt
Look for Choi Sung-im's gold textile falling from ceiling to floor, woven entirely from bread-bag wire ties.
Empty, Yet Already Full
In the basement, GRAYCODE and jiiiiin set a 7-metre black reflective circle under Colosseum-style arches, with stone-like speakers playing sound generated live, never looped.
Space-Time Fragrance
Kim Jee Soo's 9.8-metre wall of wooden modules releases Jeju plant scents that strengthen and fade as the air moves along the passage gallery.
Similar Alley
Junebum Park's seven-minute 4K video studies Roman alleys, doors and shadows at the Pantheon, Trajan's Forum and Villa Giulia, old and restored stone in one frame.