NEWance, Light with Shadow (prequel)
Paul.C Solo Exhibition
Space CAN, Seoul, South Korea
September 17 - October 6, 2022
Like two sides of a coin, light and shadow exist not as mere contrasts but as an essential, interdependent relationship. This exhibition explores the aesthetic born from their coexistence, revealing poetic and dramatic beauty in the tension between opposites. We believe that the expressive depth found in this contrast, this nuance, can enrich both art and design. By interpreting “nuance” as subtle variations in tone, hue, sound, and impression, and combining it with digital fusion thinking, the exhibition seeks to uncover a new sensibility: “NEWance.”
01. Just One Day, Life
This series blends the real and the unreal into a surreal expression, layered with a temporal narrative. By combining tangible objects and spaces with intangible shadow imagery, the work creates subtly surreal scenes using a complex façade technique. Drawing from the everyday interplay between light and shadow through a window, it quietly reflects on the parallel between a single day and the entirety of a human life.
02. Flash Back, Memory
“Memories are remembered differently by each person.”
This work begins with that idea, reflecting on how shared experiences diverge in recollection.Through a rotating interplay of translucent fabrics and shadows, it reveals that even when people seem to miss each other, they are in fact continuously encountering one another. Seated alone, facing the window, the viewer enters a first-person media perspective—only to later discover the layered relationship between the image inside the window (my memory) and the shadow behind it (the other’s memory). Designed as a layered structure of video and physical objects, the piece evokes the quiet complexity of memory and perception.
