LINE SEGMENTS SPACE
Kimchi and Chips, 2013
Projection, Nylon string, Code
 
CONCEPT
An architectural web of threads subtends a null space. It hangs abstract and undefined, a set of thin positive elements segmenting the dark negative space between. Dynamic imaginary forms are articulated into the physical volume by the material of this thread, and the semi-material of the light. The visual gravity of the filaments occupying the space between.

A 2D canvas is reduced from a surface piece into a line segment, but then constructed into another dimension, a volume. Light creates contrast and order on the lines to articulate digital matter. Digital forms inhabit the interconnected boundaries of space, becoming incarnate as visual mass.

The artists reference Picasso’s light painting, and Reticuláreas of Gego who’s work offers a contemplation of the material and immaterial, time and space, origin and encounter and art and technology.


EXHIBITION
Line Segments Space was presented at Seoul Art Space Gumcheon in 2013 as part of Da Vinci Idea exhibition of new works.

Line Of Sight (a ‘live install’ edition of Line Segments Space) will be presented at Resonate 2014 in collaboration with artist Andreas Müller and composer Jan Nemeček.


CREDITS

ARTISTS
Mimi Son
Elliot Woods

SOUND DESIGN
Junghoon Pi (http://junghoonpi.com)

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Chamsae


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Line Segments Space 2013

Seoul-based art and design studio, [Kimchi and Chips](http://www.kimchiandchips.com/about.html), is known for creating innovative multimedia installations that combine code and interesting material choices to yield mesmerizing sensory spectacles. Whether its _[Lit Tree](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/nature-and-tech-talk-a-qa-with-kimchi-and-chips),_ an augmented projection system that responded to viewers' gestures by using plants as volumetric canvases, or its most recent installation, _Line Segments Space_, the studio has a knack for turning simple objects into electrified art.

_Line Segments Space_, is an architectual web of threads that are illuminated in a way that dynamic forms appear. In a video documenting the installation (above), the artwork is paired with a crescendoing soundtrack by [Junghoon Pi](http://junghoonpi.com/) that matches the ebb and flow of the chaotic lighting perfectly. There's a beautiful moment at the one minute mark that feels like a nuanced representation of the tired phrase "the calm after the storm."

The installation will be presented as a live edition re-titled _Line Of Sight_, at [Resonate 2014](http://resonate.io/2014/) in collaboration with artist Andreas Müller and composer Jan Nemeček. Watch the audio-visual trip above, and see some stills from the piece:

See more of Kimchi And Chips' work at their website, [here](http://www.kimchiandchips.com/about.html).

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