Attunement (2025)
An artwork made within the research program Intelligent Terrain curated by Junghyun Kim and UKAI Projects.
Exhibited at Coreana Museum of Art Space*C, Seoul, South Korea within the exhibition When Spiders Spin Dusk
Supported by Arts Council Korea and Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
An artwork made within the research program Intelligent Terrain curated by Junghyun Kim and UKAI Projects.
Exhibited at Coreana Museum of Art Space*C, Seoul, South Korea within the exhibition When Spiders Spin Dusk
Supported by Arts Council Korea and Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
About:
Attunement is an artwork powered by electricity generated through the electrochemical processes of bacteria living in wetland soil. This power system, mostly composed of biodegradable materials, explores the fusion of technology and nature while exposing the slow and uneven flow of energy.
The artist investigates networks where the rhythms of human and non-human entities intertwine, focusing on the concepts of temporality, conductivity, decay, and care. She reinterprets conventional technologies, often viewed as energy consumers, as entities requiring care. By incorporating the environmentally sensitive characteristics of bacteria—reacting to changes in weather, temperature, humidity, and soil nutrients—into the energy generation process, the work embraces natural uncertainties instead of technological perfection, exploring the potential of cyclical electronic systems.
Attunement is an artwork powered by electricity generated through the electrochemical processes of bacteria living in wetland soil. This power system, mostly composed of biodegradable materials, explores the fusion of technology and nature while exposing the slow and uneven flow of energy.
The artist investigates networks where the rhythms of human and non-human entities intertwine, focusing on the concepts of temporality, conductivity, decay, and care. She reinterprets conventional technologies, often viewed as energy consumers, as entities requiring care. By incorporating the environmentally sensitive characteristics of bacteria—reacting to changes in weather, temperature, humidity, and soil nutrients—into the energy generation process, the work embraces natural uncertainties instead of technological perfection, exploring the potential of cyclical electronic systems.
︎Documentation of work during the group exhibition Spiders Spin Dusk.
︎ Artwork is made of recycled wood, wetland soil, electrogenic bacteria, water, wax, beeswax, copper, steel plate, quartz clock mechanism, bacteria-generated electricity, voltage detector circuit
︎ Photographers: Gim Ikhyun, Sunjoo Lee
︎Video documentation of Attunement
︎Photos of the exhibition When Spiders Spin Dusk, at Coreana Museum of Art, January 2025
︎Participating artists: Erika Jean Lincoln, François Quévillon, Maurice Jones, Sunjeong Hwang, Sunjoo Lee, Unmake Lab
︎Photos by Gim Ikhyun