Past Residents
Past Resident2015: Arts Council Korea
Sun Choi
Choi’s work has continuously questioned the conventional definitions of art and searches for value beyond materiality. Choi applies invisible materials, such as breath, as well as other unconventional mediums involving the body. In recent years, he has obtained paints from social and environmental disasters.
Choi’s recent exhibitions include Song Eun Art Space, Seoul; Yokohama Triennale; and The Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei.
Sun Choi, Meari, 2015, Ash from burnt dog, cat and human hair, 1,033 sq. ft. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from South Korea
Past Resident2015: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
Ishu Han
Ishu Han questions ideas belonging, civic duty and how such notions influence our voices as individuals. In his video practice, Han uses his own body and migration history to explore the notion of ‘identity’. A recent major work considered Australia’s immigration history, focusing on Asian immigration following the discovery of gold in Victoria. His work considers the exploration of how people of different nationalities, races, ethnicities and cultures coexist and how independent identities have been retained.
Ishu Han (born 1987, Shanghai, China) currently lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. Han’s works have been featured in a number of solo exhibitions, most recently, Life Scan, Tokyo Frontline, Japan, 2014; Study Country, VCA Gallery, Australia, 2013; Form of Sea, Kyoto Art Center North Gallery, Japan 2012; as well as groups shows such as In the Wake, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2015; Whose Game is it?, RCA Gallery, UK, 2015; Asia Anarchy Alliance, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, 2014; Local Futures, He Xiang Ning Art Museum, China, 2013; 16th Japan Media Arts Festival, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan 2012; Local to Local, Openspace Bae, Busan, Korea, 2010.
Events & Exhibitions
Ishu Han: Memory of Each Other
July 8–October 2, 2015
Ishu Han, Neighbor, 2012, Video, 7:15 min.
Past Resident2015: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Martin Höfer
Martin Höfer’s work concentrates on artistic strategies and mechanisms of perception in the field of public media space. Höfer’s focus is the development of artistic concepts for mass media systems as art itself. Therefore, he focuses on the relation of art and economics, aspects of art and media theory as well as mass communication, advertisement and marketing.
Martin Höfer (born 1982 in Sondershausen (Thuringia), Germany) lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. He graduated with distinction at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig in Media Art. Höfer’s work has been commissioned for group exhibitions including the Dispute Between Word and Picture, Cairo, Egypt, 2006; Hiwar Fanni, Amman, Jordan, 2007; On (plein) Air, Dresden, Germany, 2009; Youth Cult, Berlin, Germany, 2010; Best buy me, Leipzig, Germany, 2010; Kunst im Tower, Linz, Austria, 2010; Capital unemployed, National Art Gallery Vilnius, Lithuania, 2011, Victory on behalf of art (Porsche Carrera Cup, 30 motor races in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, 2012/13), DLF 1874: Die Biografie der Bilder, Leipzig, Germany, 2012, The Supershow, Leipzig, Germany, 2013; 1st NSK Folk Art Biennale, Leipzig, Germany, 2014.
Martin Höfer, Siegen im Auftrag der Kunst, 2012, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.
