Taking its cue from the complex history of independent and alternative art spaces in Seoul and Alessandro Michele’s reflections on eterotopia, ‘No Space Just A Place’ is a multi-layered project powered by Gucci to support the cultural landscape and contemporary art scene in Seoul. Seen in image 1 and 2, the independent art space d/p focuses on a space that can never be other: the body, an eternal site from which we can never escape. Through the documentation of choreographer Yunjung Lee’s performance ‘Tongue Gymnastics’, d/p focuses on the movement
of the body, of the tongue in particular, addressing it both as a place and an environment for sensations and connections. Image 3 and 4 Audio Visual Pavilion combines works from its archives for the project ‘AVP Route’ that questions the notions of movement and transition through time and space. Among other artworks, Audio Visual Pavilion presents pieces by artist Sunho Park that examine artifact, memories and vanished spaces, as well as geographical information and their eerie materialization through maps. space illi presents ‘Swimming QFWFQ*’ (image 5), a project gathering the works of women artists that are linked by their
determination to take a closer look at what we consider to be “natural”. By deconstructing and reassembling the concept itself, they create a shift in the viewer’s perspective to reveal the hidden cracks of our contemporary societies. In ‘I love we love we love I’ (seen in image 6), Space One stirs up the illusion of emotion as simulacra. Presenting an archive of exhibitions, performances, and talks from the space’s program, the micro-exhibition moves around the boundaries of romanticism and criticism. Held at the Daelim Museum in Seoul—a location part of the Gucci Places network—the exhibit will run until July 12, 2020. Read a special interview with curator Myriam Ben Salah on on.gucci.com/NoPlaceJustAPlaceQA
