Author: Hamaaan

vacuum seeds 　| 2019 borosilicate glass, Lead glass, 1×10⁻⁵ Pa of vacuum, stainless steel, acrylic, LEDH1320 W300 D300 (mm) Do you think there will be nothing from “nothing”? The vacuum phase has its infinite potential to create a universe. Inspired by the parallel between the potential of creation in the vacuum and the energy of germination hidden in the seeds, the artist imagined the possibility of the new universe concealed in the seeds. A celestial sphere-shaped container is filled with highly vacuumed glass seeds. The artist wants you to recall the phenomenon that each one of these seeds transforms into the universe and forms a pluralistic and chaotic world. […]

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0=1 –trace of light 　| 2022 Reversely developed black and white negative film (4x5inch), aluminum, acrylic board, LEDH1067 W1321 D60 (mm) [5 pieces] When an overcurrent is applied to a glass tube fuse, a faint light is produced when it burns out. If you observe this luminous phenomenon in a darkroom under dark adaptation, the afterimage of the light will be burned into your eyes for a while. Silver halide photographic film records the traces of this momentary light as an image and makes it appear. In this work, positive images are presented by inverting and developing black-and-white negative film. The images look as if they were recorded supernovas of the […]

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0=1 –Discontinuous Continuity 　| 2022 flashbulbs, mirror, aluminum, iron, electronic componentsH16650 W28600 D500 (mm) The 99 domed mirrors hang over the large wall approximately 17 meters high and 28 meters wide, and each dome is fitted with a flashlight bulb. Flashbulbs are used as flashes for film cameras in the old days. They emit a large amount of light when chemicals or metals in the glass bulbs burn rapidly, but they can only trigger a luminous phenomenon once. In this work, such a one-time luminous phenomenon is repeated with irregular timing. This is an imitation of the stars in the universe that are born and disappear, suggesting that this world […]

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noise of the void 　| 2022 neon light, 1×10⁻⁵ Pa of vacuum, atmospheric pressure, acrylicH4800 W4000 D100 (mm) When a glass tube with a high vacuum inside is partially heated, the softened glass is pushed by the external atmospheric pressure (pulled by the internal vacuum) and the morphology of the glass tube changes. When neon gas is filled into the glass tube thus formed into a convex and concave shape by the force of the vacuum and high voltage is applied to the electrodes, irregular flickering and shimmering light is emitted. Electrons try to travel the shortest distance between the electrodes, but the path of the discharge is not regular as […]

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0=1 –antinomy 　| 2022 fluorescent light, glass tube inner coated with stainless steel powder, mirrored glass film, steel, electric cableH6000 W6000 D6000 (mm) What does the self-made hypothesis “0=1” represent? Between “0” and “1” there is “finite” and “infinite. The state of complete “nothingness” cannot exist in the world in which we live. For example, the end of one universe may be the beginning of another, and “annihilation” and “destruction” may have the same meaning as “generation” and “creation. In this work, I attempt to represent the seemingly contradictory concept of “0=1” with an image of the origin of the universe. In one universe, when mass and energy are squeezed into […]

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