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Summer 2009 — July 3 to Thanksgiving Ko, Seung-hyun Simply a tree trunk with strings, the traditional Korean gayageum is both sculpture and musical instrument. This gayageum, The Sound of a Hundred Years – RBG Gayageum made of cherry found on Royal Botanical Gardens' lands, is meant to be played both by the people who visit it and the wind that caresses it, to express the emotions caused by nature.    Found tree.  Ko working.  Visitors to the Gardens watch Ko working.         Bio: Ko, Seung-hyun (Korea) Ko, Seung-hyun divides his work between making large, site-specific gayageum (Korean stringed instruments) in forests and public parks with his long standing career in nature art (a term Ko coined in 1983). Nature art generally involves simple interactions with whatever natural materials and wild creatures the artist finds outdoors. There is a sweet innocence to these images and a profound tactile sense of identification with the natural environment. Co-founder in 1981 of the South Korean Nature Art Association (YATOO), Ko is a lyrical master of branches transformed into musical instruments and ordinary interactions with stones, shadows, insects and animals in which the artist melts into the landscape around him. Magical and filled with a gentle sense of wonder at the beauty of the world, these projects are an invitation to play.
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Curated by John Grande. FEATURED ARTISTS: Ichi Ikeda Ko, Seung-hyun Ryszard Litwiniuk Dennis Oppenheim Urs-P. Twellmann ARTIST SPONSOR:  155 Centennial Parkway N., Hamilton SPONSOR: |
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