SCALE_ACC

Art installation ｜ National Asia Culture Center｜Gwangju Korea｜ 2021 |

Construction team: Jaewoo Chun, Minsu Kim, Myeongchul Chun, Hyungjin Kim, Seungjoon Son, Dani Kim, Jaehoon Lee, Sungmo Kang, Kyung Huh, Aeri Ma, Hojun Seo, Donghyuk Kim, Donghyuk Lim, Youngjun Chun, Zium Construction

Urban rooftop park with solar panels and surrounding cityscape, busy street below.
Outdoor park entrance with a metal arch displaying Korean text. The path is adorned with hanging purple decorations. Signs include 'No Smoking' and 'Scale' with information. Green grass and solar panels in the background.
Outdoor walkway with overhead art installation made of small golden tiles, surrounded by tall green grass and strung lights.
Pathway with blue hanging canopy, surrounded by green grass and trees, outdoor setting.
Abstract installation with overlapping metallic square panels in blue hues, creating a textured ceiling pattern.
View of a dense canopy of suspended rectangular cards with text, creating a dappled light effect.

스케일의 두번째 버젼! 소다미술관의 작품 이 ‘벽’ 이었다면 이번 국립아시아 문화전당의 작품은 ‘천장’ !

하늘마당은 전반적으로 지하공간에 실내 전시실이 있는 국립아시아문화전당의 옥상이자 도시공원으로 광주시민들에게 많은 사랑을 받고 있는 핫플레이스입니다. 이 공간의 하늘과 길 사이에 새로운 경계를 만드는 작품입니다. 50,000 여개의 라미네이트 샘플컬러칩으로 만든 작은 픽셀들이 바람의 힘으로 움직이면서, 그 경계는 때론 닫히고 때론 열려서 방문객들로 하여금 경계 넘어의 하늘을 새롭게 보게끔 합니다.

The Scale is a large-scaled installation project to test out the flowing and moving architectural boundary by the force of nature. The pixilated ceilings divide the outdoor gallery space blocking and disturbing the visitor’s views and circulations. The walls are alternating between opened and closed modes by the wind. When the wind blows and the pixels are opened, the divided rooms are visually re-connected. Thus, depending on the wind, visitors are able or unable to see the courtyard or other artworks beyond the walls. This alternation also creates a crackling sound so that people can recognize this movement enjoyably.

The walls are composed of about 50,000 pieces of 2in by 3in high pressured laminated (HPL) sample color chips, which are usually abandoned after picking the color and texture of interior or furniture finishes. This material is thin and light enough as well as chemically treated to resist moisture and fire already.