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NAKION RETROSPECTIVE

Nakion the designer held an exhibition at "Sarubia" in Korea. This is the first exhibition for her and it featured her graphics, abstract paintings and free paintings. According to her, no works have a concrete purpose or target and all of them are from idea flash into her mind. Thus in order to make all visitors enjoy the time there even though they cannot understand the backgrounds behind works, various interruptions were installed.

Since Sarubia is on a basement floor, the space is in the dark and I could feel a slight humidity. While electronic music was on and strange film was on a huge screen, her unique works were displayed everywhere within the gallery, and it made a bizarre atmosphere. Nakion is interested in digital music and digital motions as well. So, the purpose of this exhibition is sending messages and thoughts of her through the digital media. However, unlike these modern tools, what kind of expression does she use in her working process?

An Indian ink painting is one of the representative arts in the Oriental world and it was born in China. This is the one that Nakion chose to express her world. She was brought up in the USA and the Indian ink painting seems not to suit her. However, this is the biggest difference between Nakion and other designers. As she said, natural Chinese characters drawn in the Indian ink painting is very her style as she always starts to create something as soon as she gets an idea...

If you carefully look at her world, you will see various cultures and traditions merge together. The Indian ink paintings, the modern digital music and animation, and titles written in both English and Japanese... Through her experiences gained in various cultures since she was small, she finally found the best way for her art in Korea. With this way, she can effectively and naturally express ideas straightaway from her head to the outside.


Nakion "Retrospective" Exhibition
Date: 8th - 22th August 2003
Place: Project Place Sarubia

Text and Photos: Hyun-Hwa Jung from Rgbmix
Translation: Sachiko Kurashina

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