Artists Statement

Hacnum Exhibition, Various Locations, May 16 – 21

At the crossroads of symbiosis with nature or extinction, korinsky/seo/kavrakoglu weaves a utopian/dystopian future on an artificial wheat field of lights to examine humanity’s approach to the future.

The work visualizes a swaying field in the presence of wind using generative light patterns. The visual aspect develops following the sound. Starting with the sounds of nature, increasingly discordant sounds intersect, amplify and reach the climax of ‘whiteout’ with exploding sound and light.

‘whiteout’ – a state in which the earth and the sky become all white in the polar regions causing loss of sense of direction, could symbolize a confused mental state of mankind facing today’s problems, a state in which humans have been completely wiped out of existence from the earth, or a clean slate for starting over from the beginning through the symbiosis of human and nature.

‘whiteout’ stimulates various sensory connections and deals with the hopes and despair of human existence. Nature, aesthetics, utopia, nostalgia, aversion, fear, death, and dystopia merge imperceptibly, and the audience repeats the journey between fear and relief in ambivalence. Underneath the dark and heavy atmosphere of the work lies the human instinct to long for a better future.

In collaboration with Sujin Seo & Orhan “aib” Kavrakoğlu
https://korinsky.com/whiteout

• The twin brothers Abel & Carlo Korinsky are working on installations, performances, gallery and museum works. Through audio-visual installations, they are trying to evoke a different kind of perception. They create site–specific works and have worked in old factories, churches and many other often disused spaces. The intense environments in their installations are demanding of all the senses. Especially the beauty of nature/ natural phenomena get distorted or destroyed by sensual interventions of sound, setting of light and sculptural installations and confront the audience with an altered reality. They have been commissioned to create works e.g. for Ars Electronica Linz, Melbourne Biennial, Grace Cathedral San Francisco, Kestnergesellschaft Hanover, Art&Tech days Slovakia, Bozar – Center of fine Arts Brussels. https://korinsky.com