Korean artist Chun Kwang Young’s Times Reimagined exhibition at Palazzo Contarini Polignac in Venice, to present Hanji House, the new site-specific architectural pavilion by Stefano Boeri Architetti, visible from the Grand Canal. Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the Hanji House is a site-specific commissioned pavilion made in dialogue with the exhibition Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined – that features 40 large-scale mulberry-paper reliefs, sculptures and installations created by the Korean artist Chun Kwang Young, at the Palazzo Contarini Polignac, in Venice. “Hanji” is the name given to a traditional Korean paper made technique deriving from mulberry, also known as the "thousand years paper" due to its great resistance. It is also Chun’s prime tool of creation, which he uses to shape metamorphotic creatures reminiscent of living beings or spectacular scenes with historical and cultural symbolism.Installed in the Palazzo’s gardens, overlooking the Grand Canal in Venice, the Hanji House is a wooden pavilion, a practical model of ‘paper-tree architecture’ and it looks as a lantern from a distance. The design is inspired by the playful and yet meditative practice of folding paper in an infinite number of ways: the shape recalls ancient East Asian practices of paper-folding and tangram, besides the traditional Korean and East Asian houses, based on simple geometric modularity. It is made by a simple combination of volumes: four pyramids on the top of a parallelepiped, defining a planar surface shaped as a regular rhombus in the middle.From the outside, the envelope gives the Hanji House the appearance of a precious and at the same time playful object, a lighthouse to illuminate both the splendid Renaissance architecture in which it is located and the works of art that surround it.Promoted by: Boghossian FoundationSupported by: Museum Ground, Interart ChannelExhibition Duration: 23 April – 27 November 2022Press Preview: 20th – 22nd April 2022Academic Forum: 2pm, 21st April 2022Opening Ceremony: 7pm, 21st April 2022Venue: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Dorsoduro 874, VeniceWebsite: www.timesreimagined.comInstagram: @timesreimaginedCurator: Yongwoo LeeCuratorial Adviser: Manuela Lucà-DazioStefano Boeri ArchitettiFounding Partner: Stefano BoeriProject leader: Anastasia Kucherova
Korean artist Chun Kwang Young’s Times Reimagined exhibition at Palazzo Contarini Polignac in Venice, to present Hanji House, the new site-specific architectural pavilion by Stefano Boeri Architetti, visible from the Grand Canal. Designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti, the Hanji House is a site-specific commissioned pavilion made in dialogue with the exhibition Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined – that features 40 large-scale mulberry-paper reliefs, sculptures and installations created by the Korean artist Chun Kwang Young, at the Palazzo Contarini Polignac, in Venice. “Hanji” is the name given to a traditional Korean paper made technique deriving from mulberry, also known as the "thousand years paper" due to its great resistance. It is also Chun’s prime tool of creation, which he uses to shape metamorphotic creatures reminiscent of living beings or spectacular scenes with historical and cultural symbolism.Installed in the Palazzo’s gardens, overlooking the Grand Canal in Venice, the Hanji House is a wooden pavilion, a practical model of ‘paper-tree architecture’ and it looks as a lantern from a distance. The design is inspired by the playful and yet meditative practice of folding paper in an infinite number of ways: the shape recalls ancient East Asian practices of paper-folding and tangram, besides the traditional Korean and East Asian houses, based on simple geometric modularity. It is made by a simple combination of volumes: four pyramids on the top of a parallelepiped, defining a planar surface shaped as a regular rhombus in the middle.From the outside, the envelope gives the Hanji House the appearance of a precious and at the same time playful object, a lighthouse to illuminate both the splendid Renaissance architecture in which it is located and the works of art that surround it.Promoted by: Boghossian FoundationSupported by: Museum Ground, Interart ChannelExhibition Duration: 23 April – 27 November 2022Press Preview: 20th – 22nd April 2022Academic Forum: 2pm, 21st April 2022Opening Ceremony: 7pm, 21st April 2022Venue: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Dorsoduro 874, VeniceWebsite: www.timesreimagined.comInstagram: @timesreimaginedCurator: Yongwoo LeeCuratorial Adviser: Manuela Lucà-DazioStefano Boeri ArchitettiFounding Partner: Stefano BoeriProject leader: Anastasia Kucherova
