Work Description

For the screens in Düsseldorf subway stations, Yoora Park has developed a site-specific work that investigates perception as it operates on the level of subtle vibrations and preconscious processes. Untitled (background activity) considers vibration as a state that is immanent to all things: a continuous, soundless background activity that structures perception, even before it takes shape as sound or language.

The image contains pulsating butterfly antennae, which the artist views as an organ of preconscious perception. They stand for passing sensations beyond the level of everyday attention and comprehension. Park is interested in modes of perception that elude clear-cut physical or cognitive attributions, and in forms of knowledge that precede language and conscious decision-making. 

The short videos are displayed on the information screens of subway platforms in intervals corresponding to the typical commuter waiting period.

Bio

Yoora Park (*1991 in Ulsan, South Korea) lives in Düsseldorf. Working primarily with installation, she investigates the limits of human perception and experiments with how seeing might be translated into a form of hearing, or hearing into a tactile experience. Yoora Park’s works are a part of the Storage Museum and the Nordrhein-Westfalen Art Collection, among others.

Videos

3 videos, 12 sec. each
continuous loop, approx. every 3 minutes

On 28 info screens (STRÖER) of the following subway stations:

• Heinrich-Heine-Allee (Platform 3–4)

• Steinstraße/Königsallee (Platform 1–4)

• Oststraße (Platform 1–4)

• Hauptbahnhof (Platform 3–4)

• Kettwiger Straße (Platform 1)