Myeongsoo Kim: Illusive Moon Installation Video

Filmed by Gill Stanley, music by Will Savino, April 2024

Rivalry Projects is thrilled to present a solo exhibition of new works by New York-based artist Myeongsoo Kim (b. 1980, South Korea).

Drawing upon the perceptive phenomenon that renders the sun and moon the same distance from earth, Illusive Moon utilizes landscape photography – celestial and earthly – to consider ideas around physical and emotional distance, isolation, time, and memory. Kim uses a medium-format Fuji camera to capture images of the sun, moon, and vast landscapes, such as volcanoes in Iceland, the dusty earth of the American Southwest, or the urban expanse of New York City. These images are then incorporated into custom sculptural displays, made from hardwood, metal, graphite, and found objects, or, in other works, reformed as collages that collapse our understanding of place.