a stone is a stone is a stone (I), 2023
Jiun-You OU in RAUM RESIDENZ - Semmelweiseklinik, Vienna, Austria
"I have some really big and heavy works that have been with me since around 2017—from Tallinn, Salzburg, Idar-Oberstein, and now Vienna. As a non-EU citizen living a nomadic European life, whenever I moved to a new city, I always had to think about securing a studio space or, at the very least, storage space. Regardless of whether they were charged, they gradually became more or less unbearable. Because they occupied not only physical space but also the tolerance between me and the space owners/users. However, how should I find a solution for them (and also for myself)? Should I simply jump out of the so-called "comfort zone" (which is far from "comfort," actually), stop transporting them from one place to another, and stop storing them? Thus, during my two-week RAUM RESIDENZ, I brought my heaviest work—a pallet-sized marble sculpture—to climb through four floors to Wasserbehälter Raum in Semmelweisklinik and break them into pieces. In this short (but long) process, the attributes of the space/building became entangled with the materiality of stone, reflected in both the working process and the final installation—in a way that is strenuous, violent, and even chaotic, but meanwhile also satisfying, relieved, and positioned."
*special thanks to Kunst und Kulturzentrum Semmelweisklinik; super helping hands from Hassan and his friend.
Jiun-You OU in RAUM RESIDENZ - Semmelweiseklinik, Vienna, Austria
"I have some really big and heavy works that have been with me since around 2017—from Tallinn, Salzburg, Idar-Oberstein, and now Vienna. As a non-EU citizen living a nomadic European life, whenever I moved to a new city, I always had to think about securing a studio space or, at the very least, storage space. Regardless of whether they were charged, they gradually became more or less unbearable. Because they occupied not only physical space but also the tolerance between me and the space owners/users. However, how should I find a solution for them (and also for myself)? Should I simply jump out of the so-called "comfort zone" (which is far from "comfort," actually), stop transporting them from one place to another, and stop storing them? Thus, during my two-week RAUM RESIDENZ, I brought my heaviest work—a pallet-sized marble sculpture—to climb through four floors to Wasserbehälter Raum in Semmelweisklinik and break them into pieces. In this short (but long) process, the attributes of the space/building became entangled with the materiality of stone, reflected in both the working process and the final installation—in a way that is strenuous, violent, and even chaotic, but meanwhile also satisfying, relieved, and positioned."
*special thanks to Kunst und Kulturzentrum Semmelweisklinik; super helping hands from Hassan and his friend.
(bas) relief, site-specific sculpture, 2018 - 2019, Untersberg marble (Salzburg, Austria)
(bas) relief, 現地雕塑, 2018 - 2019, Untersberg 大理石 (奧地利薩爾斯堡)
(bas) relief, 現地雕塑, 2018 - 2019, Untersberg 大理石 (奧地利薩爾斯堡)
* special thanks to Andreas Lolis, Stavros Mavromichalis, Anna Hofbaue and Hans (Marmor-Industrie Kiefer GmbH)
photo diary, July 2018 - August 2018
