Siyon Jin

Man Begot Light, and then Flow
Light is attractive for artists. Since the Impressionists' interest in light reflected images of objects and the world, followed by artists like Man Ray who searched the interiors of objects using light, artists have closely scrutinized and exposed contemporary man existing in a time that has become nearly ambiguous where distinctions between day and night has become blurred, a hybrid time in cities enveloped by artificial light with the advancement in science and technology.

Light is a medium that enables our vision to realize this world, and we can perceive an object with any clarity only when there's light. Therefore light is inseparable from time and as we perceive the world through time, time is also the object of fascination for artists.

Jin Siyon has seriously incorporated LED in his artwork since 2008. In his work titled Wave, the filmed images of sunrise and sunset over the ocean were simultaneously projected in the format of LED sculpture. There may have been several reasons for incorporating LED into his work, of which the most important would be the artist's formatting of the ocean to autonomously lit and move. That is, the three dimensional structure required the use of LE...

Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design, Master of Fine Arts, New Forms Major