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ùéø äùéøéí- [:Shir ha-Shirim:] the most beautiful song
Mi-Jong Jang
sculpture & video installation
4/3 * pi * 17.5³ centimeters³
"ùéø äùéøéí" is Hebrew for a book of the Hebrew Bible, Song of Songs. "[:Shir ha-Shirim:] The Most Beautiful Song" embodies the questions of subtle reality and life. It investigates the on-going loop of finding more than what man can obtain in a usual way. This piece itself is experiencing, self-seeking, self-exploring, and imagining. It explores the contradicting idea---the emptiness is full. The space that the piece introduces seems empty but it is full with imagination, faith, and expectation. It is the space and time that cannot be reached, expressed or grasp with human ability. This contradictory creates another presence for the beauty and awe that is beyond our perception. Just like how our memories carry the presence of incomprehensive past. "[:Shir ha-Shirim:]" is about grabing what is unable to grab, drawing the presence of what is absent, revealing the very existence of what is unseen or unheard. "[:Shir ha-Shirim:]" envokes man's intimacy and yearning for the infinite. Out of all the suffering and anxiety of the humanity, one can take comfort after the tender whisper, "My beloved, let's go with me." calling for possibilities, potentials and choices of life.
Something physical, hard, and firm are not the ultimate reality and truth.
Something scientific is often something most mystical, and something spiritual and emotional is most physical as well.
About the Artist:
Mi-Jong Jang primarily focuses on cinematic art through audiovisual interaction and experimental storytelling/literature. Her main interests are on issues related to psychological, emotional, and spiritual interconnections between people. She is currently in the DXARTS and Cinema Studies programs at the University of Washington.
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