Jang Yeonjeong's Digital Sublime Flora Suspends Botanic Forms in Continuous Presence
Jang Yeonjeong, an artist who goes by Forside, utilizes generative systems to craft art that offers endless variations instead of static visuals. Her primary focus is on video and large-scale installations, particularly evident in her series Digital Sublime Flora, which explores plant forms that defy conventional life cycles. These creations remain in a perpetual state, caught between coming into being and fading away. By employing computational movement, Jang generates organisms imbued with an unseen tension. Her video pieces prioritize a sense of stillness over storytelling, presenting a ghostly representation of existence. Digital Sublime Flora challenges perceptions of life within digital imagery, leaving interpretations as elusive as her artworks.
Key facts
- Jang Yeonjeong also signs her work as Forside
- She builds works through generative systems and computational processes
- Her pieces are designed for video and large-scale installation in architectural contexts and immersive screens
- Digital Sublime Flora is the most intimate chapter of the ongoing Digital Sublime project
- The series focuses on botanical forms that reject natural cycles of blooming, withering and returning to earth
- Jang describes the suspended state of her forms as 'continuous presence'
- Her video work uses time to hold a condition still rather than tell a story
- The project asks what we begin to treat as alive as computer-generated images increasingly resemble organisms
Entities
Artists
- Jang Yeonjeong
- Forside
- Aryz
- Francesco Faraci
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Mark Rogers
- Brett Charles Seiler
- Ivan Pokidyshev
- Stanley Kubrick
Institutions
- Westwing
- Crosby Studios
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Clarks
- Parees Fest
- BASE Milano
- FAROUT Live Arts Festival
Locations
- Italy
- Palermo
- Milan