Inhwan Oh's Surveillance Art at Commonwealth and Council & Baik Art

Inhwan Oh's exhibition 'My Own Blind Spots,' jointly presented by Commonwealth and Council and Baik Art in Los Angeles, explores the political implications of stolen private moments and surveillance. The centerpiece, 'Reciprocal Viewing System' (2017), uses pink tape to mark camera blindspots and live-feed monitors to show surveilled areas, prompting viewers to navigate between visibility and invisibility. Another video work, 'My Blind Spot – Interview' (2014–15), features discharged South Korean soldiers describing secret spaces where they masturbated to escape military discipline, linking these blindspots to queer resistance in conservative cultures. Oh's 'On My Way to Blind Spots – Los Angeles' (2019) follows the soldiers' directions in a different urban context, suggesting the universality of such hidden spaces. The exhibition ran from 21 September to 2 November 2019.