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Michael Joo, Mediator<\/em>, 1998. Photo Anders Norrsell. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Michael Joo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Born 1966, works in New York)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mediator,<\/em> 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aluminium, cobblestones, tempered glass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diameter 250 cm, height 500 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Joo participated in the exhibition WAN\u00c5S 1998 with the artwork Mediator<\/em>, which resembles a sundial. Joo is trained as both a biologist and an artist. His works can be seen as meetings between natural and artificial, symmetry and asymmetry, between nature, science, and Joo\u2019s artistic approach. He uses a wide variety of materials in his artworks, often sourced from nature, and works in areas ranging from performance and video to sculpture and painting. With Mediator<\/em>, Joo creates a place that both points out a direction and brings attention to the sun\u2019s energy. The pole is pointed east and thereby, for Joo, references his Korean heritage. The same year that Mediator<\/em> was erected, he exhibited the large-scale installation Highway<\/em>, which occupied an entire floor of the old Barn at Wan\u00e5s. It consisted of an enormous tree that was cut down and then reconstructed using iron rods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Joo, Mediator<\/em>, 1998. Photo Mattias Givell.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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