Young-Min Kang

Headscanning - 2004
Photography sculpture
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My works transform images and objects captured from digital media, architecture or cultural phenomenon into different contexts through re-making? I am interested in expanding the limits of a particular media through changing the format of the information contained within. In my digital prints, I emphasize pixels by extremely lowering the image resolution and transporting these processed images into an actual space either as installations or as 3D objects. Pixels are effective connectors between virtual and actual space because of their literal and low-tech nature. Similarly, highway road maps can be reinterpreted and transformed as 3D human body structures or a tangled web of Asian noodles. Image, media, tactile experiences and actual space engage one another even if at first glance they are totally separated. They engage through the application of metaphors with similar images or information in different forms. When modified into a different space, dimension, scale, and media, they provide a moment of clarity about their original medias and references. Specific meaning in each work emerges through the detailed process of manipulation and can be associated with cultural, social issues as well as with my own identity.

Studio 107 was created to establish a dialogue among contemporary
artists and to introduce contemporary art to more of Austin.

The works shown at Studio107 are edgy, contemporary, humorous, and technically
excellent in execution, concept, implication or all three. The artists who show in this space are dedicated to producing high quality art even if it means late nights after a hard day's work somewhere else. They strive to challenge their peers to achieve a higher level of perception.

If you would like to see the work in person or get on our mailing list email
liz@studio107.com or call 512.477.9092. Studio 107 is in the downtown area of  Austin, TX in the 200 block of East 5th ST, Unit 107. If you would like your work considered for future shows mail slides, cd with digital images or color photocopies to
Studio 107 - 411 Brazos, Unit 107, Austin, TX 78701