Just come back from Cagliari / Sardinia Island in Italy. I presented Dust and Inject in this old castle. This castello is at the top of the Cagliari City, beautifullview on the island, seeing water all around. A very beautifull location. I have to thank’s Alessandro for inviting me and all the staff there :::: Matteo, Lucilla and my personal driver Sabrina.
Alessandro, the great director
Yesterday, it was rainning for my performance dust. But today, the sky was clear, the weather very confortable and the sound was very immersive … it’s not always evident when the event is outdoor.
Snif ! _ It’s my last day here, at the INDAF festival. I had great time with all the people who worked hard to let this event exist. Not enought Staff, but very very comprehensive and kindly. So, my last day begin with a old Korean tradition. People ( usually women ) prepare a paste taking from the powder of flower ( I do not remember the name ). It produce a very bright orange humid substance. They envelop the tips of their fingers with this substance for 4 or 5 hours. After remove and clean this substance … the fingertips and nails are stained with the bright orange for more than three months. If the color persists until the first snow, well, their wishes will happen. Sun ask to me, to try it on one of my finger . . . so, I will keep with this orange finger for the next 3 months, hoping that my wishes happen . . . hi !
The final result _ Orange lucky finger !!!
After, because I had the day off, I asked Gia to bring me to an industrial district. So, I took time to shoot lots of beautifull video for my next project. We went after to Seoul at an old water treatement usine that was converted in a beautifull parc with lots of Nenuphars
And everything finish in beauty with friends at a very good korean restaurant.
Santé !!! Seungho Hong[flv]http://blog.kolgen.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Seungho-Hong.flv[/flv]
After 3 hours sleeping, I have to go to my first meeting with curator and technicians. It was in this beautifull building where the exhibition will be presented. Here on the photo Dooeun Choi, the curator, Kurt Hentschlager and technicians. [ Ulf Langheinrich behind me ].
Diner with Dooeun Choi, curator and his fabulous technical assistant Seungdo Long at a typical BBQ Korean restaurant
I have a project with Eric Mattson, the great ZZ TOP montreal curator, about creating a picture vinyl inspired by my project DUST. My idea was to put a bunch of dust directly on a vinyle and record the audio trajectory of the needle trying to find his way find through this pile of dust.
thank’s to Fanny, Ben and Sam for their support and kepping spirit and energy until the end. They finally upgrade the projector not without lots of technical problems, but at the end the audience had a great technical context.
[ The great Ben, maestro of the phase circuit ]
[ and Fanny _ suprised to see before the video check that the projector does not have light _ hum _ it’s probably an option !!! ]
[Erasers _ before their real time collaborative expemiment performance”]
Because Dust is inspired by 1920 Man Ray photography ::: Élevage de poussière ::: I found these beautifull accumulations at the Cube before my performance
Après 3 mois de préparation, j’ai présenté hier ma dernière performance DUST au CUBE _ en France, plus précisément à Issy-les-Moulineaux. C’est un centre de création entièrement dédié au numérique. J’en profite pour remercier Carine pour son acceuil et ses succulents petits plats libanais.Et Michael pour la technique audio+video.
I just finished shooting macro elements accumulations of dust _ we experimented with a hi-speed camera / 500 fps and my Nikon D300. the result is quite convincing. there are only 40 days before the first of the DUST CUBE in Paris. there is some picts from the shooting _ all the other elements will be virtual _ virtual dust _ .
