KIMSOOJA AT FREDERIKSBERGMUSEERNE, FREDERIKSBERG, DENMARK
WEAVING THE LIGHT, 26 Mar – 30 NOV 2023
Kimsooja transforms the underground space of Cisternerne in an extensive light and colour installation, using transparent panels covered with diffraction grating film – etched with thousands of micro-scratches. Light radiates as brushstrokes to break the darkness of 4,400 square meters of the former water reservoir.
Installation view of Waving the Light, Denmark, 2023. Courtesy of Frederiksberg Museum and Kimsooja Studio. Photo: Torben Eskerod
“This diffraction grating film is a textile, that is already woven textile that works as a prism that diffracts the light into a rainbow spectrum. Putting the light sources in different locations and the movement of the water as a mirror bring all those wonderful elements together”
- KimsoojaYou can read the review by Alice Godwin for Wallpaper here