김서연 (Kim Seo Yeon) "Chandelier-360-811/조각 (Chogak)"
mychandelierchohab
"I create temporarily alternative conditions, with an attempt to regain with provisional means, societal fields, which seem to be completely occupied by conglomerates."
mychandelierchohab is a group of artistic practitioners, who share the same interest in making chandeliers. We are equal in the sense that none of us has any previous experience or knowledge of making chandeliers. For all of us mychandelierchohab is an environment of self-learning and self-organisation. “Chohab” means “Cooperative” in Korean, which defines the working relationship among the members of the group. Every maker is the author of their individual production and keeps their rights on their individual pieces, but the products are exhibited collectively. We produce site-specific chandeliers. This initiative explores the relations between art, craft, design and how an object may become meaningful. How does an object become a lamp? How does a lamp become design? How does design become a chandelier and how does a chandelier become a work of art? When we look at the portfolio of multinational corporations, we may ask ourselves: How come one corporation can build houses, ships, televisions, cell phones and cars at the same time? This is certainly not because a multi-talented genius is heading the conglomerate. It is not a matter of expertise. Yet the conglomerate can start any business at any time. This is the power of money, the god of commodities as Marx classified it. It is the all-mightiness of capital. mychandelierchohab uses ideas, attitude and imagination rather than capital to create chandeliers. It is an exploration of creative powers in relation to the power of capital.