Lotus L. Kang Azaleas II, 2025
Powder coated steel, aluminum, stainless steel, 35mm film, stepper motor, relays, controllers, stage lights, cables, upholstered wood base, cast aluminum lotus root, cast bronze lotus root, nylon, cast aluminum book (In Praise of Shadows by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki), photograph of a mudflat, book (Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon), thread, metallic twist ties, cast aluminum anchovy, cast bronze cabbage leaf, cast aluminum lotus tubers, plastic tangerines, tissue paper, spirits.
Dimensions variable
Azaleas II is titled after a 1925 poem by Korean modernist Kim Sowol (1902–1934). This kinetic sculpture comprises an enlarged rotary film dryer and a diaphanous length of 35 mm film depicting purple orchids that tautly wraps around its metal skeleton; the machine is placed atop a low, tatami-like base strewn with objects that reverberate within the artist’s orbit.
