Do Ho Suh. Cause & Effect.
This giant tornado of piggybacked men is an installation by Korean artist Do Ho Suh that is currently on display at Western Washington University (photographs above depict it in alternate configurations). Via Western:
“‘Cause & Effect’ evokes a vicious tornado. This vast ceiling installation is a composition of densely hung strands that anchor thousands of figures clad in colors resembling a Doppler reading stacked atop one another,” said Do Ho Suh, adding that the artwork is a “physical realization of existence, suggesting strength in the presence of numerous individuals. The work is an attempt to decipher the boundaries between a single identity and a larger group, and how the two conditions coexist.”
Suh has been all over the news lately with his recent Fallen Star Lands installation in San Diego, and his Floor piece in Singapore. See many more views of this piece and other works here. (via the stranger, korea.net, herry lawford) (
Do Ho Suh is one of my favorite contemporary artists, and when I met him I was shocked at how humble he was. Also like, his work is CONSTANTLY misinterpreted due to western/individualistic bias and every time I see it, it makes me really angry. But he just kind of shrugged it off. I’d write a lot more and probably will later but not on this post because you don’t give a fuck.
(via oliveyoualatte)
