Lotus L. Kang

Lotus L. Kang

Work from Borne at Esther Schipper, Berlin.

“Lengths of unfixed industrial film, ‘skins’ as Kang refers to them, are draped over and across raw steel tubes suspended from the ceiling. The shadowy impressions on the film create layered, visceral timescales, rendered in a palette of yellow, orange, red, purple and brown. By intentionally misusing the material, exposing it to sunlight and manipulating its exposure in both planned and unforeseen ways, the artist has invented modes of inscribing her process, turning the film into indexes of overlapping durations. The film is ‘tanned’ across multiple sites: her studio, her home, and predominantly, in a greenhouse situated in upstate New York.” – Esther Schipper