- nylon, silk and toy soldiers -

Fond of the notion of 'home', Do-Ho Suh has created these sets of nylon and silk installations based on his home in Seoul and various other places he's made his 'home'.





























































He worked with this type of material for their lightness and thus portability, so he can take the image of home with him as he goes away on his "five horses".

The red nylon piece staircase is based on his landlord's apartment stairs and comments on placelessness of such a common item.




















And I'm sure some of you may have seen these toy soldiers at work, I remember seeing it somewhere at uni, either from someone's research or from a lecture (possibly History and Theory). It stems from Do-Ho Suh's view on Korea's mandatory military service that is very deeply rooted into every Korean man's life.

More on his work can be found at PBS. Read the interview, it's very honest and he divulges very rich personal narratives. :D

(seen on BLDG BLOG)