Poster image of teamVOID’s exhibition "Factories" at One and J. Gallery, Seoul. ©One and J. GalleryONE AND J. Gallery presents a solo exhibition “Factories” by the media artist collective TeamVOID, through November 6.
The media artist collective teamVOID consists of Junbong Song, Jaehyuck Bae, and Booyoung Seok, who studied engineering and new media art. Through works that combine art and technology, the group raises questions about the art world system. teamVOID expands their ongoing The Factory series, which reflects the growing technological sophistication of automation and mass production systems.
The group presents industrial robot arms and conveyor belts that resemble an actual machine factory. These installations produce drawings. Through its automated system, sketching, stamping, and coloring are done without a person, raising questions about the distinction between production and creation.
Partial view of teamVOID's 'The Factory' at One and J. Gallery, Seoul. Photo by Aproject Company.The Mint Factory is the group’s new project that experiments with the technology of NFT (non-fungible tokens) to examine the recent NFT phenomenon in the art world. With the advent of NFTs in the art market, many physical artworks were converted to the virtual world. In Mint Factory, teamVOID reintroduced a non-material, virtual object to the physical world by reversing this process.
Installation view of “Factories” at ONE AND J. Gallery, 2022. Photo: Euirock Lee. Courtesy of ONE AND J. Gallery.teamVOID explores contemporary social systems and phenomena by creating interactive, kinetic, and robotic artworks using various technological media. teamVOID has participated in various art institutions to present their works and projects, including Geumcheon Art Factory, ZER01NE by Hyundai, and Canada’s ELEKTRA Festival 2017.
