Exhibition view of Cha Ji Ryang’s solo exhibition “dream pop” at d/p, Seoul. (December 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022). Photo by Aproject Company.d/p presents Cha Ji Ryang’s solo exhibition “dream pop” on view through December 31.
Cha Ji Ryang, who works with different media, expresses individuals in the social system. The exhibition “dream pop” expresses the moment just after awakening from a dream. The artist organized an exhibition in which sounds and images express a mixture of fantasy and reality, taking into account the action of shoegazing, a phenomenon in which the body relaxes and immerses itself in something.
The exhibition space is divided in half using vertical blinds to create both open and closed areas. The works presented in this exhibition invite the viewer to forget the concept of “I” and experience sharing the gaze and memories of various subjects.
Among Cha’s works, the video installation work Surfing visualizes the waves in the exhibition space. The artist sent a video and music called “Surfing” to various people who are active in the art world, then gathered the images, objects, and writings they sent and created a beach installation. Another video work titled You are not here evokes the system of the art world by unraveling the artist’s thoughts on the art world through a monologue as if reading a letter.
Cha Ji Ryang (b. 1983) has held numerous solo exhibitions at Simincheong Sori Gallery (Seoul, 2021), Archive Bom (Seoul, 2018), and Space Can (Seoul, 2019). Cha has participated in group exhibitions at many art institutions, including the Busan Museum of Contemporary Art (Busan, 2022), the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (2021), the Seoul Museum of Art (2019), and Sahng-up Gallery (Seoul, 2019). She performed in various places, such as Germany’s ZK/U, Namsan Arts Center, Gyeonggi Creation Center, and Festival Bom.
