Art Sonje Center presents a group exhibition “Undo Planet”, re-examining climate change and ecosystem issues through the lens of “memory,” on view through January 26, 2025. The exhibition serves as a platform to reflect on the planet Earth's memories through art and to consider what future communities will remember through our actions today. It also invites us to imagine the possibilities of a newly emerging ecosystem.

“Undo Planet” started in 2023 based on site-specific researches conducted in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province located in the geographical center of the Korean Peninsula. Starting in 2023, Dan Lie worked with Cheorwon Seokdam Straw Transmission Society, Haegue Yang collaborated with Seoul National University’s Climate Lab, and ikkibawiKrrr engaged with Cheorwon’s Yangji-ri Village. Meanwhile, Tarek Atoui partnered with Cheorwon-based children choir group ‘Children Singing for Peace,’ and Young In Hong collaborated with DMZ Peace Town For Migratory Cranes.

These five artists/teams conducted in-depth field research and workshops, leading to an exhibition featuring a total of 17 artists/teams. The exhibition is structured around three key themes: “Community,” “Non-human,” and “Land Art.”

“Non-human” presents the works of artists who move beyond human-centered perspectives, shedding light on the intricate connections between humans, animals, plants and environment. The exhibition features works such as Haegue Yang’s latest piece, where honeybees take center stage in reflecting on the human world permeated with the history of division, the Cold War, tension, and conflict. It also includes Young In Hong’s collaboration with artisans to create woven straw shoes for a family of cranes that migrate to Cheorwon in the winter. 

In the "Land Art" section, the exhibition explores the works and activities of artists like Nancy Holt and Rim Dongsik, who took on aesthetic, scientific, and participatory challenges towards ecology and the environment in the 1970s and 1980s. Additionally, it highlights works by artists who collaborate with "Community" to address themes of coexistence.

Art Sonje Center, which has carried out exhibitions and projects addressing climate change and the biodiversity crisis, announced that this exhibition serves both as a summary of its past explorations and as a starting point for future exhibitions and projects that will continue to pursue coexistence and sustainable living.

Participating Artists: Nanna Elvin Hansen, Nancy Holt, Dan Lie, Dane Mitchell, Robert Smithson, SIDE CORE, Shimabuku, Simon Boudvin, Silas Inoue, Danh Vo, Haegue Yang, ikkibawiKrrr, Rim Dongsik, Tarek Atoui, Pangrok Sulap, Hashel Al Lamki, Young In Hong

“Undo Planet”
2024.12.03 - 2025.01.26
Tue-Sun 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Art Sonje Center

Ji Yeon Lee has been working as an editor for the media art and culture channel AliceOn since 2021 and worked as an exhibition coordinator at samuso (now Space for Contemporary Art) from 2021 to 2023.