Water on Fire series

Panoramic black-and-white crystalline moving-image still from Inhwa Yeom’s Water on Fire series, presented at PRPT in 2025
Panoramic black-and-white crystalline moving-image still from Inhwa Yeom’s Water on Fire series, presented at PRPT in 2025
Water on Fire series, 2021–2025. Installation view, PRPT: Vault Service II — TIMELOCK, WZ Studio, Seoul, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
Water on Fire series

2021–2025

Single-Channel Video Installation; video, 4 min 44 sec, color, stereo sound; light panels; crystal chains; dimensions variable

Exhibitions

Ten Moons and Three Tunnels
Total Museum of Art, Seoul
Support: 2022 ARKO Visual Arts Creation Lab, Arts Council Korea
PRPT: Vault Service II — TIMELOCK
WZ Studio, Seoul

‘융합’은 당김과 밀기, 충돌과 반응, 결합과 흡수, 발열과 지속으로 이어지는 물리적·사회적 과정을 가리킨다. Water on Fire series는 3D 퍼포머티브 장치-환경을 통해, 물과 불처럼 일견 서로 다른 것들이 특정 조건에서 상호작용하고 공존하는 순간을 무대에 올린다.

2025년 PRPT 버전은 Water on Fire: Sparkler (2021/2025), Water on Fire: Reaction (2021/2025), Water on Fire: An Hommage to Every Terrifying Angel (2022/2025) 세 작품으로 구성된다.

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