Song of Roots, an exhibition pairing metalworking shops in Seoul’s Mullae-dong with artists, closes October 11. Four teams show work built on local metal fabrication skills, with free admission on the final weekend, October 10–11.
Four teams
Each team pairs a Mullae metalworking business with an artist. Starting points include silicone-molded ice trays, a heart keyring, an unfinished mortar, a prototype motor and machining by-products.
The exhibition draws its materials from a neighborhood where metal shops and creative studios operate side by side.
Repeated shapes
A photograph of Bonghwa Industry’s collaboration with Kim Seong-jin shows three metal plates standing against a wall, one carrying repeated small shapes and another cut with a large rectangular opening.
Elsewhere, small recesses in a plate, circular components around a light and gear diagrams on a wall form other patterns. Cutting recesses, shaping circles and joining parts give the same metal a different character in each work.
Visitor information
The exhibition runs September 18–October 11 and is open 10:00–18:00 with free admission on October 10–11. The venue is Soolsool Center B1, 15 Dorim-ro 133-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, about a 10-minute walk from Exit 7 of Mullae Station on Line 2.
The separate My Factory archive exhibition is closed this weekend. Inquiries: 02-2634-2237.
