How might we view the landscape, a vessel for many peculiar and enchanted ways of being, as intelligence? Through what lens does this acknowledgement shift our own perspective on intelligence, placing our humanness not in the center but one among many? What relationship does 'artificial intelligence,' created through the technological advancements of humanity, which emerged and evolved from the landscape we organize, share with this intelligence?

When Spiders Spin Dusk begins with such questions to meander in a pensive yet critical investigation of  what we have conventionally referred to as ‘intelligence’ and ‘knowledge systems.’ This research project delves into sensory experiences and learning through direct encounters, presenting opportunities of living among intelligences different than our own.The development of machine intelligence has been overshadowed by the rapid and now seemingly unattainable chase of efficiency and growth.. This project seeks new ecological metaphors to ground our relationship with technology and the landscape from which they emerge alongside embodied knowledge, stories, and culture.

When Spiders Spin Dusk 

3 (Fri) – 18 (Sat), January, 2025 

Coreana Museum of Art, Space*c

Participating Artists

Erika Jean Lincoln, François Quévillon, Maurice Jones, Sunjeong Hwang, Sunjoo Lee, Unmake Lab

Project organizer: Junghyun Kim & Luisa Ji 

Program producer: UKAI Projects

Exhibition curator: Junghyun Kim, in collaboration with UKAI Projects

Exhibition coordinator: Yeji Kim 

Supported by

Arts Council Korea, International Arts Joint Fund

Graphic Design: Formless Twins 

Space & furniture Design and Installation: Gagaguzook 

Media technician: Gomdesign 

Special thanks to: Ferme Lanthorn, The Canadian Museum of Nature, Paul Hamilton, Francine McCarthy