KYUWON MOON

clapping gloves
2024


digital print, magnet, d-bond, fabric, wood

Dimensions variable


This project began with my grandfather's self-made exercise device. He created his own device to cure his illness and claimed that it helped him overcome his sickness. However, there was no scientific evidence to support his claims. 
But we want to find something that is stable just by its existence. I saw his device as a belief in intense healing, and as a material product of the greatest effort one could make to live a healthy life. Accordingly, I am in the process of creating various organization and giving them meaning.

Clapping Glove is one of my Nonsense Exercise Equipment series. 
Audience can try out and perform clapping exercises. Follow the instructions on the poster and feel the magnet equipment inside the gloves. 
If you wear gloves and clap alone, you can feel the force of the gloves pushing each other away. However, if you clap with a partner, you will feel a strong attraction.






























EYE-BALL
2023 


fabric, pipe, lenses, foam, wood

45x41x170cm


EYE-BALL offers viewers awkward perspectives by employing a structure designed to capture motion through object distortion. It enables individuals to experience the expansion and contraction of their vision through the utilization of a concave lens, convex lens, and mirror.
Due to the presence of these distinct two lenses, the images observed through them appear different and vary in size based on their positioning.
Similar to adjusting the lens of a camera to achieve focus, this object is able to make a variable focus, whether it is on a distant object or a nearby one. Consequently, each person possesses a distinct focal point, resulting in different viewing positions.



























blue mask
2022


fabric, silicone, wood

24x28x18 cm


Humans have been using masks as a means of protecting the respiratory tract from external stimuli, and recently they have been used as devices to avoid viruses. Existing masks are used for one purpose of covering something. However, the blue mask can be opened and closed, allowing for selective customization of sensory experiences.
In other words, I regard the blue mask as a new skin, and it was designed to accept and reject various stimuli by overlaying it on the skin.

The mask is a wearable object, has holes and covers for all sensory organs such as the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. When all the covers are closed, the wearer experiences a sense of darkness and can only perceive the gentle touch of the soft material against their skin.

blue book
2022


Risograph on Paper

14.5 x 21 cm



The tutorial book was made, providing guidance on mask usage, allowing the audience to select the specific senses they need to explore.





























Have a good trip
(Alles in Butter)

2020


paper, filter, butter, balsa wood, Polypropylene plate, clips, carton,

18.5x2.5x10.3cm



During the Covid-19 outbreak, there was a lot of fake news floating around, confusing what was real and what wasn't, and it was hard to know which reality to accept.  We need something to lean on, whether it's true or false. ButterKit was created during corona time in Germany when we couldn't leave the house. False advertisements are spread for the many people who miss each other inside their rooms. 


 




























Tenant's Weapon
2018


mirror, steel

90cm X125cmX175cm, 80cmX65cm, 80cmX46cmX5.4cm

Dimensions variable





this skupture is a weapon and protection tool that I installed when I lived in a small rooftop house. It is installed so that you can see the doorway through three mirrors from inside the room.





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