The John Curtin Gallery is pleased to announce the Australian premiere of kinetic sculptures from the extraordinary imagination of Korean artist U-Ram Choe.  Choe’s artworks inhabit the multiple realms of mythology and science fiction, inviting audiences to unravel narratives exploring notions of creation and evolution through strangely familiar organic forms. As a highlight of the 2012 Perth International Arts Festival, the celebrated artist’s work is on show from 3 February until 2 March.

Choe crafts beautiful but complex mechanical sculptures that look like futuristic biological organisms. They are exquisitely-engineered from stainless steel, aluminium and acrylic ‘bones’ which are animated by miniscule motors (brains and muscle) – all choreographed by microprocessors to create moving forms evocative of otherworldly flora and fauna. Heat and motion sensors cause some of the works to undulate in the rhythmic motions of the creatures that inspired them. The works are accompanied by pseudo-scientific narratives of their imagined evolutionary histories; machine-creatures that inhabit our atmosphere, benignly feeding off excess electrical energy and reproducing as their parts wear out. 

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