SOOK JIN JO

Josie: Aloha y'all!!Bring on summer..hehehehe....man i wish i was moving to Hawaii for Summer- but instead...guess whos off to Italy and greece?!?!?!Oooh yea! so.... today was so tiring, kinda glad its over...

Heres my blog for the week.. artist named Sook Jin Jo who did a work called Isan in India. It mixes an environmental sculpture with a meditation space meant to uplift the spirit and heart. Article from Sculpture july/august vol.25 no.6, page 20. Its real inspiring and jumped out compared to some of the other srticles. Im interested in architecture somewhat, and she worked with a landscape architect to help develop this obscure space into a sculpture. Her inspirations were from temples and museums to incorpoartate history into her piece...(research helps ay ay???;)..)

So its made from bamboo and brick as materials used for traditional architecture. There are bells inside the sculpture which when blown adds sound. Lighting is also crutial as different lights create different shadows- therefore different moods. I think its pretty wicked, like pretty chilled out sorta piece, relaxing and looks calm and pretty spiritual. Overal, Isan combines innner and outer space, spiritualism, architecture...all nice and elegantly....more looking into her work wood be good i reckon. Very soft, subtle sort of artist me thinks..

Have a siiik week everyone. Make the most of this wicked sun!!
Lotsa love from Josie!! xx

Image from: http://www.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculpture_info.php?sculpture_id=1005176