Sofia’s Seoul
Board, paper, paint, ink
33 x 95 x 34 in
85 x 240 x 86 cm
2012
Richard Humann • Sofia’s Seoul • Board, paper, paint, ink • 33 x 95 x 34 in • 2012
Sofia’s Seoul gets its inspiration from the movie Lost in Translation. In the movie, a traveler finds himself disoriented on a trip halfway around the world. Richard Humann had been living in South Korea for months at an extended residency program at the time of the creating of this art installation.
For the art installation, an online translation program was used to translate text from English to Hangul. A transcript of dialogue from the movie was then printed out, and cut up, letter by letter. The dissected characters are then used to form the “perfectly wrong” translation of the title of the sculpture onto the pedestal.
Richard Humann • Sofia’s Seoul (detail) • Board, paper, paint, ink • 33 x 95 x 34 in • 2012
Richard Humann • Sofia’s Seoul • Board, paper, paint, ink • 33 x 95 x 34 in • 2012
Richard Humann • Sofia’s Seoul (detail) • Board, paper, paint, ink • 33 x 95 x 34 in • 2012
Richard Humann • Sofia’s Seoul (detail) • Board, paper, paint, ink • 33 x 95 x 34 in • 2012
Richard Humann • Sofia’s Seoul (detail) • Board, paper, paint, ink • 33 x 95 x 34 in • 2012
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Sofia’s Seoul was created during Richard Humann’s three-month-long artist residency at the Gyeonggi Creation Center on Daebudo, South Korea. It premiered at his solo exhibition, The Aesthetic of Lostness.
Photo credits: Rizwan Mirza / Richard Humann Studio