"The Threads that Bind us includes a series of original works in which "woven material" is clearly of fundamental importance, turning out to be crucial for instilling identity and character on certain objects and for evoking a vision of how the practice of weaving fibres opens up to meaningful interpretations. A thread, which is a flexible, non-extendable structure, is what allows operations like sewing, embroidery and weaving to be carried out, age-old creative practices which, even though they have very definite and unmistakable roots in craft tradition, turn out to still be valid realms of exploration for assessing new or innovative solutions. As well as reviving an old-fashioned and universally practised craft, the use of threads and yarns for the modern-day manufacturing of objects is also a very up-to-date and original means of expression, giving new meaning to key terms like "knot" and "stitch" and metaphorically evoking the concepts of "weave" and "web". The designers have been selected by the curators and invited to take part in the Exhibition through the design and implementation of an unpublished work. "
this is part of his Prophets & Penitents series
He was born in 1981 in Seoul Korea. He majored in Metal Art & Design at Hongik University, and graduated in February 2007. He currently lives and works in Seoul. He started working this way because of his grandfather who liked to collect things and turn them into tool or peace of functioning things and he kept them around the house. Kwangho remembers walking over all his grandfathers inventions in the home he grew up in and the stuff he collected.
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