Do Ho Suh Makes Space for Speculative Thinking in Seoul

Do Ho Suh returns to Art Sonje Center in Seoul more than two decades after his first solo show at the institution.

Speculations (17 August–3 November 2024) is an exhibition that departs from the South Korean artist’s ethereal life-sized fabric reconstructions and features drawings, models, and simulation videos that he has been developing since 2005. Suh invites visitors to step into a space of speculative thinking, where imaginative explorations of home and community transcend physical boundaries.

A highlight is The Bridge Project (2024), a series which reimagines connections between the cities Suh has lived in beyond the limits of place and time. Suh envisions a ‘perfect home’ equidistant from Seoul, New York, and London, in a thought experiment around the challenges of isolation, barriers, and shifting borders.

Through detailed diagrams and renderings created with architects and designers, Suh’s seemingly impossible project takes shape. Depicted in animations, the final structures appear lonely and isolated, alluding to displacement and the struggle to belong.

The exhibition is one of many exceptional shows open across the city during Seoul Art Week (2–8 September 2024), which coincides with both Frieze Seoul (4–7 September) and Kiaf SEOUL (4–8 September).