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In March 2001, Mikhail Karikis was invited by the Korean Culture & Art Foundation to create an installation for the group show entitled Double Exposure. Mikhail's exhibit, The Architectural Side-effects of Daydreaming, consisted of over 1,000 feather boas, which filled the entire entrance area of the gallery from ceiling to floor. The feathers created a playful and unexpected extended transitional space between the exterior and the interior of the gallery. As the visitors became immersed in the soft medium, brushing against the feathers, they found themselves ‘lost’ in a space where all exterior sound was muted by the feathers, and where vision failed to orientate them. Inspired by the phenomenology of daydreaming, the experience of this installation aimed to create an abrupt perceptual shift in the visitors and a radical heightening of the senses of hearing and touch.
Double Exposure was curated by Ahn Sung-Hee. Among the participants were Lee Mee-Hye and Margot Bannerman.
