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8/11/2001

Lee Bul

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia

Live Forever

The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) is pleased to present Live Forever, an exhibition of new work by Korean artist Lee Bul created during her FWM residency. Live Forever is a collaboration between the artist, the FWM and the San Francisco Art Institute, and will be on view from November 9, 2001 through January 5, 2002. An opening reception will be held on Friday, November 9 from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. An artist lecture by Lee Bul will also be held that evening at 6 p.m.

Lee’s futuristic installation of three fully functional, soundproof karaoke booths -- white, pod-like capsules lined with body-conforming foam and upholstered in leather -- includes a selection of pop songs and accompanying original video. The car-shaped pods, which visitors are invited to enter and use, provide an experience that is part road trip, part space odyssey.

Lee explains that in these pods, where the body is surrounded in a machine-like shell, "the act of singing becomes a performance only for the self, like dancing in front of the mirror." Three videos accompany the karaoke pods in this FWM exhibition: Amateurs, Anthem, and Live Forever. Above right: Lee Bul in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum and the San Francisco Art Institute, Live Forever, 2001. Fiberglass capsule with acoustic foam and leather upholstery, electronic equipment. 100 x 60 x 38 inches. Edition of three capsules.

Photo: Aaron Igler

The Fabric Workshop and Design
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Philadelphia, PA 19107
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