Computer Animation Arts

Korean artist Jong Ho Ji's sculptures - fabricated from old tyres - recall the sleek menace of Giger's Sil from Species (1995) and the gods and monsters of ancient mythology. Some of Ji's creations appear powerful and militarised - like bio-mechanical weapons striding into battle, while others look like victims of ill-advised experiments. "An oneiric fascination with the terror and awe implicit to scientific discovery informs Yong Ho Ji's sculptural practice, for which the artist plays dual roles of skilled artisan and mad doctor. Meticulously layering cut strips of tire as the flesh for his "mutants," Yong Ho Ji models his creatures after endangered animals, mythological beings, and humanoids akin to his favorite superheroes. Underlying his unique brand of science fiction monster making is a startlingly specific, poetically lucid, ethical critique of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), based on his skepticism towards those ...