ai. gallery

‘In certain almost supernatural inner states, the depth of life is entirely revealed in the spectacle, however ordinary, that we have before our eyes, and which becomes the symbol of it.’ – Charles Baudelaire

ai. is pleased to present Ode to the Domestic by Woo Jin Joo (b. 1995, Korea; living in London), re-imagining the booth as a charged domestic interior whereby objects possess a playful haunting. Through embroidery, textile, ceramic and installation, Joo posits the home as a site of animism— where ordinary spectacle turns into revelations.