ZEN GARDEN RADIATOR WARS
Single-channel video
2016
In collaboration with Melissa Wyman
Made in residence at the Sedona Arts Colony, Sedona, AZ, and exhibited at Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, 2019 as part of the exhibition: Body Marks, curated by Carmen Tiffany; and Roble Arts Gym, Stanford University, 2016, curated by Ellen Oh. More info below.
Melissa Wyman and Michael Namkung merge their physical drawing practices into an activity loosely based on an arcade game from the 1982 movie Tron. Wielding electric radiators they drag through the dirt, Wyman and Namkung learn to negotiate each other’s presence, moving through the space in tandem. This cooperative dance steadily escalates into an all out competition to defeat the other and claim the last radiator standing.
Round One
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
Round Five
Round Six
Round Seven
Round Eight
Round Nine
Round Ten
Round Eleven
Body Marks, curated by Carmen Tiffany
Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, 2019