Magic Loop, 2023, Seoul, KR
by KimSeohee
Magic Loop, 2023
14 July — 28 July 2023, Gallery Philosophie, Seoul
Magic Loop (2023) is a project that extends from the performance Magic Loop (2022), held at Gallery Philosophie in the summer of 2022, sharing Sehikyo's process of making clothes in a new way.
The exhibition space is arranged to feel like a showroom. Sehikyo's unfinished garments are displayed alongside short texts describing each piece, and participants choose whichever garment draws them in and bring it to a worktable. Using the materials provided, they can continue making the garment through hand-sewing, patchwork, embroidery, knitting, and other methods — everything except cutting the fabric directly. The next participant can pick up where the previous one left off, and those who prefer not to make can simply watch the process unfold. Over the course of the exhibition, the garments on display gradually change as they pass through different hands.
The project was conceived as a way to share — directly, with an audience — an ongoing inquiry into active making, the aesthetic sensibilities that emerge from it, and what it means to wear something. Participants are not passive viewers but collaborators, stepping into the process of making clothes together.
Caption tag
Coffee dress
Lace dress
A garments with heels
Trousers being mended
Shirring Shirt
Underma dress
A quilting bee Dress
Panti-legs skirt
Decorative Pullover
A guest book T-shirt
Magic Loop T-shirt
Botanical T-shirt
Participants:
Coffee dress
Moonju Jeong @jeongdaljoooo
Hwiyeop Kim @hwiyeop_
Danbi Kim @dxarchive
Jaehui Kim @xerocokeboy
Eunji Hong @Emma.whynot_
Seonha Oh @fa_sseon_er
Mina Lee @namiyi_
Panti-legs skirt
Hyunjun Koh @gohyunzun
Juhee Son @zuh22ing
Yeongjin Ki @ki_y_j_13
Dayeon Yoo @whit.eeg
Jieun Lee @leejayeun
Somin Jeon @s0mni_is
Chaeyoon Lee @c.yooon
Botanical T-shirt
Hyunjoon Choi @choehyunjoon
Hyerim Kim @hy2r2m
Jimin Kim @zimyn
Minji Kim @arewetalkingaboutlife
Jihye Jeong @ppnyangnyaong
Lace Dress
Jieun Lee @r00j00ra
Sejin Park @seizellite
Jiwon Choi @jiwoniese
Dahyun Kang @e._kgus
Hye-eun Oh @ohennny
Sohyun Kim @sottoppyy
Decorative Pullover
Dahyun Lee @_daryldix_
Chansong Oh @co1dsong
Yeseong Yoon
Haedeun Yang @_haedeun
A garment with heels
Seongju Kang @gemmaartshop
Hyunseo Kwak @hyumthekwak
Jeongyeon Ha @hagdnidana
Magic Loop T-shirt
Yurim Kim @ryurimqe
Changjun Park @badaharri
Shirring Shirt
Seulki Park @what__the__box
A guest book T-shirt
Seohyun Lee @seohnleee
Eunhye Lee @leeenhy
A quilting bee Dress
Seolyeon Park @seolyeonpakr
Eunyeong Hur
Eunhoo Song
Seohyun Kim @ppssnmrtt
Trousers being mended
Myeongjin Lee
Suhyun Park @shuai_s2_
Underma Dress
Seongwon Kong @bosccono_kong
Eunsol Lee @sol2u
Jihye Kim @augustdldbr
Yuri Oh @db_._fl @3722l2
Jeongwon Seo @grdnseo
Yoonjung Woo @sonyo.yoon
Yoonjung Kwak
Graphic Design: Minjong Kim
Photo: Seoyoung Kim
Video: Deokju Kim
Supported by Gallery Philosophie, Seoul