The political will of a sovereign citizen in a democratic system is officially confirmed through periodic elections. Still, polls on various issues, ranging from presidential performance assessments to significant party support and economic prospects, often serve as channels for public opinion. Or at least it is believed to be. And in such poll statistics, issues directly related to a specific individual’s life or existence swing back to 2.7 percent or 47.4 percent. ‘Kinetic Political Abstraction'(2022) further abstracts the traces of this abstracted process of collecting political opinions, paradoxically creating an image that directly acts on the viewer’s body. The work consists of optical welcome images obtained by rotating the weekly poll results graph at high speed, which is investigated by Gallup Korea, distributed to members, and updated weekly according to statistics.
Sulki and Min (Choi Sulki and Choi Sung Min) are graphic designers based in and around Seoul, South Korea. They met at Yale University, New Haven, where they both earned their MFA degrees. After working as researchers at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, they returned to Korea in 2005 to start their practice. Since then, they have created identities, promotional materials, and publications for clients including Munhakdongne, Mass Studies, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul Museum of Art, Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and M+ in Hong Kong.