Aesthetica Art Prize 2019 shortlisted artist Sim Chi Yin was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Prize to create Most people were silent, a video work which pairs two landscapes. From the north peak of Mount Paektu 鈥 an active volcanic mountain dividing North Korea and China 鈥 audiences look into North Korea, which has conducted six nuclear tests since 2006.
The artist reflects: 鈥淢y work focuses on histories and memories in land and peoples through a research-based practice. It is realised through photographic and filmic installations of landscapes 鈥 human and non-human 鈥 with unseen and unspoken pasts.鈥
Most people were silent is on view as part of the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, 8 March -14 July. Find out more
Images courtesy the artist.
