Projects from Yeju Choi
name
Yeju Choi (yejuchoi)
country
united states
university
Yale University School of Art
department
Graphic Design
university address
1156 Chapel St
06511 New Haven
university country
united states
url
id
0010120
title
Façade for Façade
professor(s)
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
rank
-
tags
architecture interaction design motion graphic multimedia
year of making
2009
uploaded
2010-02-16 18:35:20
Video projection installation
(live performance), 45:00
I was asked to design a backdrop for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “Façade,” an avant-garde music piece by Sir William Walton, at Yale’s Beinecke Library. Instead of creating a new screen, I decided to utilize the space's existing structure, the famous gridded marble wall of the library.
The video projection turned the thick, solid wall into something light and flexible—it appeared as if someone were pressing objects against the wall from outside. (The title of the piece, “Façade,” made me think about what is behind.) As the grid activates and changes shape, the wall assumes three-dimensionality and becomes a protagonist.
