The Moon

U Sunok, artist

1958–2023

The Moon, 2006–2011

Where object was made: Korea

Material/technique: single-channel silent video projection; 14 minutes 11 seconds

Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2013.0133.01,2

On display: Kress Gallery

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This video uses footage of the moon taken by NASA over the course of a year to create a poetic projection of the monthly lunar cycle of waxing and waning. Since ancient times the moon has transfixed human imagination. In addition to its gravitational influence over ocean tides, the moon has long been believed to sway human emotions. A recent study of circadian rhythms conducted by Swiss scientist Christian Cajochen suggests that lunar cycles may indeed affect sleep, but more definitive research is needed. Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges likens the moon to a “mirror of time” in the poem below:
There is such solitude in that gold.
The moon of these nights is not the moon
The first Adam saw. Long centuries
Of human vigil have filled her with
An old lament. See. She is your mirror.
~Jorge Luis Borges, “The Moon”

Exhibition Label:
"Forms of Thought," Mar-2014, Kris Ercums
This video uses footage of the moon taken by NASA over the course of a year to create a poetic projection of the monthly lunar cycle of waxing and waning. Since ancient times the moon has transfixed human imagination. In addition to its gravitational influence over ocean tides, the moon has long been believed to sway human emotions. A recent study of circadian rhythms conducted by Swiss scientist Christian Cajochen suggests that lunar cycles may indeed affect sleep, but more definitive research is needed. Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges likens the moon to a “mirror of time” in the poem below:
There is such solitude in that gold.
The moon of these nights is not the moon
The first Adam saw. Long centuries
Of human vigil have filled her with
An old lament. See. She is your mirror.
~Jorge Luis Borges, “The Moon”