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Elements Of Catastrophe

Extreme temperatures and sonic forces collide in an immersive soundscape which surrounds the sculptural forms, frozen at the moment of demolition.

Another photograph of the exhibition at Somerset House, London.

Overview

A long-term collaboration between Pusan National University and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, The Korea Ship and Offshore Research Institute (KOSORI) is helping the global maritime industry to better understand catastrophic incidents at sea. A research and development centre for studying safety in ships, boats and sea based architectures, they work to eliminate uncertainty from a plethora of potential accidents through large-scale physical model testing. Subjecting materials to various intense and accidental conditions including fires, explosions, collisions, cryogenic temperatures and extreme pressure.

This work evokes the cacophonic conditions that KOSORI grapples with during their test procedures, whilst foregrounding the incidental sculptural forms produced by those processes. Within this ruinous yet fertile space, objective scientific processes are translated into a poetic meditation on the emergence of safety from destruction.

In conversation with The Korea Ship and Offshore Research Institute (KOSORI), Pusan National University.

SAFE

A collection of works celebrating ten years of Lloyd’s Register Foundation making the world a safer place.

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A banner for the SAFE exhibition.