Image: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
Kim Soun-Gui’s ‘Ice Video Concert: Bidet & O’ will be installed in the exhibition ‘This Is (Not) Conceptual Art’ on September 1, according to an announcement from the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.
The work is dated 1989 and is described in the announcement as a 2026 remake. The notice identifies it as a video-based work and gives its title in Korean and English as ‘Ice Video Concert: Bidet & O.’ No end date for the installation was provided.
The work begins with a linguistic play on the word “video,” which the announcement reads through the French terms “Vide,” meaning emptiness, and “Eau,” meaning water. The museum’s description links the piece to the philosophical implications of video’s “emptiness,” although the published announcement does not provide further detail.
Kim Soun-Gui’s work is being presented within an exhibition whose title explicitly places conceptual art under question: ‘This Is (Not) Conceptual Art.’ The museum’s announcement identifies the installation as part of the exhibition display but does not provide additional information about the exhibition’s overall checklist, curatorial structure or venue.
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, is South Korea’s national institution dedicated to modern and contemporary art. Its announcement about the installation was published on August 24, ahead of the September 1 presentation date.
The available notice is limited to the installation announcement and the work’s conceptual premise. It confirms that the 1989 piece, remade in 2026, will enter ‘This Is (Not) Conceptual Art’ on September 1.
