Hors cadre is a term used in French cinema that commonly translates to “off screen” in English. However, its literal translation can be deemed as “beyond the frame.” The works of artists ON/Megumi Akiyoshi, Joonhyun Kim, Shin-il Kim, Stephan Knuesel & Orrawadee Momo Vilaitanarak and Thuan Vu play with the notion of that which is beyond the frame, cutting across the traditional notion of the 4th wall in cinema and theatre, where viewer and object are in strict separation. Instead, the artists call on the viewer to interact, to imagine what may lay beyond traditionally conceived ideas of the art object as finite subject .

Like the translation of the term “hors cadrage,” or beyond centering or framing, their works are not able to be translated with exactitude. Instead, they are within and without a space that contain no borders except those which are imposed by the mind, thus breaking the 4th wall, and allowing for the imagination to reside in perpetual creation and potentiality.

About the curator:
Alexandra Chang is a co-founder of the artist collective dream so much, independent curator and cultural critic. She is also the features editor at amNewYork and has served as the managing editor at ART AsiaPacific magazine. She has written several catalogue essays and is currently completing a film on Asian American Art.

This exhibition is part of the ISE Cultural Foundation’s Program for Emerging Curators, Please contact Ise Cultural Foundation Gallery for further information.
The Exhibition is sponsored in part by Altoids, amNewYork, Asian American Arts Alliance and Ecco Domani.

Please contact Ise Cultural Foundation Gallery for further information .