Seoul Box, an open exhibition space at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea's main branch in central Seoul / Courtesy of MMCA

Artist TZUSOO / Courtesy of MMCA

Rising media artist TZUSOO has been selected as the inaugural creative invited to “MMCA X LG OLED," a new exhibition series launched by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), in partnership with LG Electronics.

This annual initiative aims to spotlight visual experiments that challenge and expand the boundaries of media discourse in today's ever-evolving digital landscape. Each year, one contemporary artist or team is chosen to present a large-scale, site-specific installation at Seoul Box, the open exhibition space within MMCA Seoul.

A digital native, TZUSOO probes issues of gender, queerness, identity and human rights through her distinct cyber ecosystem. Moving fluidly across video, sculpture, artificial intelligence-assisted art and painting, she blurs the line between digital and physical realms — sometimes integrating virtual influencers to interrogate visceral real-world ontological narratives.

For her Seoul Box presentation, the artist will unveil a new video where monster-like digital organisms navigate themes of women's procreative desires and sexuality. Alongside this, she introduces the latest iteration of “Agarmon,” a decaying sculptural installation composed of live moss, evoking the cyclical nature of life, extinction and rebirth.

In selecting TZUSOO, the judging panel commended the originality of her concept, its resonance with the digital generation and her keen awareness of Seoul Box's dual nature as both a white cube and a transitional space.

“As an eloquent statement on the convergent and experimental nature of contemporary art, the MMCA X LG OLED initiative will serve as a new platform through which to redefine the borders between art, humanity and state-of-the-art technology,” MMCA Director Kim Sung-hee noted.

Opening on Aug. 1, TZUSOO's show will be one of several major presentations at MMCA Seoul that coincide with the buzz of Seoul Art Week in September.