Installation view of Minha Park solo exhibition ”Cartography of Night” at Space Onsu, 2020.
courtesy of the artist.
Cartography of Night
10min, HD, single channel video, b&w, 2020
As the sun sets on Earth, Mars rovers wake up and navigate according to their planned routes. They ascertain their own locations using photographs they take. Cartography of Night I is a cinematic map constructed from photographs the rovers captured of Mars' surface. Every image and coordinate set correspond to an actual location on Mars and feel out the world of the night.

Night Operators Choreography map ©Minha Park.
Night Operators film stills ©Minha Park.
Night
Operators
11min, HD, single channel video, Installation, b&w, stereo sound, 2020
Night Operators is a fiction that takes the actual stories of Mars rover operators as its motif. The gestures of the choreographers call forth the movements of mapping the night, or the unconscious of the machines.
11min, HD, single channel video, Installation, b&w, stereo sound, 2020
Night Operators is a fiction that takes the actual stories of Mars rover operators as its motif. The gestures of the choreographers call forth the movements of mapping the night, or the unconscious of the machines.