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Viewing a Museum Through Alien Eyes: Adrian Viyarr Rojas at Art Sonje Center
Creatrip Team
2 months ago
Swiss-Colombian artist Adrian Viyarr Rojas transforms Seoul’s Art Sonje Center into an uncanny, simulated world in his exhibition “The Language of the Enemy.” For the 30th-anniversary ‘Ssak’ milestone, Rojas fills the museum—from entrance and galleries to the auditorium—with meticulously calculated environments: dirt-covered floors, precisely folded plastic sheeting, and light angles all derived from his custom “Time Engine” (a digital simulation tool). The engine runs variables such as weather, gravity, and biological traits to generate 3D models that Rojas then handcrafts into large sculptures—monstrous “washing machine” pieces and inverted suspended works—intended to unsettle familiar perception. He describes the Time Engine as a way to reverse how existence forms, producing hybrid beings (for example, six-fingered humans) and objects that accrue change over simulated time—what he calls a “Trauma Engine.” Rojas emphasizes collaborative unpredictability in making work that resists singular authorship and invites viewers to see humanity from a detached, almost extraterrestrial viewpoint. The show runs Sept 3, 2025–Feb 1, 2026 at Art Sonje Center in Seoul. (Art Sonje Center: a contemporary art institution in Seoul.)
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