Laurent Grasso’s “Horn Perspective” at Daejeon Museum Explores Seeing and Belief
Creatrip Team
2 months ago
Laurent Grasso’s video installation “Horn Perspective” (2009, single-channel video, 4:56) from the Daejeon Museum collection turns a horn antenna (a device that receives electromagnetic waves) into an aesthetic instrument to probe how science and technology shape perception. Grasso blends scientific apparatus and cinematic narrative to question how what we “see” and what we “believe” are constructed, transforming invisible electromagnetic signals into image, space, and sound. The work invites viewers to consider how data, surveillance, and algorithmic judgment create the sense of objective “fact” in contemporary life. Placed in Daejeon—a city known for its concentration of research institutes—the piece reflects both trust in technological progress and the uncertainties behind it, and highlights the museum’s role in connecting regional science culture with contemporary art. Grasso’s exhibition at another Daejeon venue, Heredium, further prompts reflection on the city’s historical layers and how urban time and place shape debates about observation, knowledge, and memory.
