Breathing is Free: 12,756.3 – The First 1,500, New Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba

Arizona State University Art Museum
January 24 – April 26, 2009

Breathing is Free: 12,756.3, 2007 onward Earth, GPS, running Photo: Courtesy of Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York; Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo; and the artist

Artist Performance: January 20-30, 2009
Reception: February 20, 2009, 7-9 p.m.

Breathing is Free: 12,756.3 – The First 1,500, New Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
Japanese-American-Vietnamese artist, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, is well known on the international art circuit for his striking video installations.  This exhibition presents new work, and examines his abiding interest in globalization and the balance between tradition and change as we forge our future.  Co-organized with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, each venue will host the on-going piece, Breathing is Free, in which the artist is running the diameter of the earth (12,756.3) in cities of the world at different times. Breathing is Free is a virtual earth drawing, exhibited as an installation, illustrating the movement of populations around the world.  The ASU Art Museum exhibition is the U.S. premiere of the Breathing is Free performance and installation.   

Breathing is Free: New Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba is an ASU Art Museum Moving Targets initiative.

More information: John Spiak, spiak@asu.edu.

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