Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork
Los Angeles, United States
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork’s interdisciplinary practice spans sound installation, sculpture, and performance, reconfiguring relationships between audience, performer, and architecture. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Stanford University. Solo exhibitions include Carpenter Center, Harvard (2024); ICA, Los Angeles (2023); François Ghebaly, New York (2022); and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong (2021, 2017). Group exhibitions include Taipei Biennial, Taipei (2023); Made in LA, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2020); and SculptureCenter, New York (2019). Gork has received the Joan Mitchell Fellowship (2023), LACMA’s Art + Technology Lab Grant (2021), and a VIA Art Production Grant (2020). Her performances often involve collaborations with Laetitia Sonami and the collective 0th.
2025 Biennial Project
Project Overview
Variations in Mass Nos. 5, 6, 7
This work features soft, inflatable architecture that expands and contracts in a rhythmic choreography set to a unique musical score. It reimagines architecture not as fixed and monumental but as flexible, fragile, and playful—transforming the space into a living composition where form, sound, and motion merge into a single experience. The sound blends orchestral warm-ups, Romantic-era improvisations, and the mechanical tones of air blowers. The inflatable forms continuously change, reshaping the space like a breathing structure. Audiences are encouraged to move through and around it, witnessing how each cycle of inflation and deflation transforms the room. The soundscape reflects the physical movement, combining organic musical textures with mechanical tones.
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Venue
View moreChicago Cultural Center
Address
78 E. Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602
Neighborhood
The Loop
Description
Completed in 1897 as Chicago’s first central library, the building was established as the Chicago Cultural Center, the nation’s first and most comprehensive free municipal cultural venue, in 1991. One of the most visited attractions in Chicago, the stunning landmark building is home to two magnificent stained-glass domes, as well as free art exhibitions, performances, tours, lectures, family activities, music, and more – presented by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and many others.
