Whimsical worlds, fantastic creatures, kinetic sculptures: Anne Duk Hee Jordan unfolds a multisensory parcours on the third and fourth floors of KunstHausWien, a museum of Wien Holding, making the unknown and invisible in nature visible. Starting from primordial times, when the first life emerged, the scenery transforms into a magically fluorescent underwater world full of wondrous creatures and diverse phytoplankton. With this exhibition, specially developed for these spaces, the museum – which focuses on the connection between art and ecology – underscores the breadth and depth of this exploration.

“With her immersive, multisensory approach, Anne Duk Hee Jordan offers a new perspective on complex biological interrelationships. The universe created by Duk Hee at KunstHausWien shifts the focus of ecological considerations from humans to the entire ecosystem of our planet, which urgently needs to be protected and preserved. This creates an inspiring bridge from the romanticism of Friedensreich Hundertwasser to contemporary engagement with climate issues,” says Gerlinde Riedl, Director of KunstHausWien.

Anne Duk Hee Jordan designs an artistic universe at KunstHausWien. Here, marine life and oxygen atmosphere meet robotics and symbiosis; in multimedia works, set above and below water, nature is never just a “feel-good oasis,” but a dynamic ecosystem characterized by transience, utilization, fluid sexual identity, and renewal.

The title of Anne Duk Hee Jordan’s first institutional solo exhibition in Austria, The End Is Where We Start From, is taken from the poem Little Gidding by T. S. Eliot.