Studio Oleomingus Shows New Work at APAP8 in Anyang
Is it any wonder that I hesitate even at the gates of paradise? is a five-and-a-half-minute video about mapping paradise, at Anyang Pavilion.
- When
- Through Nov. 29, 2026
- Where
- Anyang Pavilion, Anyang, South Korea
- Cost
- Free
Is it any wonder that I hesitate even at the gates of paradise? is a new work by Studio Oleomingus, the game studio based in Chala, India, made for the 8th Anyang Public Art Project (APAP8) in Anyang, South Korea. It is on view at Anyang Pavilion through Nov. 29.
A clip from Is it any wonder that I hesitate even at the gates of paradise? Video: Studio Oleomingus
APAP lists the piece as a single-channel 4K video with sound, running five minutes and 30 seconds. The studio describes it as "a game about the perils of cartographically locating paradise" and has posted screenshots and a clip. In the clip, an owl-headed figure in pale blue walks through an arched doorway and up to a balcony beneath a pair of painted eyes.
The subject is the long history of attempts to chart where paradise is. APAP's text traces the word to pairi-daēza, an enclosure, and notes that the more precisely paradise was described, the harder its location became to reach or verify: beyond mountains, in secret valleys, at the edges of maps.
APAP8 opened Sept. 30 with 41 artists and teams from four countries, across Anyang Art Park, Anyang Pavilion and other sites. It is the project's first edition in three years. Killscreen presented the studio's solo exhibition The Concentric Fictions of a Generous History in Los Angeles in 2023 and 2024.
Screenshots from Is it any wonder that I hesitate even at the gates of paradise? Images: Studio Oleomingus
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