The unflattening mandate 

Eunsi Jo, Hyerin Lee, Moohyun Jo, Seongguk Cho, and Yewon Seo

June 13  – July 11 2026

Lazy Mike is pleased to present The Unflattening Mandate, a group exhibition featuring Eunsi Jo, Hyerin Lee, Moohyun Jo, Seongguk Cho, and Yewon Seo.

Taking inspiration from Orit Halpern and Robert Mitchell’s The Smartness Mandate, the exhibition considers “smartness” not simply as technological progress, but as a data-driven way of seeing and managing the world.

Within this smartened world, sensations, relationships, memories, and tastes are increasingly compressed into data and reaction values. Through painting and sculpture, the five artists reopen the surface of a flattened world, restoring the density of body, time, material, and sensation in their own ways.