{"id":32995,"date":"2023-08-03T15:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T06:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omg.kiaf.org\/?post_type=highlight&p=32995"},"modified":"2024-07-16T11:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T02:33:58","slug":"woonghyun-kim-tools-used-for-human-needs-portray-the-futility-of-life","status":"publish","type":"archive","link":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/archive\/32995","title":{"rendered":"Woonghyun KIM | Tools, Used for Human Needs, Portray the Futility of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kim Woong Hyun works on video, performance, and installation. Kim integrates a variety of elements such as science and technology, pop culture, history, and social issues to tell his distinctive narration. He received both a bachelor\u2019s degree and a master\u2019s degree in Painting from Kookmin University. Since 2011, Kim has held a number of solo exhibitions, including the Crumpled Man<\/em> exhibit at Gallery 2 last year.<\/p>\n

Kim will be showing new work at Kiaf SEOUL 2023 HIGHLIGHT, which is a 3D video art of a collection of tools related to the human body. Kim says, \u201cI stacked human tools that come into direct contact with the body: prosthetics that replace our body parts, medical tools that heal injuries, tools that help humans surpass their physical speed and power limitations, tools that satisfy our sexual pleasure or aid in fulfilling gender identity, and tools help us immerse ourselves in virtual reality. Doing so, I created a still life.\u201d The discarded tools create a desolate landscape.<\/p>\n

When he creates media art, Kim puts the most emphasis on the audience experience. He calls this \u201cgame thinking.\u201d It doesn\u2019t mean that the pieces can be played like games. Rather, it\u2019s about the viewer actively engaging with the work\u2019s narrative structure in depth. Kim says, \u201cThis is another reason why I chose still life video art, which can show the passage of time, over still life painting, which simply hangs on the wall. By placing this piece in a special location, I wanted to make the viewers feel alive, like time is moving again after having stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim is an artist who always studies new things. Kim states, \u201cI\u2019ve recently been focusing on how the landscape of art has been altered by COVID-19. I spend most of my time studying history or writing.\u201d Kim is now contemplating how our lives will change should the human body degenerate in the future. \u201cI interpret the word \u2018environment\u2019 as \u2018digital media ecosystem.\u2019 In this world, humans are unable to detach themselves from their bodies so they attach various machines to themselves, which they must drag along. This idea inspired this artwork as well, and I intend to write a paper on this subject later on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another inspiration for the artwork was the Vanitas still life from the 16th<\/sup> century which he saw during his trip overseas. After seeing these paintings which depict death and the transience of life, he was submerged in the idea of the futility of life. Kim says he \u201cfelt that humanity\u2019s struggle to expand reality with various tools that augment our bodies was tragic and futile at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Kim, video art should leave the audience with a lasting impression. He emphasizes that the piece featured in the exhibition has a format which allows it to be kept and played.<\/p>\n

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