During her residency at Building 5, Kim will use water and light to create large-scale analog projections, evolving pictures that are formed through choreographed movement within the water. Drawing on historical research of Northwest Marine Ironworks, this work uncovers specific mechanical projects that serve as a metaphorical blueprints for larger themes of containment: the ways in which we seek to hold and represent our natural, messy world, and shape it through our technological frameworks. 

Kim searches for moments along the creative process in which gestures of physical forces (gravity / entropy / time) intersect with the ephemeral magic of being (consciousness / intuition / wordless poetry). Her work intersects painting, sculpture, and performance while using a variety of natural, discarded, and technological media—often created within limitations or rule sets. Her work has recently been shown in Japan, Sweden, and across the US. She received an MS in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab; and she has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. She is a member of both Carnation Contemporary Gallery and WAVE Contemporary Artist Collective

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Supported by a RACC Arts 3C Grant