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KIM Hak-J, <between desire and universe>, mixed media, HD video, sound, 340x1000x500xcm, 01'23", 2016
KIM Hak-J between desire and universe
Kim Hak-J poses a question ‘has swarm intelligence of the world truly gained sympathy and moving in the right direction?’ Humanity leaves traces of its vulnerability at each period in history so that it is not an exaggeration to describe history of humanity the ‘history of desire’. The forms best values represented by swarm intelligence of today adopt can be defined as technology that are rapidly developing and our ensuing presence in space. The artist seeks to express consolidation of the world’s intelligence for the obtainment of such values and the dark shadow of desire hidden behind conflicts. A fake satellite is installed on the floor and the wall like a tomb, and photographs attached to the wings of the satellite present iconic codes for ‘schizophrenic phenomena’ and ‘desire’ which are premised on the free flow of monetary capital of the ‘capitalistic machine’, the only society that is premised on decoded flow as proposed by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Images of a robot taking a lonesome walk in vast space and a human are projected on the surface of the wall to create an atmosphere that is ‘implied’ on the whole. Pop music pioneer David Bowie’s ‘Space oddity’ which is about communicating with an alien and 10 CC’s ‘I’m not in love’are cross cut and played. |
