Layers of Stillness: 연동면 미디어아트 프로젝트

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‘정적깊이’ (김영희 2022)

‘Layers of Stillness’ by Younghui Kim 2022

The artwork, ‘Layers of Stillness’ is a real-time data-driven artwork that computationally captures a transforming scene of cozy Yeondong-myeon (Sejong City) as digital images. The images taken at different moments are superimposed on the aligned hanging screens in the exhibition space. This installation invites you to appreciate what these overlapped scenes of different moments reveal about the neighborhood.

What could be the subtle changes of this peaceful place when we see through the series of stillness made of light and time?


Through the previous artwork, ‘Bridge Crossing Series (2020-2021)’, the artist collected images of different moments in the same place as photographic data to seek unexpected visual elements. Unlike this previous series, the artist computationally captures the photographic images of the Yeondong-meon and projects from two different directions – with 2 HD projector – on the layers of the aligned, see-through screens. This experimental art piece repeats the revealing and disappearing of the subtle visual elements when the image of the past overlaps with the image of the present moment. This is an artistic process of seeking ‘visual outliers’ in the images of the historical neighborhood of Yeondong-meon connected in times and stillness.

This artwork is commissioned for the Yeondong-myeon culture proejct by PLQ Partners

‘정적깊이‘ – 김영희 2022

실시간 카메라 데이터로 생성되는 미디어설치 작품, 세종시 연동면 커뮤니티센터 2F

본 작품은 세종시 연동 면과 같이 오랜 역사를 지닌 고즈넉한 장소에서의 시간적 흐름과 그 속에서 드러나는 크고 작은 섬세한 변화를 겹겹의 스크린에 투영하여 하나의 디지털 이미지로 중첩하여 관객이 다시 마주할 수 있도록 연출된 장소 특정 미디어설치물이다.  같은 장소 다른 순간의 모습을 정적인 빛의 이미지로 서로 마주보고, 중첩되면서 이 조용하고 평화로운 장소에서 우리가 미처 생각지 못했던 변화는 무엇일까. 세종시 연동면은 한국 근대작가이신 장욱진 생가를 품은 작은 동네이다. 미디어설치와 함께 들리는 사운드는 연동면에서 직접 수집된 소리모음으로 실내공간을 걸으면서 연동면을 오롯히 느낄 수 있다.

This media installation with lively captured photographic scene of the village is curated by Minhee Kim (StarInArt) and was planned by PQL Partners & many helps from the_3rd_blank, StarinArt, RedOnion.

The exhibition title is {Siyeonhada – meaning, ‘connecting time and space’]

BreatheOut-Robotronica 2019

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A scene from Robotronica 2019, Block D, QUT

https://www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries/about/events/event?news-id=148423

The modified new version of “BreatheOut” was exhibited at QUT biennial event, Robotronica 2019.  In this version, I added a new sensor that resemble a Calla lily flower to allow the audience to mix the data visualization with the live Brisbane air data.  By breathing out to the flower planted in the living plant, the local Brisbane audience can add new particles that represent Brisbane PM 2.5 (Particle Matters) quality in different colors depending on the air quality status. For example, the large screen displays the current air quality of Seoul city, Gangnam-gu and the real-time air quality data from Brisbane CBD will get mixed with Seoul air in the screen by breathing out to the sensor.

Sensor to breatheout
Breathing out to add Brisbane air data
air data being mixed

작품 ‘BreatheOut (숨을 내쉬다)’의 그 두번째 버전이 작업 중에 2019년도 로보트로니카 비엔날레에 초청되었다.  전시회를 찾아오는 관람객들을 위해 웨어러블 대신 칼라릴리 모양의 센서를 제작해서 커다란 식물화분에 심었다.  거친 노출형 시멘트 벽면에는 서울시 오픈데이터사이트에서 가져온 실시간 미세먼지 데이터로 작은 먼지방울들이 공기의 상태를 나타내는 색으로(그린, 오렌지, 핑크) 천천히 한방향으로 흐르듯이 움직이고 있다.  그 위에 호주 브리즈번 관람객들이 숨을 내쉬면, 브리즈번의 실시간 미세먼지 데이터의 수치가 색으로 적용되어 먼지방울로 화면의 파티클 이미지와 뒤섞이게 된다.  마치 비누방울을 불어서 넣듯이. 잠시 후, 숨을 내쉬어 불어넣은 현지 공기데이터의 방울들은 마치 공기속으로 사라지듯이 스크린에서도 사라진다.

(서울시 강남구 미세먼지, 초미세먼지 데이터, 호주 퀸스랜드주 브리즈번 초미세먼지 데이터, DataCook)

The video file will be coming soon.

DataCook Workshop

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As a part of her ongoing Data Art projects, she has been participating in DataCook project and the team is having their first workshop in Seoul this weekend (Aug 28th) for anyone who is interested in utilizing DataCook and apply to their interests and projects.  Younghui is excited to meet other likely minded creative makers and start a community.

지속적으로 작업 중인 데이터아트의 일부로 데이터쿡 프로젝트에 참여해 온 작가는 오는 주말에 데이터쿠킹클래스 첫 워크샵을 진행합니다.   데이터에 관심이 있는 크리에이티브 메이커스 등 다양한 분야의 일반인들을 환영합니다.  앞으로 데이터쿡 커뮤니티를 만들어 데이터관련 프로젝트들을 함께 활기차게 제작해 봅시다.

ECIR : RICE, work in progress

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‘지나간 생각, 다시 Passed Thoughts, Again’ is the second annual exhibition by the MAG (Media Artists Group) art students + artists group formed together with Penser – media art students group in Hongik University (Advisor: Younghui Kim) and 259 – art students group in Yensei University.   To contribute to their passionate exhibition, I presented one of my new work in progress project.

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ecir , 2016  – Data Art – Work in Progress

(Electronic Citation on Idealogical Rice)

What value does RICE represent to us today?

Rice used to be exchanged as a currency in old Korea.  People used to pay tax in bags of rice.  Rice is still sacred in this society and is commodity that is being protected from global market and holds political and economical idea and value.

With all the complexity what Rice represent in this culture, the artist is throwing an open question by contrasting the old currency (Rice) and the new currency (Bit Coin) and see its value and changes in relations to each other.

An artwork of a string full of rice in 1 Kg is representing the real-time value changes of one of the commodity, Rice in relation to the value of a Bit Coin that is being exchanged in market every minute.  The data algorithm calculates __Kg of rice which one Bit Coin can buy according to the market exchange values then display in different colors of lighting pattern based on its rises and fall.

in collaboration with DATACOOK team

 

 

Art.CHI 2015

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Art.CHI 2015 – Interactive Media Works

After two days of intense workshop on Art.CHI at CHI 2015 in Seoul last April, some of the art projects from this book were displayed as a part of Interactivity Exhibition at CHI.  Younghui has participated as one of the organizers of the Art.CHI workshop as well as coordinating the Interactive Art Exhibition.

Here is the link of the Art.CHI workshop.  http://art-chi.org/

and here is the link for the Art.CHI gallery online. http://art-chi.org/embodied-exhibit

For this full color hardcopy of this book, it is being sold at blurb.com.

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Younghui has also submitted her recent data art project, mood.cloud to the Art.CHI.  Below is an excerpt from the book.

The project, “mood.cloud” is an exploratory artistic display of data as art. Emotional status is something that forms and passes like a cloud in the air. What if an installation can hold and collect individual emotional statuses and displays how we all feel together in the same space? Will collective emotional awareness influence individual moods and vice versa?

For creating a certain mood, people often use lighting effects and colorful lights. When used on a large scale like with “mood.cloud,” lights are somewhat emotionally overwhelming and powerfully expressive. This project visualizes emotional status of people in twenty-four strings of LED lights: the bottom LED string refreshes to the color corresponding to the most recent input and it moves up as more updates occur afterward. Through this representation, one can reflect on the collective emotional status of the people in that space in a timely manner.

(from page 7 in the book Art.CHI 2015)

Wearable Hackathone, Art Center Nabi

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Wearable Hackathone at Art Center Nabi June 23-27th, 2014

Younghui Kim +  Sanghwa Hong, Kyungmi Kim, Kwanu Park

As Younghui was invited to participate this 5-day Wearable Hackathone from Art Center Nabi, she has teamed up with 2 other artists and a student.

웨어러블 해카톤 드레스 IT 업  Nabi Wearable Hackathone, Dress IT up (this link is in Korean)

Below is a good article regarding the Nabi Wearable Hackathone, ‘ Dress IT up’ in English.
‘Where Fashion Meets IT:  Final Presentation at Kormore.com 

웨어러블 해카톤 Day 1:

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from left to right: Sanghwa, Kwanu, Kyungmi and Younghui

First day, the team had a brainstorm session.  We exchanged ideas on communication in our society.  What it means and how do we communicate here.  This idea naturally went on to the social drinking culture and how it is deeply related to communicate with each other.  Therefore the team came up with two different ideations of wearable that expresses and communicate during social drinking environment.   We listed out all the necessary materials and electronic parts and sketched interaction design.  We researched different alcohol sensors and RGB LEDs and servo motors.   We are to create one male jacket and woman’s top.

웨어러블 해카톤 Day 2:

2nd day was spent mostly for the material search and finding.  Experimenting with various papers to used as a diffuse LED lights and expand easily with kinetic movement of parts.  We tried different paper folding techniques and creating different fabric using rice paper with iron-on fabrics.  No perfect solution yet.

Younghui working on the inner textile.
Younghui working on the inner textile.

웨어러블 해카톤 Day 3:

Here is a link for the Arirang Channel News interview on Day 3

We divided a team for two outputs.  I’ve focused on femaile kinetic dress to design, sew & integrate electronics and etc.  Kyungmi & Kwanu focused on the male jacket.

웨어러블 해카톤 Day 4:

We were almost there.  I had a last minute vision on how to solve paper folding LED diffusion solution and how to construct the shoulder movement and sewed sensors at the collar already.

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웨어러블 해카톤 Day5: Final Presentation

With overwhelming number of guests, we had presented the alcohol responsive dress + jacket to express Korean social drinking setting.

Here are photos of the result and see the project page for video and description.

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취중진담 (Metamorphosis) 2014
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3D Printing & Art, curated exhibition by Savina Museum

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3D Printing & Art, curated exhibition by  Savina Museum of Contemporary Art

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3D프린팅과 아트 (예술가의 새로운 창작 도구), 사비나미술관

2014.5.15 – 7.6   (사비나 미술관은 안국역, 종로경찰서 건너편, 종로우체국 옆에 위치해 있습니다.)

전시정보 Exhibition Information is at http://www.savinamuseum.com/kor/newsview.action?brdgb=NN&langb=KOR&brdidx=2964

Younghui is one of the participating artists for this very first 3D Print Contemporary Art exhibition at Savina Museum of Contemporary Art.  (Curatorial Director:  Jaeheon Kang 강재헌)  Younghui is displaying two artworks.  One is the digital drawing & the other is 3D printed artwork, titled ‘First Edition of Network (2014, 100 cm x 60 cm).

For this piece, the artist had her creative process using this new technology differently – instead of drawing in hands, she drew her drawing in computer then 3D-modeled from the finished digital drawing.  The digital drawing was 3D printed into the physical pieces to assemble.   This digital-to-analogue process felt almost like a traditional printmaking to her as each edition is slightly different in details influenced by physical condition as well as careful technical processes to final print.   The whole 3D printing process took about 3 months after the concept and the artist spent about a month to test print in various kinds of 3D printers and different settings.

With strong shadows created with these 3D printed patterns inspired from leaf vein may remind you of old narrow alleys, vein under skin, tree branches… which are all very related with network.

A part of the digital drawing of 'First Edition of Network' by Younghui Kim, 2014, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art
A part of the digital drawing of ‘First Edition of Network’ by Younghui Kim, 2014, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art

Artist Note:  본 작품은 디지털 드로잉에서 3D 물질로 프린트되고 굳어지는 과정에서 의도하거나 의도하지 않은 미세한 변화가 있을 것 이다.  그 변화도 하나의 작픔으로 포용해야 하는 거이 나와 이 작품의 관계이며 ‘네트워크’의 첫번째 에디션으로써의 미세한 Identity라고 할 수 있다.  2014년 봄

'First Edition of Network' by Younghui Kim, 2014, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art (3D Printed, 100 cm x 60 cm)
‘First Edition of Network’ by Younghui Kim, 2014, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art (3D Printed, 100 cm x 60 cm)

관련기사:  예술가, 3D프린터를 만나니 또다른 작품 세계가, 국내 최초 3D프린팅 기술 활용한 전시에 참여한 작가 류호열, 김영희 – 진달래 기자, 머니투데이  http://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2014061709044249124&type=1&MLA