by June Kim
Sculpture : plexiglass, thread
43 x 36 x 63.5 cm 16.9 x 14.2 x 25 inch
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Sculpture: plexiglass, thread
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43 x 36 x 63.5 cm 16.9 x 14.2 x 25 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: France
Exhibition: Solo Show June Kim in Le Grand Palais Éphémère - NFT Paris 2024 by ART GIRLS and ARTHEMORT
June KIM has been working for over 10 years to update the Asian belief in the red thread of destiny: “An invisible red thread links all those who are destined one day to meet...”. All her work shows a digital mutation of beliefs and relationships, a mutation also and above all strongly induced by the acceleration of communication modes and in particular social networks.
The artist is convinced that this thread has become real as technology has evolved. Today, algorithms create these links and connections between individuals, notably via social networks. In Knots, Time Landscape, the artist physically materializes an iteration of the analysis of her Facebook data to show her tree of potential knowledge.
Each element is carefully selected and guided by the philosophy of Yin and Yang. Both the thinking and the design respond to this philosophy. Plexiglas, both solid and artificial, contrasts with thread, both soft and natural, while the mathematically-directed digital process contrasts with the spontaneous, instinctive craft of sewing (which can take 2-3 months for a sculpture of this size, and up to 6 months for an installation).
June KIM digitally traces dots in acrylic sheets to form a digital diagram, which she then perforates to represent the invisible steps that create social relationships. The diagram of dots drawn on this sculpture is based on existing, ongoing data from her current number of friends on Facebook. These form an abstract social circle, blending the construction of a traditional family tree with a contemporary infographic social network. She then connects the dots with red threads that she sews and knots, symbolizing the existing connections between her friends on social networks. Each interaction is symbolized by a thread, and the size of the circles reflects the diversity of human interaction.
The six Plexiglas plates echo the theory of the six degrees of separation (also known as the theory of the six handshakes), which is a theory evoking the possibility that every person on Earth can be linked to any other through a chain of individual relationships comprising a maximum of six links (taken up by Stanley Milgram through the study of the small world).
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June Kim was born in South Korea. She grew up in her country of origin before leaving for the United States for her studies. She builds sculptures and installations by mounting a red thread on Plexiglas structures, following her data on social networks. His work is inspired by the concept of the red thread, an ancient Asian belief that all human beings destined to meet are connected by an invisible red thread.
Her work has been awarded multiple times (SeeMe Global Competition, Scope Art Show Art Basel 2012, California Open Exhibition 2013, Apple Vision Pro finalist...) June Kim has participated in numerous art exhibitions in California (Main Museum , San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, BG Gallery, H Gallery Irvine Fine Arts Center...) As of 2019, his work is exhibited in numerous international exhibitions or fairs (Gallery Space776 in New York, Gallery 508 in London, Stratosphere NFT in Beijing, Maison des Associés in Toulouse, Iham gallery in Paris, Gallery
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