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Assistive feeling device for those who are used to only seeing
In the video work “Assistive Feeling Device for Those Who Are Used to Only Seeing,” artist Bon Kim uses thermal imaging technology to reveal the invisible dimensions of life. By employing infrared sensors (FLIR systems), she captures the thermal radiation emitted by humans—a form of energy beyond the visible spectrum. Kim utilizes heat as a universal, non-hierarchical form of energy to explore the deep connections between living beings and their environment, redefining the boundaries between life and non-life.
However, this technology also has military applications, used to locate, monitor, and target life, highlighting its ambivalence. It can serve both protective and destructive purposes, raising ethical concerns about its use.
Kim’s projections of thermal images onto the cold, unlit façade of a building create a powerful metaphor for the fragile relationship between the living and the inanimate. At the same time, the artist draws attention to the dark implications of military uses of this technology: while living bodies stand out due to their heat, the traces of a struck individual vanish from the recording, starkly visualizing the disappearance of life.
ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Video Art, Collage, Thermography
EXHIBITIONS
2023 | Linz (at), ARS ELECTRONICA CAMPUS
2023 | Brixen (it), WATER LIGHT FESTIVAL Neustift
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AWARDS
2024 | Seoul (kr), Arts Council Korea for Youth Art, Support for Young Artists
2023 | Seoul (kr), Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture, Grant
2022 | Bremen (de), University of the Arts, Hochschulpreis 2022
FORMATION
Since 2021 | Bremen (de), University of the Arts: Digital Media Master Program
2015-2019 | Seoul (kr), Kyung-Hee University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BA)
BIO
Lives in Bremen.
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