“Sleepless Fantasy” & “3, 12, 8, 1, 10 from 2020 hand drawing series” by Hera HaeSoo Kim

Sleepless Fantasy

나는 내가 사유하는 순간들을 특정 형태에 담아내는 작업을 한다. 내가 집요하게 모아온 순간이 하나하나 담겨있는 형상 혹은 이미지 들은 사유에 대한 나의 집착을 그대로 나타낸다. 나는 형상들을 그저 단편적인 이미지라 일컫기 보다는 시각화 된 감각들의 아카이브이자 단일화된 나의 감각체 라고 칭한다. “Sleepless Fantasy”는 내가 아이폰으로 촬영한 사진과 메모로 순간을 시각적으로 포착해내고 즐기는 행위에서 시작하며, 내가 희석에 놓은 선택된 나의 미시적 세계이다.

이 세계는 시공간적 체계가 각 이미지 군에 따라 다르게 적용되어 있으며, 시공간의 이동이 자유로운 타임머신처럼 존재하길 바라는 나의 염원을 담은 판타지 현실이다. 작품 곳곳에 나타나는 기호적 표현들은 나와 약속된 기호로써 이미지들의 지표 역할을 하며, 내 안에서 사유되고 있는 새로운 이야기가 창출된  나의 판타지 현실에 한층 더 가까이 다가가게 해준다. 

이로써 의식세계라 일컷을 수 있는, 인간의 삶의 통제에서 벗어나 무의식과 의식의 틈, 그 중간 어디쯤을 침범하는 잠재적 감각세계를 펼쳐내보고자 한다. 그것이 한낯 꿈일지언정.

HERA HAESOO KIM 2020. 

“3” 2020 hand drawing series

“12” 2020 hand drawing series

“8” 2020 hand drawing series

“1” 2020 hand drawing series

“10” 2020 hand drawing series

HERA HAESOO KIM is an artist living and working in NY. Her practice involves sculpture, installation, drawing, performance and creating VR. Hera’s works visualize the intersection between intuitive and cognitive experiences.

Hera has exhibited works nationally and internationally. She has had solo shows in LKIF Gallery(Seoul), Dos Gallery(Seoul), and JangJin Woo Gallery(Seoul, Korea). Additional exhibitions include The Untitled Art Fair, MC Gallery, Smith Learning Theater, Lankai Art Gallery, and Cargo Project Gallery.  She received fellowship from Vermont Studio Center. Her work is mentioned in Cosmopolitan, Magazine Chaeg, TheSeoulLive, Artnews, Artforum. Hera’s writing has been published by The Korea Society of Art & Design International Symposium and Journal of Basic Design, and her drawing book ‘Flat Map To Rabbit Hole’ has been released in S.Korea. Other notable collaborations include album artwork for Korean singer Roy Kim and a collaborative performance at ISCP in NY.

Hera graduated from Hong-ik University in 2013 with MFA in Sculpture and a Ph.D in Fine Arts. She also achieved her MFA in Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. In Louise Bourgeois Studio (The Easton Foundation), she works closely with the head of the archive, the curator of the foundation to sequence workflow and process images with regard to galleries and museums as needed with her art practice.