Installation, 2009

A black, magnetic fluid surrounded by a clear liquid pulsates in the middle of the first imaginary organ, on the wall another organ in the form of a branched glass tube. They react to each other and seem to communicate. “Epiphora” ('unstoppable tears') presents the overflow as a symptom; as a fictional pathology. The organs then function both as embodying metaphor and as a symptom-producer.

About the Artist

Yunchul Kim (*1970) has lived and worked in Germany since 1998. He studied music composition in Seoul and later media art at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. His compositions and artworks have been featured in various international contexts. Recently Kim moved to Berlin where he is participating in the artist residency programme of Künstlerhaus Bethanien.

ISEA2010 RUHR Exhibition
Fri 20 August–Sat 5 September 2010

Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
Hansastr. 3
44137 Dortmund

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