Artist: Kim Hankyul
Exhibition title: ( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°) ͡°)
Venue: Entrée, Bergen, Norway
Date: May 25 – August 6, 2023
Photography: Bent René Synnevåg / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Entrée, Bergen
Entrée is proud to present a solo exhibition by Kim Hankyul, coinciding with the opening day of the annual Bergen International Festival. The exhibition presents an immersive installation where virtual and physical domains intersect in a landscape of screens, forms and gestures, rich with references, the most explicit being Dancing Baby (1996) (coined the first viral meme), computer icons, and Édouard Manet’s Olympia (1863), which positioned lower-class bodies to the fore and as the holders of gaze. Additionally, the kinetic sculptures constructed in steel build up a real-time soundscape, merging with personal recordings. We are invited to uncover new protocols of subjectivity based on “user identities” in his spectacle of overlaid dimensions.
Kim Hankyul (b.1990, Busan, South Korea) lives and works in Oslo. With evocative soundscapes and mechanical movements, his works revolve around themes such as violence, alienation, colonialism, religion, media community, surveillance and control. He holds a bachelor in Aesthetics from Seoul National University and a master in Art from The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen. Hankyul was awarded the Kistefos Prize at The Autumn Exhibition in 2021, and the 2022 Sparebankstiftelsen DNB’s grant for his work AV Buddha, exhibited at Oslo Kunstforening before being included in the Astrup Fearnley Collection. Recent solo exhibitions include Bildungsromanat Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art, GUST at Gyldenpris Kunsthall and M. Butterfly at KRAFT Bergen.
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III). Blacksmithed steel frames, magnets, microphones. All photos by Bent René Synnevåg
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III). Blacksmithed steel frames, magnets, microphones. All photos by Bent René Synnevåg
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III). Blacksmithed steel frames, magnets, microphones. All photos by Bent René Synnevåg
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III). Blacksmithed steel frames, magnets, microphones. All photos by Bent René Synnevåg
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III). Blacksmithed steel frames, magnets, microphones. All photos by Bent René Synnevåg
Kim Hankyul, Exhibition ( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°) ͡°), installation view at Entrée
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (detail). Silicon, iPhones, augmented reality graphics, live stream
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (detail). Silicon, iPhones, augmented reality graphics, live stream
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III). Blacksmithed steel frames, magnets, microphones
Kim Hankyul, Of the Abused Look and of False Consciousness (rotating device in the middle). Steel, AC motor, microphones
Kim Hankyul, Of the Abused Look and of False Consciousness (rotating device in the middle). Steel, AC motor, microphones
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (detail). Silicon, iPhones, augmented reality graphics, live stream
Kim Hankyul, ( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°) ͡°). Exterior view May 25th 2023, Entrée
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III).
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III).
Kim Hankyul, Olympia – Venus of Bergen (Dancing Baby I-III).
Kim Hankyul, Of the Abused Look and of False Consciousness (rotating device in the middle). Steel, AC motor, microphones