Current Residents Iden Sungyoung Kim
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Iden Sungyoung Kim, Hypocenter, installation view, 2024
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Iden Sungyoung Kim, Enablers of Newton, installation view, 2018
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Iden Sungyoung Kim, Fragmentary scenes: FR2 KIT Nord, 2019
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Iden Sungyoung Kim, Footnotes - Ground Zero, 2018, installation view, 2023. Photo by Takumi Matsumi
Iden Sungyoung Kim is an artistic researcher who observes, investigates, documents, and reconstructs the political ironies of deep-rooted invisible regimes that have been perpetuated through the repetition of human history after World War II. She explores the sociopolitical discourse and polarisation of nuclear research and aims to trigger critical reflection on current political, techno-ethical and ecological challenges through her video, photographic and installation works.
Her works have been internationally presented and awarded in Berlin, London, Seoul, Venice, Stockholm among others. After her residency at Cité internationale des arts, she is participating in HIAP this year and Künstlerhaus Bethanien in 2026.
From Manhattan project to Fukushima nuclear accident, the terminology of a nuclear explosion has transformed with its political and ecological circumstances. As many other experiments in big science, nuclear research does not only demand enormous economical and academic resources but also political agreement because of its complexity and impact. It fundamentally involves multinational interests and therefore requires political negotiations.
During my residency in HIAP, I will investigate the political discourse around nuclear weapons, with a particular focus on the circumstances of Finland into the NATO alliance. This research will be conducted through my practice in video and photographic documentation.