Hyun Kim

I approached and conveyed internalized power of state in two perspectives. The first is the individual as the receiver of oppression, while the second is the Individual as the agent of the oppression.

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<Untitled> is the work focused on the individual as the receiver of oppression. Here, Decoupage reveals an individual’s subconscious or the unconscious by removing the person situated within the photograph, thus showing its other side. Moreover, the collage of red papers under what has been ripped off represents three different meanings of power: (1) they clearly reflect the state power, anti-communistic ideology engraved in the unconscious, (2) they show how the state power had totally eradicated the diverse and specific others into one ideological color, and (3) they contain my rooted and still functioning fear, stemming from the banned questions and reflections facing the government.