Installation Setup Draft, using Dall-E, 2024

Visual Sketch, Seek Thermal Compact Pro + iphone 12 Pro, 2024

What is the concept?

What do we see when we remember?

During the fellowship period, I will create a large-scale media installation in which the concept of "warmth" becomes both visually and physically tangible, centering the physical experience of the visitors.

For this, I will capture videos using special thermal imaging cameras. These cameras emphasize the heat signatures emitted by our bodies, regardless of gender, skin color, or physical traits. In doing so, they reveal an intimate, invisible layer of our deepest connections that traditional photography cannot capture.

In a time of political division and cultural fragmentation, the project aims to highlight the fundamental warmth of our human bodies, which has the potential to reunite us as human beings.

These thermal videos will be projected into the space and combined with translucent materials to transform the clear contours into abstract, blurred colors. Simultaneously, infrared heat emitters will be used to physically warm the space.

These blurred images will become universal, collective memories, representing a search for reflection and transgenerational healing, for warmth and connection.

So, what do we see when we remember? I close my eyes and see images that warm me.

Concept Sketch, comparing the different aesthetics of the techniques, 2024

Thermal Imaging Tests (left), Opaque Materials (right)

Technical Setup Sketch, 2024

How will the project be technically realized?

The core of the project is a thermal film, shot with various smartphone-compatible thermal cameras and edited in post-production on a computer. This film will be projected onto an translucent material, blurring the clear contours into abstract forms. At the same time, special infrared heat emitters will be used to heat specific bodies and objects, rather than warming the entire space.

During the fellowship, I will continue to collaborate closely with developers, craftsmen, and infrared heat emitter specialists to create a flawless technical setup.

Why should the project be realized?

In my artistic practice, I integrate interactive technologies with traditional rituals and artifacts, drawing upon Confucian culture and Buddhist philosophies inherent in my Korean heritage.

In a time of political division, cultural fragmentation, and technological acceleration, this project critically engages with the human condition in the context of a (post-)digital era. It represents a search for transcultural reflection and transgenerational healing, for warmth and connection.

The project emphasizes the fundamental warmth of our human bodies, which unites us as humans, rather than dividing us.

Installation Setup Draft, using Dall-E, 2024

Visual Sketch, Seek Thermal Compact Pro + iphone 12 Pro, 2024

What is the concept?

What do we see when we remember?

During the fellowship period, I will create a large-scale media installation in which the concept of "warmth" becomes both visually and physically tangible, centering the physical experience of the visitors.

For this, I will capture videos using special thermal imaging cameras. These cameras emphasize the heat signatures emitted by our bodies, regardless of gender, skin color, or physical traits. In doing so, they reveal an intimate, invisible layer of our deepest connections that traditional photography cannot capture.

In a time of political division and cultural fragmentation, the project aims to highlight the fundamental warmth of our human bodies, which has the potential to reunite us as human beings.

These thermal videos will be projected into the space and combined with translucent materials to transform the clear contours into abstract, blurred colors. Simultaneously, infrared heat emitters will be used to physically warm the space.

These blurred images will become universal, collective memories, representing a search for reflection and transgenerational healing, for warmth and connection.

So, what do we see when we remember? I close my eyes and see images that warm me.

Concept Sketch, comparing the different aesthetics of the techniques, 2024

Thermal Imaging Tests (left), Opaque Materials (right)

Technical Setup Sketch, 2024

How will the project be technically realized?

The core of the project is a thermal film, shot with various smartphone-compatible thermal cameras and edited in post-production on a computer. This film will be projected onto an translucent material, blurring the clear contours into abstract forms. At the same time, special infrared heat emitters will be used to heat specific bodies and objects, rather than warming the entire space.

During the fellowship, I will continue to collaborate closely with developers, craftsmen, and infrared heat emitter specialists to create a flawless technical setup.

Why should the project be realized?

In my artistic practice, I integrate interactive technologies with traditional rituals and artifacts, drawing upon Confucian culture and Buddhist philosophies inherent in my Korean heritage.

In a time of political division, cultural fragmentation, and technological acceleration, this project critically engages with the human condition in the context of a (post-)digital era. It represents a search for transcultural reflection and transgenerational healing, for warmth and connection.

The project emphasizes the fundamental warmth of our human bodies, which unites us as humans, rather than dividing us.