“Oblique Afternoons” Installation view. Courtesy of Whistle.
Whistle presents a solo exhibition “Oblique Afternoons” by Tae Yoon Kim (b. 1982), through October 1.
Kim explores the subjectively perceived time and space through video-based, sound-based, and sculptural works. In other words, Kim gives a physical form to abstract time. In the case of video works, Kim collects images and scenes from everyday moments and goes through a video-editing process to make the collected images repeat and circulate to create a new way of recognizing the passage of time. Kim’s sculptural works are often placed alongside the video works. These sculptures with various shapes, colors, and textures are also expressed in a structure wherein circular lines are repeated. By placing together moving images that represent the different passage of time and sculptural pieces which capture a moment, Kim attempts to create a collision as well as a dialogue between two different temporalities: flow and pause.
Tae Yoon Kim studied Film/Video at California Institute of Art and Film/Video/New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has held solo exhibitions Oblique Afternoons, Whistle, Seoul (2022); Blinded Coincidence, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul (2016); Taeyoon Kim – Solo Exhibition, MAAP, Queensland (2016). His work has been featured in group exhibitions at Seongbuk Young Art Space, Cosmo 40, Mine Project, Whistle, and many more.
