Christine Kim Episode #11: Stranger To Myself

As a Korean Canadian Artist Christine Kim lives and works as an Artist and Arts Educator North of Toronto. Drawing her entire life, she crystalizes her digital and analogue modes of operation into intricate gestures. Understanding the stars as narratives, weaved on threads by storytellers throughout the years. Christine traces the lines from these structures, collects these stars; while inventing her own imaginary constellations and narratives in paper portraiture. 

Examining the surface, shape and volume of concealing and revealing the figure; Kim incorporates the interplay of layers and shadows. While the viewer is shown glimpses of calmness, fragility and quiet. Working with watercolour washes, thick paper cutouts, both loose, loud, and meticulous. Kim creates exciting challenging puzzles that need to be solved in her large scale installations.

Join Carolyn Botelho as we discuss Christine's fluid practice, how it blurs the lines of professionalism, and what her paper orbs emerged as one sleepless October evening. What does her teaching art brings to her creativity? How she plays off extremes, what participating in Nuit Blanche is really like? And everything in between her multi-layered unfolding journey of method, relation, and tradition, that is veiled in paper thin constellations. 

Connect With Christine at: https://www.christinekim.ca/

Podcast Credits:

Audio Links from https://freemusicarchive.org/
Podcast by Carolyn Botelho

(*Mise en place (pronounced "meez-ahn-plahs") is a French term that translates to "everything in its place." It refers to the practice of preparing and organizing all ingredients and equipment before starting to cook.)

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