Kajin Kim

In the Embedded Embrace series, two entities that are intertwined and merging into each other repeatedly appear. They are embedded within each other's bodies or remain as traces. The act of imprinting myself onto the world or someone else, or coming into contact with them, is depicted as an image of touch.

However, this touch isn't complete; it reflects a state where fragmentation and connection overlap. It's not about longing for someone who used to be by my side, but rather about an existence that feels incomplete. This sense of incompleteness is the result of a tendency or condition of contemporary existence.

This sentiment emerges from the ambivalence that can come with my lifestyle, the way I survive, and how I make and manage relationships with others which are highly reliant on technology and mediated through screens.

The daily negotiation between the physical and virtual dimensions and the constant disembodiment entail fatigue and emptiness. I am conscious of the growing concern that self-reliance through technology is leading to disembodied detachment from others.

This sense of emptiness remains as a trace in the way I engage with the world and others.