Selected Videos
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Just Listen
Video, 23sec, 2022
A dense mini weekend sketch on listen-ing.
A dense mini weekend sketch on listen-ing.
Flower Walker
Video, 47sec, Site-specific video for @ "Remote Control" in Žižkov, Prague (Czech), 2022
Documentation by Jeremiah Palaceck
Articulate Glopping
Video, 2min 25sec, Created in collaboration with artists in Creativity Time-Based Arts Workshop: Video, Performance & Beyond at The University of Texas at Dallas. Featuring Rinku Das, Tong Yao, Tara Lyon, Garrett Chace, Gizem Oktay, Arash Ghahari, Jaelon Braxton, 2022
Miracles of Modern Medicine
Generous Anxiety
Bad Asset 1: Lowkey the Bear
Video, 1min, 2021
“Bad Assets” is a practice-based research performance project created by Brad Gallagher and Laura Hyunjhee Kim. As a collaborative duo, our research explores and critiques the unforeseeable future of NFT markets and their relationship to the environment.
What follows is a sample of imagery we have created using the DALL-E/CLIP model combination.
“Bad Assets” is a practice-based research performance project created by Brad Gallagher and Laura Hyunjhee Kim. As a collaborative duo, our research explores and critiques the unforeseeable future of NFT markets and their relationship to the environment.
What follows is a sample of imagery we have created using the DALL-E/CLIP model combination.
FLOWERS
Video, 27sec, 2021
YOU ARE MAGIC
Video, 18sec, 2021
Capybara Feels
Video, 44sec, 2021
PEN
Video, 44sec, 2021
NEEDLE
Video, 1min 04sec, 2021
FISH NET
Video, 34sec, 2021
SCALPEL
Video, 46sec, 2021
CLOTHES PIN
Video, 33sec, 2021
Dat Deer Doe
Video, 1min 50sec, Music produced by Chris Corrente, 2020
A sequel to AR Pony is AR Deer.
in the self-proclaimed genre of sadAR music video art.
A sequel to AR Pony is AR Deer.
in the self-proclaimed genre of sadAR music video art.
Cricket World
Video, 1min 30sec, Music produced by Chris Corrente, 2020
“Cricket World” is a video that takes the form of a music video karaoke accompanied by lyrics for viewer participation. As a call for a soft revolution responding to unforeseen life experiences including both individual and collective trauma, the project intends to evoke compassion, hugging and supporting each other from near and afar. The “cricket” sings and invites you to “this cricket world,” a world with an army of dreamers in a dream, one that is no longer when it becomes a shared-living-reality. Through playful humor, such as in hopping and landing back on grass as a cricket, the video metaphorically speaks of resilience, the ability to bounce back with the help from one another.
“Cricket World” is a video that takes the form of a music video karaoke accompanied by lyrics for viewer participation. As a call for a soft revolution responding to unforeseen life experiences including both individual and collective trauma, the project intends to evoke compassion, hugging and supporting each other from near and afar. The “cricket” sings and invites you to “this cricket world,” a world with an army of dreamers in a dream, one that is no longer when it becomes a shared-living-reality. Through playful humor, such as in hopping and landing back on grass as a cricket, the video metaphorically speaks of resilience, the ability to bounce back with the help from one another.
1,000,000 Rose Tags
Video, 58sec, Music by Slom, 2020
백만송이 장미. A video about Facebook tags in 2020.
A reflection on facial recognition algorithms that find faces, prompt identification with squares, and suggest manual name-tagging.
The rose in the video is a profile picture from 2015 that celebrates the failure of the platform that still, thankfully, misidentifies my face as my brother's.
백만송이 장미. A video about Facebook tags in 2020.
A reflection on facial recognition algorithms that find faces, prompt identification with squares, and suggest manual name-tagging.
The rose in the video is a profile picture from 2015 that celebrates the failure of the platform that still, thankfully, misidentifies my face as my brother's.
Party of 1
Video, 1min 30sec, Music by Chris Corrente, 2020
Ready party 1.
Play this video to join the saddest party on earth.
Because every “body” wants to party.
Ready party 1.
Play this video to join the saddest party on earth.
Because every “body” wants to party.
AR PONY
Video, 1min 20sec, 2020
Woke up in the morning and what do I see
I see an AR Pony AR Pony- looking at me
AR Pony AR Pony- what do you see
I see a human, a human- who has Googled me.
Woke up in the morning and what do I see
I see an AR Pony AR Pony- looking at me
AR Pony AR Pony- what do you see
I see a human, a human- who has Googled me.
[Cheese Block]: An Intervention Without An Expiration Date That Matters
Video, 5min, 2018
[Cheese Block]: An Intervention Without An Expiration Date That Matters (2018) speculatively brings attention to the broken promises of computer webcams. Despite the convenience of connectivity it provides, once webcams are hijacked, all the bits and bytes of our trackable offline existence is game for those who prey on our privacy and vulnerable physical activities. In resistance, “The Cheese Block” is a consumable, compostable, and cost-efficient malleable haptic interface that utilize cheese curds to help prevent unwanted strange webcam activities.
[Cheese Block]: An Intervention Without An Expiration Date That Matters (2018) speculatively brings attention to the broken promises of computer webcams. Despite the convenience of connectivity it provides, once webcams are hijacked, all the bits and bytes of our trackable offline existence is game for those who prey on our privacy and vulnerable physical activities. In resistance, “The Cheese Block” is a consumable, compostable, and cost-efficient malleable haptic interface that utilize cheese curds to help prevent unwanted strange webcam activities.
Diary Dreams for Three
Video, 3min, 2018
Diary Dreams for Three is an evocative tropical-fever induced music video artwork that explores the fragmentation of digital identities in relation to the construction of virtual worlds. The video centers around a figure that is either fabricating or being fabricated by a slowly rotating fantastical world she is situated in. Hence, her movement is nuanced and deliberate, yet confusing. The colorful audiovisual experience is driven by a poetic assemblage of digital artifacts and speculative aquatic creatures that become vehicles and invitational cues for viewers to traverse in believable, plausible, parallel, alternative multiverse blobospheric worlds fabricated through the imaginative narratives triggered by the viewer’s own personal fictions. Remixing lyrics written by popular musicians with private diary notes contemplating my responsibility as an Asian-American woman artist who uses the body as an intentional conduit for materializing intangible thoughts and curious provocations, I hope viewers find a magical key to unlock their own special cabinet of curiosities.
Diary Dreams for Three is an evocative tropical-fever induced music video artwork that explores the fragmentation of digital identities in relation to the construction of virtual worlds. The video centers around a figure that is either fabricating or being fabricated by a slowly rotating fantastical world she is situated in. Hence, her movement is nuanced and deliberate, yet confusing. The colorful audiovisual experience is driven by a poetic assemblage of digital artifacts and speculative aquatic creatures that become vehicles and invitational cues for viewers to traverse in believable, plausible, parallel, alternative multiverse blobospheric worlds fabricated through the imaginative narratives triggered by the viewer’s own personal fictions. Remixing lyrics written by popular musicians with private diary notes contemplating my responsibility as an Asian-American woman artist who uses the body as an intentional conduit for materializing intangible thoughts and curious provocations, I hope viewers find a magical key to unlock their own special cabinet of curiosities.
[Thinkalot]: Fall Asleep While You Think
Video, 3min 30sec, 2018
"Think a lot and sleep more. We care about what you fall asleep to."
Introducing Thinkalot - Virtuality made affordable and more necessary than before. Settle into your PJs and the Thinkalot wearable headset will help you zone-out, granting you admission to the mysterious theaters of the mind.
"Think a lot and sleep more. We care about what you fall asleep to."
Introducing Thinkalot - Virtuality made affordable and more necessary than before. Settle into your PJs and the Thinkalot wearable headset will help you zone-out, granting you admission to the mysterious theaters of the mind.
Time-Piece
Dual-channel Loop, Video 15 sec per video, 2018
Time-Piece is a looping dual-channel video work that travels through experiential and perceptual timepieces that remind us of the temporality of time in relation to natural phenomena and technological artifacts.
Marking the Big Bang as its origin, our perception of time is one that predates our existence - a concept we have constructed and normalized our behaviors to. There once was a time when mechanical computation and the measurement of time was not a technological possibility. Brewing wondrous supernatural myths about the unknown and heightening our reliance on natural phenomena such as the passing of seasons and internal-clockworking of animals, we were more observant to immediate changes unraveling before our eyes.
To grasp the ungraspable passing of time, we invented machinations and machines to work on our behalf. Thoughtfully providing ourselves with the illusion of control out of reconciliation and convenience, we saw our dependence continue to rise as we permitted our desires to supersede our needs.
As we further travel through time and approach the twenty-first century, we see advancements in transportation helping us travel across long-distances in short periods of time and developments in affordable and readily available communication devices providing us with the opportunity to quickly connect with people from around the world. With the deepening relationship with synthetic technological artifacts, our dependence on the environment and natural resources will resume and the inner workings of these forces will only shine through when we are able to carefully look beyond the systems we have presented ourselves with.
Dual-channel looped video installation piece for the "Fluxo Fluído" exhibition, the Curitiba International Biennial of Contemporary Art, hosted by the O Museu Municipal de Arte (MuMA) in Curitiba, Brazil.
Time-Piece is a looping dual-channel video work that travels through experiential and perceptual timepieces that remind us of the temporality of time in relation to natural phenomena and technological artifacts.
Marking the Big Bang as its origin, our perception of time is one that predates our existence - a concept we have constructed and normalized our behaviors to. There once was a time when mechanical computation and the measurement of time was not a technological possibility. Brewing wondrous supernatural myths about the unknown and heightening our reliance on natural phenomena such as the passing of seasons and internal-clockworking of animals, we were more observant to immediate changes unraveling before our eyes.
To grasp the ungraspable passing of time, we invented machinations and machines to work on our behalf. Thoughtfully providing ourselves with the illusion of control out of reconciliation and convenience, we saw our dependence continue to rise as we permitted our desires to supersede our needs.
As we further travel through time and approach the twenty-first century, we see advancements in transportation helping us travel across long-distances in short periods of time and developments in affordable and readily available communication devices providing us with the opportunity to quickly connect with people from around the world. With the deepening relationship with synthetic technological artifacts, our dependence on the environment and natural resources will resume and the inner workings of these forces will only shine through when we are able to carefully look beyond the systems we have presented ourselves with.
Dual-channel looped video installation piece for the "Fluxo Fluído" exhibition, the Curitiba International Biennial of Contemporary Art, hosted by the O Museu Municipal de Arte (MuMA) in Curitiba, Brazil.
Wädərfoul
Video, 1min, 2018
Single-channel video installation for "Supernova Digital Animation Film Festival" exhibition in Denver, Colorado
Single-channel video installation for "Supernova Digital Animation Film Festival" exhibition in Denver, Colorado
BREAD Song
Video (3min) and Singalong Booklet, 2018
Let us sing together in harmony:
Beyond
Reality
Exists
Another
Dimension
... Song
Let us sing together in harmony:
Beyond
Reality
Exists
Another
Dimension
... Song
BETTER BRIGHTER BOLDER FUTURE
Video, 2min 50sec, 2017
BETTER BRIGHTER BOLDER FUTRE was inspired by artificial nature, strong women, and futuristic stock images of cyberspace. Twisting personal diary notes into lyrics of a chill lofi melt hop pbR&B track and taking viewers on a visual-vomit roller coaster ride, the pseudo-autobiographical music video daydreams about talking wild animals, cracking the code on local tchotchkes and swag, growing genetically modified neon vegetables, and navigating life as a bold-er Asian woman online and offscreen.
*EYE STRAIN WARNING*
This video has flashing lights and images of wild beasts that may easily strain your mind's eye.
Recommended viewing on 1080p quality.
Video shot with iphone 6 and webcam in Boulder, Colorado (August - November, 2017)
BETTER BRIGHTER BOLDER FUTRE was inspired by artificial nature, strong women, and futuristic stock images of cyberspace. Twisting personal diary notes into lyrics of a chill lofi melt hop pbR&B track and taking viewers on a visual-vomit roller coaster ride, the pseudo-autobiographical music video daydreams about talking wild animals, cracking the code on local tchotchkes and swag, growing genetically modified neon vegetables, and navigating life as a bold-er Asian woman online and offscreen.
*EYE STRAIN WARNING*
This video has flashing lights and images of wild beasts that may easily strain your mind's eye.
Recommended viewing on 1080p quality.
Video shot with iphone 6 and webcam in Boulder, Colorado (August - November, 2017)
Auto Power Off / 자동절전
Video, 1min, 2017
An unconventionally short and sweet one minute Kpop music video about motion sensor lights providing a reasonable solution for those individuals who aren't easily detected by them. The additional neon grid-ridden edm, dub rave sequence is a charm. Korean with English subtitles.
An unconventionally short and sweet one minute Kpop music video about motion sensor lights providing a reasonable solution for those individuals who aren't easily detected by them. The additional neon grid-ridden edm, dub rave sequence is a charm. Korean with English subtitles.
GMT+9_Messenger
Video, 4min 40sec, 2017
Utilizing GeoCities(1994 -2009) gifs that have been recorded by the Internet Archive (gifcities.org/), the following video was captured on 0000.00.00.00:00AM from a GMT+9 timezone. The Messenger demands attention from an unspecified future era (however, likely defined by emoji fashion + anthropomorphized portable laptop) and attempts to connect with the viewers. Despite an effort to connect, the Messenger unravels with brief intermittent kazoo jam bufferings and rambles off into fetishizing the computer as a friend talking mostly about her relationship with it. How tight are you and your computer?
Utilizing GeoCities(1994 -2009) gifs that have been recorded by the Internet Archive (gifcities.org/), the following video was captured on 0000.00.00.00:00AM from a GMT+9 timezone. The Messenger demands attention from an unspecified future era (however, likely defined by emoji fashion + anthropomorphized portable laptop) and attempts to connect with the viewers. Despite an effort to connect, the Messenger unravels with brief intermittent kazoo jam bufferings and rambles off into fetishizing the computer as a friend talking mostly about her relationship with it. How tight are you and your computer?
The Master
Video, 1min 00sec, 2017
'The Master' performed by Jong-il Kim
'01 UNI-fragment 1' soundtrack by Sean C. Stevens
A data burning/copying ritual of past-present portable storage devices. The piece reimagines what happens inside a computer's CD/DVD burner and to the master files that are being replicated. Master files, teach us your ways.
'The Master' performed by Jong-il Kim
'01 UNI-fragment 1' soundtrack by Sean C. Stevens
A data burning/copying ritual of past-present portable storage devices. The piece reimagines what happens inside a computer's CD/DVD burner and to the master files that are being replicated. Master files, teach us your ways.
LOVE NETWORKS LOVE
Video (Single-Channel), 2min 32sec, 2017
The rose is one of the most identifiable perennials that has acquired diverse and numerous cultural significance throughout history. Based on its physical properties including color, shape, and state of growth, the rose can signify a wide range of meanings such as life or death, love or grief. I wanted to explore the physical and digital manifestations of intimacy and love through the gestures of virtually giving and receiving a red rose. Is it possible to fully simulate and convey the feelings of passion and desire through our personal digital communication devices? Through the combination of nuances in language and cultural symbols, we aim to successfully nurture affection and share material presence with others. That said, do we need a ‘response’ or ‘confirmation of receipt’ to define it as mutual experience?
The rose is one of the most identifiable perennials that has acquired diverse and numerous cultural significance throughout history. Based on its physical properties including color, shape, and state of growth, the rose can signify a wide range of meanings such as life or death, love or grief. I wanted to explore the physical and digital manifestations of intimacy and love through the gestures of virtually giving and receiving a red rose. Is it possible to fully simulate and convey the feelings of passion and desire through our personal digital communication devices? Through the combination of nuances in language and cultural symbols, we aim to successfully nurture affection and share material presence with others. That said, do we need a ‘response’ or ‘confirmation of receipt’ to define it as mutual experience?
! C@N S@Y
Video (Single-Channel), 1min 22sec, 2016
"! C@n S@Y" envisions the subversive and provocative act of Internet trolling as a disruption resulting from virtual voodoo toy trolls. Internet trolls take advantage of online anonymity and throw inflammatory words to abuse communities for personal amusement or media attention -- "I can say what I want to say, and you can't stop me from what I say."
"! C@n S@Y" envisions the subversive and provocative act of Internet trolling as a disruption resulting from virtual voodoo toy trolls. Internet trolls take advantage of online anonymity and throw inflammatory words to abuse communities for personal amusement or media attention -- "I can say what I want to say, and you can't stop me from what I say."
A STORY OF NOW
Sound by Chris Corrente
Video (Single-Channel), 3min 3sec, 2015-2016
"A STORY OF NOW" explores the hypermediacy in ’readymade’ video and photo effects on smartphones. The video is compiled of shorter clips shot and filtered through popular photo/messenger apps such as Snapchat, Instagram, MSQRD, Snow from 2015 to 2016. Each video clip from varying times, spaces and contexts have been fabricated into a “how-to-be-successful” life-coach video tutorial.
Video (Single-Channel), 3min 3sec, 2015-2016
"A STORY OF NOW" explores the hypermediacy in ’readymade’ video and photo effects on smartphones. The video is compiled of shorter clips shot and filtered through popular photo/messenger apps such as Snapchat, Instagram, MSQRD, Snow from 2015 to 2016. Each video clip from varying times, spaces and contexts have been fabricated into a “how-to-be-successful” life-coach video tutorial.
Medium I:
THOUGHT I SAW A GHOST... BUT...
Sound by Chris Corrente
Video (single-channel), 2min 16sec**, 2016
** 30sec excerpt (00:00:00 - 00:0:30)
“MEDIUM” focuses on human-forms mediated through popular digital technology and highlights online experiences that bring about a sense of shared physical and material presence. Investigating the contemporary human condition mediated through the screen, the project intends to capture inexplicable online myths, legends and (digital) phenomena documented through the web.
“MEDIUM I: THOUGHT I SAW A GHOST… BUT…” stitches individual tweets on Twitter that report incidents of (mistaken) ghost sightings.
Video (single-channel), 2min 16sec**, 2016
** 30sec excerpt (00:00:00 - 00:0:30)
“MEDIUM” focuses on human-forms mediated through popular digital technology and highlights online experiences that bring about a sense of shared physical and material presence. Investigating the contemporary human condition mediated through the screen, the project intends to capture inexplicable online myths, legends and (digital) phenomena documented through the web.
“MEDIUM I: THOUGHT I SAW A GHOST… BUT…” stitches individual tweets on Twitter that report incidents of (mistaken) ghost sightings.
Medium II:
Virality
Sound by Chris Corrente
Video (Single-Channel), 1min 31sec**, 2016
** 30sec excerpt (00:00:32 - 00:01:00)
“MEDIUM II: VIRALITY” captures the virality of online hoax and spam messages that prompt individuals to take simple actions (such as copy and paste of a simple text-based message) promising dire real-life-material-world consequences if disregarded.
Video (Single-Channel), 1min 31sec**, 2016
** 30sec excerpt (00:00:32 - 00:01:00)
“MEDIUM II: VIRALITY” captures the virality of online hoax and spam messages that prompt individuals to take simple actions (such as copy and paste of a simple text-based message) promising dire real-life-material-world consequences if disregarded.
You Look Beautiful Today
Video(Single-Channel), 21sec, 2015
You are what you watch online: the piece was inspired by catered pop-up ads on YouTube videos that reflect a user’s digital fingerprint and relationship with the video content.
You are what you watch online: the piece was inspired by catered pop-up ads on YouTube videos that reflect a user’s digital fingerprint and relationship with the video content.
Privacy Stock Video Footage
Video(Single-Channel), 24sec, 2015
This video is a generic privacy stock video footage that can be used for all types of online Terms of Services.
This video is a generic privacy stock video footage that can be used for all types of online Terms of Services.
User Laura
Video(Single-Channel), 49sec, 2014
As time spent online (as an active logged-in community member) increases, the library of usernames and passwords grow as well. In order to access a specific personal online identity, users are often placed in chaotic situations shuffling through memory lane and attempting to retrieve matching combination of codes.
As time spent online (as an active logged-in community member) increases, the library of usernames and passwords grow as well. In order to access a specific personal online identity, users are often placed in chaotic situations shuffling through memory lane and attempting to retrieve matching combination of codes.
Moving to the Cloud
Video(Single-Channel), 1min 50sec, 2014
"Moving to the Cloud" takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to the phrase “hey- i’ll upload it to the cloud.” I explore the modern obsession with storing data and retaining memory through (the seemingly ever-expandable) cloud computing services.
"Moving to the Cloud" takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to the phrase “hey- i’ll upload it to the cloud.” I explore the modern obsession with storing data and retaining memory through (the seemingly ever-expandable) cloud computing services.
EXTINCTION
Video (single-channel), 1min 24sec, 2013
Man before time, there was extinction.
What stays and what remains. Who chooses?
We have many answers to questions but whatsoever no evidence.
Man before time, there was extinction.
What stays and what remains. Who chooses?
We have many answers to questions but whatsoever no evidence.
BE MY CLONE
Video (single-channel), 2min 12sec, 2013
BE MY CLONE (2013) absurdly sings and fantasizes about networked electronic devices and digital platforms that contribute to data storage and memory retention. Whether manually transferred with a USB flash drive or automatically uploaded on a cloud-based service, is the desire to preserve a moment through replication overriding the actual experience itself and disrupting one's own physical existence? Perhaps the result is an impending “it’s complicated” cyborgian identity-crisis.
BE MY CLONE (2013) absurdly sings and fantasizes about networked electronic devices and digital platforms that contribute to data storage and memory retention. Whether manually transferred with a USB flash drive or automatically uploaded on a cloud-based service, is the desire to preserve a moment through replication overriding the actual experience itself and disrupting one's own physical existence? Perhaps the result is an impending “it’s complicated” cyborgian identity-crisis.
Control Freak
Video (single-channel), 2min 11sec, 2012
CONTROL FREAK (2012) intends to capture the abstraction of language through repetition. The piece explores the definition (and usage) of the word 'Control' in relation to touch screens and short-keys; redefining our relationship with familiar words and gestures in the digital age.
CONTROL FREAK (2012) intends to capture the abstraction of language through repetition. The piece explores the definition (and usage) of the word 'Control' in relation to touch screens and short-keys; redefining our relationship with familiar words and gestures in the digital age.
SHARING IS CARING
Video (single-channel), 2min 33sec, 2012
SHARING IS CARING (2012) humorously satirizes online platforms that encourage individuals to be more "personal" and "social." The work takes the form of a pop music video, remixes found-gifs and memes into visual backdrops, and turns mundane news-feed stories into eventful lyrics. Speculating the ever-evolving relationships between online individuals and formation of virtual communities, the video focuses on language (social-media-lingo) popularized by social media platforms that incentivize certain types of human behaviors and interactions. Hence, "Re-post, re-blog, re-cycle your share."
SHARING IS CARING (2012) humorously satirizes online platforms that encourage individuals to be more "personal" and "social." The work takes the form of a pop music video, remixes found-gifs and memes into visual backdrops, and turns mundane news-feed stories into eventful lyrics. Speculating the ever-evolving relationships between online individuals and formation of virtual communities, the video focuses on language (social-media-lingo) popularized by social media platforms that incentivize certain types of human behaviors and interactions. Hence, "Re-post, re-blog, re-cycle your share."
Laura and Kim
Video, 5min 20sec, 1990-1991-2010
How do you translate time when your memory can be reconstructed by video documentation?
The video was produced in 2010 with home-video footage taken by my father in 1990 - 1991.
How do you translate time when your memory can be reconstructed by video documentation?
The video was produced in 2010 with home-video footage taken by my father in 1990 - 1991.
