The Aesthetics of Being Disappeared
Wednesday Kim
Do you use the internet to escape your problems?
“We have all been awkward at different points in our lives. Sometimes that awkwardness gets in the way of connecting with other people or even feeling confident in ourselves. I always take a social media detox cos sometimes FOMO is super bad for my mental.” Step inside this immersive mixture of Wednesday’s introverted mind, her experiences with therapies and the musings of an internet addict… “Sometimes it's nervous, anxious, and humorous. Yes, my head is hectic all the time.”
Is a virtual reality your safe space?
awkwardness in social life.
Relay online. Feels more real online.
Hey, I rather be online.
The gap between social media and real life.
No internet / No love.
Cc:virtual life / Bcc:real life.
Wednesday Kim is an interdisciplinary artist and a co-founder of De:Formal Online Gallery, an artist-run online platform dedicated to promoting critical conversations through contemporary art. Kim works with a mixture of analogue and digital media including 3D animation, video, performance, installation, print and sculpture. Her work is informed by personal experiences and human psychology; she derives imagery from nightmares, intrusive thoughts and childhood trauma. Furthermore, she portrays the absurdity of information-saturated contemporary life in a surrealist fashion through wordplay, Wikipedia, voyeurism and witticism.