https://heejinkim.work/i-make-trash-mountain daily 0.75 2021-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577653373902-FJQTGK4NOXTBQ9I9SBHD/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-05-30%2Bat%2B2.13.04%2BPM.jpg I make trash, mountain - I make trash, mountain 2019 video still single channel video, sound 2 mins 7 secs project description: The series of work from I make trash, mountain is about my experience visiting the landfill and resource recovery center where UCLA’s trash is dumped. I was interested in how the garbage was transformed into a mountain, hidden behind hills, and how the visual remnants of what we consume reflect how our personal lives intersect with science, technology, and the public system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577653373902-FJQTGK4NOXTBQ9I9SBHD/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-05-30%2Bat%2B2.13.04%2BPM.jpg I make trash, mountain - I make trash, mountain 2019 video still single channel video, sound 2 mins 7 secs project description: The series of work from I make trash, mountain is about my experience visiting the landfill and resource recovery center where UCLA’s trash is dumped. I was interested in how the garbage was transformed into a mountain, hidden behind hills, and how the visual remnants of what we consume reflect how our personal lives intersect with science, technology, and the public system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577673877141-TQ0ESCDBK97E7G2JT82X/KimH_I%25252Bmake%25252Btrash%25252Bmountain%25252B2.jpg I make trash, mountain - I make trash, mountain 2019 installation view single channel video, sound 2 mins 7 secs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577651539879-4J0XIYH9FII2WG1XRREX/image-asset.jpeg I make trash, mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577651581347-MLZRCINTRDMYYYQBKBNH/KimH_I+make+trash+mountain+3.jpg I make trash, mountain - I make trash, mountain 2019 Handmade paper, bubble wrap, plastic bag, rice paper, plastic net, string, eucalyptus ink, pins, nails, artist tape, casein, and wood 70 x 53 x 1 ¼ inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577651633628-QKXP98AWVVBLVL8FRMAQ/KimH_Reflection+4.jpg I make trash, mountain - Reflection 2019 Eucalyptus pulp, reflective film, bubble wrap, dirt, L-nail 22 x 23 ¾ x 1 inches Eucalyptus trees are not native to the US. The Australians introduced the trees to Los Angeles during the Gold Rush. Because they are fast-growing trees, they were planted in masses for wood production and pulp, often replacing the native landscape in places like India. With this piece, I wanted to explore the layered meaning of the words “natural” and “native” and how natural debris can also be deemed “toxic.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1633031315792-SY28OOSU53EIQEHZUHXY/KimH_Mask%2B5.jpg I make trash, mountain - Mask 2019 Eucalyptus pulp, plastic bag, paper clip, push pin 19 x 17 x 4 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577722133917-0ZF14SB3P14BCKZJNUT8/image-asset.jpeg I make trash, mountain - I make trash, mountain 2019 Single channel video installation, sound 2 mins 7 secs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577722133917-0ZF14SB3P14BCKZJNUT8/image-asset.jpeg I make trash, mountain - I make trash, mountain 2019 Single channel video installation, sound 2 mins 7 secs https://heejinkim.work/34-degrees-latitude daily 0.75 2020-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577722585237-5DOTDR6SJ6CAM4WX3OLF/KimH_Video+voicemail+to+a+friend+11.jpg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles, video voicemail to a friend) 2018 Video Still Single channel video installation, sound 2 mins 58 secs project description: I began the series, 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles,) by collecting packaging materials, recyclables, and non-recyclables. The collection of detritus from my life had become a visual diary keeping track of my spending. For this series, I visited a recycling center in Santa Monica, where UCLA's recyclables are taken and sorted. I wanted to convey my experience intimately as if I was recording a video voicemail to a friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577722585237-5DOTDR6SJ6CAM4WX3OLF/KimH_Video+voicemail+to+a+friend+11.jpg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles, video voicemail to a friend) 2018 Video Still Single channel video installation, sound 2 mins 58 secs project description: I began the series, 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles,) by collecting packaging materials, recyclables, and non-recyclables. The collection of detritus from my life had become a visual diary keeping track of my spending. For this series, I visited a recycling center in Santa Monica, where UCLA's recyclables are taken and sorted. I wanted to convey my experience intimately as if I was recording a video voicemail to a friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577656405303-L0IEBAR3X1H3A4NCLFVI/KimH_Video+voicemail+to+a+friend+12.jpg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles, Video voicemail to a friend) 2018 Installation view Single channel video installation, sound 2 mins 58 secs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577656457052-XTEQYYPYMI9R9S644DDX/Hee_Jin_Kim_34degrees_voicemail_caseinonwood.jpg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles, Video voicemail to a friend) 2018 Detail - casein on wood Single channel video installation, sound 2 mins 58 secs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577656441063-RJMO4Z3FGWDMVTF5BGZS/Hee_Jin_Kim_34degrees_installation_1.jpg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) 2018 Installation view Various detritus, 2 channel video installation, sound, performance, approx. 10 minutes project description: From September to December of 2018, I collected all the trash from my life. On the last day of the fall quarter at UCLA, as a performance, I organized and weighed my garbage, and ultimately, following UCLA’s waste management guidelines, it was put into appropriate dumpsters. For this project, I worked closely with UCLA’s Sustainability Department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577656441432-42D8UM0EEWU2UX19GEYG/Hee_Jin_Kim_34degrees_installation_2.jpg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) 2018 Installation view Various detritus, 2 channel video installation, sound, performance, approx. 10 minutes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577665369454-M3WZIBU7YUO6SJE7IOZL/Hee_Jin_Kim_34degrees_performace_excerpt.00_00_17_10.Still001.jpg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) 2018 Performance documentation video still Various detritus, 2 channel video installation, sound, performance, approx. 10 minutes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663711207-3QLAHZEQB5ZXMHGYFZHD/heejinkim_34degrees_performance_videostill.jpg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) 2018 Performance documentation video still Various detritus, 2 channel video installation, sound, performance, approx. 10 minutes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577722191215-YPPNNKL2IWTELYEBJQLX/image-asset.jpeg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles, Video voicemail to a friend) 2018 Single channel video installation, sound 2 mins 38 secs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577722191215-YPPNNKL2IWTELYEBJQLX/image-asset.jpeg 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles) - 34-Degrees Latitude (Los Angeles, video voicemail to a friend) 2018 Single channel video installation, sound 2 mins 38 secs https://heejinkim.work/party-assembly-line daily 0.75 2020-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661644402-F6IQ6MEV4ZXSZQH04K59/Hee_Jin_Kim_assemblyline_videostill1.jpg Party Assembly Line - Party Assembly Line 2018 Video still 4 channel video installation and performance 17 participants, 4 cameras, 4 monitors, 6 boxes, 2 tapes paper, bubble wrap, 2 bottle 2 bags of chips, cups, napkins, approx. 13 minutes project description: I wanted to initiate an experience where everyone in my New Genres class participated in creating a party for our last class. I wanted to touch on the hidden labor and the absurdity of our modern life like, when we can get an individually wrapped onion shipped from another country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661644402-F6IQ6MEV4ZXSZQH04K59/Hee_Jin_Kim_assemblyline_videostill1.jpg Party Assembly Line - Party Assembly Line 2018 Video still 4 channel video installation and performance 17 participants, 4 cameras, 4 monitors, 6 boxes, 2 tapes paper, bubble wrap, 2 bottle 2 bags of chips, cups, napkins, approx. 13 minutes project description: I wanted to initiate an experience where everyone in my New Genres class participated in creating a party for our last class. I wanted to touch on the hidden labor and the absurdity of our modern life like, when we can get an individually wrapped onion shipped from another country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661599366-K3QN1D3RBK7ED612JPXS/KimH_Assembly+line+Party+14.jpg Party Assembly Line - Party Assembly Line 2018 Installation view 4 channel video installation and performance 17 participants, 4 cameras, 4 monitors, 6 boxes, 2 tapes paper, bubble wrap, 2 bottle 2 bags of chips, cups, napkins, approx. 13 minutes Each station had different positions and each participant was given an instruction booklet for detailing their job descriptions and tasks. There were 4 cameras connected to the monitors to record 4 assembly line stations. Each participant was randomly chosen for each task. The person behind the camera was instructed to capture just the working hands but the results were all different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661698456-BVCKUC4PSDVT558S0GNK/KimH_Assembly+line+Party+15.jpg Party Assembly Line - Party Assembly Line 2018 Installation view 4 channel video installation and performance 17 participants, 4 cameras, 4 monitors, 6 boxes, 2 tapes paper, bubble wrap, 2 bottle 2 bags of chips, cups, napkins, approx. 13 minutes There were 4 cameras connected to the monitors to record 4 assembly line stations. Each participant was randomly chosen for each task. The person behind the camera were instructed to capture just their hands while they were working. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661662075-WX7S201IOF6M88BU9KF3/Hee_Jin_Kim_assemblyline_installation2.jpg Party Assembly Line - Party Assembly Line 2018 Performance documentation 4 channel video installation and performance 17 participants, 4 cameras, 4 monitors, 6 boxes, 2 tapes paper, bubble wrap, 2 bottle 2 bags of chips, cups, napkins, approx. 13 minutes Each participant had specific tasks: camera operation, packing, delivery, unpacking, and setting up the party table. https://heejinkim.work/damages-mindfulness daily 0.75 2020-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661278133-QYO10EU0MLVXT20UY4O9/KimH_Damage+mindfulness+7.jpg Damages, Mindfulness - Damages, Mindfulness 2019 Video still [work in progress] Single channel video installation, sound 1 min 41 secs, excerpt project description: Damages, Mindfulness is about feeling helpless. Much of what we experience is through what we watch on screens, a digital version of an event such as the garbage island floating in the Pacific Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661278133-QYO10EU0MLVXT20UY4O9/KimH_Damage+mindfulness+7.jpg Damages, Mindfulness - Damages, Mindfulness 2019 Video still [work in progress] Single channel video installation, sound 1 min 41 secs, excerpt project description: Damages, Mindfulness is about feeling helpless. Much of what we experience is through what we watch on screens, a digital version of an event such as the garbage island floating in the Pacific Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577680517452-EX0MBA3TCVHIXBV54437/2V8A3426.00_01_39_13.Still001.jpg Damages, Mindfulness - Damages, Mindfulness 2019 Video still [work in progress] Single channel video installation, sound 1 min 41 secs, excerpt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577674496323-F5ZYD41RQN86LL6IBD4U/heige_kim_damageisdone_install1_2019.jpg Damages, Mindfulness - Damages, Mindfulness 2019 Video still [work in progress] Single channel video installation, sound 1 min 41 secs, excerpt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577721962598-LJCTASAROXJB6P4PNCAA/image-asset.jpeg Damages, Mindfulness - Damages, Mindfulness 2019 Video still [work in progress] Single channel video installation, sound 1 min 41 secs, excerpt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577721962598-LJCTASAROXJB6P4PNCAA/image-asset.jpeg Damages, Mindfulness - Damages, Mindfulness 2019 Video still [work in progress] Single channel video installation, sound 1 min 41 secs, excerpt https://heejinkim.work/curtain-multitasker daily 0.75 2022-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661460748-02Z8X2KEAG1XZIV8KEZK/KimH_Shower+curtain+multitasker+9.jpg Curtain, Multitasker - Curtain, Multitasker 2019 Installation view Multiple video projections, debris, sound Dimensions vary project description: Curtain, Multitasker is about consumer anxiety — the effort to waste less and do the least harm. Like taking a shower fully clothed to clean the body and the clothes at the same time, or making curtains using consumer byproducts such as packaging materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661460748-02Z8X2KEAG1XZIV8KEZK/KimH_Shower+curtain+multitasker+9.jpg Curtain, Multitasker - Curtain, Multitasker 2019 Installation view Multiple video projections, debris, sound Dimensions vary project description: Curtain, Multitasker is about consumer anxiety — the effort to waste less and do the least harm. Like taking a shower fully clothed to clean the body and the clothes at the same time, or making curtains using consumer byproducts such as packaging materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661470452-A7TEZAT6PVOA70E45TNH/20190203_172659.jpg Curtain, Multitasker - Curtain, Multitasker 2019 Installation view Multi video projections, debris, sound Dimensions vary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661547906-EB1R4L4WW7UDSG8WP8OW/20190203_172756.jpg Curtain, Multitasker - Curtain, Multitasker 2019 Installation view Multi video projections, debris, sound Dimensions vary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577722282910-WW5F8D1RR8N6OUWSDSVE/image-asset.jpeg Curtain, Multitasker - Curtain, Multitasker 2019 Installation documentation video Multi video projections, debris, sound Dimensions vary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1580093793014-91VEQDSJAADUG9TSIMG6/image-asset.jpeg Curtain, Multitasker - Curtain, Multitasker [documentation video] 2019 Installation documentation video Multi video projections, debris, sound Dimensions vary https://heejinkim.work/paintings-sculptures daily 0.75 2022-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648155159628-1WE18U0GTDCVKNPX3EIT/image-asset.jpeg Paintings/Sculptures - I love you to death 2022 multi-material installation Approx. 10 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648155159628-1WE18U0GTDCVKNPX3EIT/image-asset.jpeg Paintings/Sculptures - I love you to death 2022 multi-material installation Approx. 10 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577673285746-MMJ2VO0XUBJ5ACX6F2BA/KimH_Totem+travel+16.jpg Paintings/Sculptures - Jangseung (Totem,) Travel 2019 Cardboard boxes, plastic containers, debris, suitcase, cloth, frond 6 ft x 8 ft x 2 ft, approx. According to Wikipedia, a jangseung is a Korean totem pole made with wood to ward off demons. They were commonly placed at the entrance of a village to symbolize protectors or guardians and regarded as deities or spirits linked to shamanism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663274998-QS3773YQRJHNGNPI4ZPS/KimH_An+offering+18.jpg Paintings/Sculptures - An Offering 2018 Stones, bags, dried casein 12 x 36 x 36 inches, approx https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663280188-49CY84YSRPTJFY20JCYR/KimH_Impostor+17.jpg Paintings/Sculptures - Impostor 2018 Wood, strings, plastic bags, Styro-foam, artist tape, rice paper, cardboard, paint drips 70 x 48 x 12 inches, approx. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663360727-IDPD19CVSCKPM2HPTO9H/Hee_Jin_Kim_still_life_impostor2.jpg Paintings/Sculptures - A Still Life (Impostor) 2018 Casein on wood 24 x 24 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663370592-78VPL7A1XCWNDJWWHYUZ/heejinkim_studio_floor.jpg Paintings/Sculptures - Studio Floor 2018 Casein on wood 24 x 24 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663291141-XZQ125GFXRZQN4JWEV3U/KimH_Totem+entry+19.jpg Paintings/Sculptures - Jangseung (Totem,) Entry 2018 - ongoing Mixed debris, variable dimensions project description: I have been making a curtain and a totem utilizing detritus that I have been collecting since 2013. I was imagining an entry of a domestic space where the viewer would face the totemic sculpture before entering through the curtain made from debris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663325944-KUF8FYAQ7AGLZP0U0BNI/KimH_Totem+entry+20.jpg Paintings/Sculptures - Jangseung (Totem,) Entry 2018 - ongoing Detail Mixed debris, variable dimensions https://heejinkim.work/dancemofo daily 0.75 2020-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577672862552-CG0F3M73VJKRHRXF7YX4/Hee_Jin_Kim_Dancemofo_excerpt.00_01_45_03.Still001.jpg DanceMofo - DanceMofo 2018 Video stills Two channel video installations/performance, sound 7 minutes project description: In May 1980, there was an uprising in Gwangju, South Korea for Democracy. There was a media blackout, and no one was allowed to report it. My father was a journalist at the time, and he was trying to relay what was happening. He was ultimately arrested for his involvement in the movement. The uprising and massacre that the world did not know about disrupted many lives, including our family’s. Our life in Korea was no longer viable due to my father's political activities. We had to abruptly immigrate to the US in 1981. I was twelve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577672862552-CG0F3M73VJKRHRXF7YX4/Hee_Jin_Kim_Dancemofo_excerpt.00_01_45_03.Still001.jpg DanceMofo - DanceMofo 2018 Video stills Two channel video installations/performance, sound 7 minutes project description: In May 1980, there was an uprising in Gwangju, South Korea for Democracy. There was a media blackout, and no one was allowed to report it. My father was a journalist at the time, and he was trying to relay what was happening. He was ultimately arrested for his involvement in the movement. The uprising and massacre that the world did not know about disrupted many lives, including our family’s. Our life in Korea was no longer viable due to my father's political activities. We had to abruptly immigrate to the US in 1981. I was twelve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577674644740-QZUEMV7KKW0LVJBD6HU4/Hee_Jin_Kim_Dancemofo_performance_installation1.jpg DanceMofo - DanceMofo 2018 Installation view Two channel video installations/performance, sound 7 minutes Utilizing videos and information I found on the internet, I compiled images of significant events in the US in 1980 and placed it on the left side of the corner, and the footage of the uprising in Korea to the right. I juxtaposed the two videos while playing Blondie's 1980's hit "Call Me," and created a dance party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661852246-97IGKTR60KBFHPWNPOAL/Hee_Jin_Kim_Dancemofo_invite.jpg DanceMofo - DanceMofo 2018 Invitation Flyer Two channel video installations/performance, sound 7 minutes project description: I created a dance party with two pop songs from the 1980’s (Blondie’s Call Me and the sound effect of the game, Pac Man) interlaced with two projections of found videos from circa 1980 and streamed them juxtaposed, simultaneously. I posted the flyer around UCLA and handed them out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577661852130-MSGQRB787GC5E7APHVPE/Hee_Jin_Kim_Dancemofo_performance_still1.jpg DanceMofo - DanceMofo 2018 Performance documentation Two channel video installations/performance, sound 7 minutes We danced together while the videos were playing in the background. Some people stopped dancing when they saw scenes of bloody clashes between the army troops and citizens of Korea. https://heejinkim.work/gone-west-the-salton-sea daily 0.75 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347334646-FXR2ADJVYLDJ8WI9DL21/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21.jpg Gone West - Gone West (The Salton Sea) 2021 Installation view Two-channel videos, sound, black plastic sheets, various debris, eucalyptus pulp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347334646-FXR2ADJVYLDJ8WI9DL21/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21.jpg Gone West - Gone West (The Salton Sea) 2021 Installation view Two-channel videos, sound, black plastic sheets, various debris, eucalyptus pulp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347376132-JLVJANB399HVDAFQDUIS/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21_7.jpg Gone West - Gone West (The Salton Sea) 2021 Installation view Two-channel videos, sound, black plastic sheets, various debris, eucalyptus pulp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347483195-EWOMG2NBC6PGPO99BFYR/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21_2.jpg Gone West - Gone West (Water Bottle) 2021 Installation view Plastic water bottle, water 12 x 5 x 5 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347518449-YZZTVT4JAD13DY3OWT35/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21_4.jpg Gone West - Gone West (Mountain) 2021 Installation view Plastic sheet, various debris, eucalyptus pulp Approx. 46 x 46 x 46 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347556478-VOEWDDOOLAQJ4PJJR5EO/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21_3.jpg Gone West - Gone West (Mountain, Detail) 2021 Installation view Plastic sheet, various debris, eucalyptus pulp Approx. 46 x 46 x 46 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347605985-XXSWEELUGI5JDJ8H4C65/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21_4a.jpg Gone West - Gone West (The Salton Sea) 2021 Installation view Two-channel videos, sound, loop, plastic sheet, various debris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347678592-JJSFXFKWLIF039WVI0Z8/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21_5.jpg Gone West - Gold West (The Salton Sea) 2021 Installation view Installation view Two-channel videos, sound, loop, plastic sheet, various debris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618347652977-B9D7595Q2FNAWLEIYBJN/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21_6.jpg Gone West - Gone West (Self-portrait) 2021 Installation view Blotting paper, eucalyptus pulp and ink, plastic container 24 x 38 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1620068282712-D18R0VDDZ8G8VMJQY0BI/HeigeKim_FYR_InstallationSP21_1.jpg Gone West - Gone West (Border Wall, Fishing Pole) 2020 Installation view Single-channel video, no sound, Metal pole, broomstick, plastic net, string, plastic bottle, eucalyptus ink Approx. 72 x 12 x 12 inches (Fishing Pole) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618424728103-VE0PKPPSU3PI8HO88HI3/image.jpg Gone West - Gone West 2021 Installation walkthrough video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1618427306227-DN1UEOHO5E6INDTHAGZN/HeigeKim_GoneWildWildWest_text.jpg Gone West https://heejinkim.work/water-fountain daily 0.75 2022-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645478874169-0H4YZNFCEJF9MYLFQMZJ/image-asset.gif Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view, daytime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645478874169-0H4YZNFCEJF9MYLFQMZJ/image-asset.gif Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view, daytime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645405950680-O6CY1P4JUIZ41PNUPLC5/2-HeigeKim-install.JPG Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view, daytime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645405950817-CPBJ1O1JNPEE51E582M1/5-HeigeKim-install.JPG Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view, daytime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645409930915-MQVAFAM2TIOFKX56MFG0/image-asset.gif Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645405959163-TP5NALZY52GAWT7YTUFT/6-HeigeKim-install.JPG Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view. daytime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645405959810-OMNZZ7Z86GZQCPRCIWYL/HeigeKim_WishingWell_2.JPG Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view, nighttime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645405966514-JTJFFPJCV3KUGD3YCPQ1/HeigeKim_WishingWell_5.JPG Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view, nighttime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645407090765-QDA0TFKRKZ989OJLFS52/Sequence+04_2.gif Water, Fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1644793080744-C051G69ISAPGIN5CJ7QC/HeigeKim_WishingWell_1.JPG Water, Fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645405968959-L8JMW76SOTX15OS68T8R/HeigeKim_WishingWell_9.JPG Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view, nighttime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645405972698-FHFLKJSCSV65PL5Z9Y77/HeigeKim_WishingWell_10.JPG Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation view, nighttime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1645409438407-CU7JRN96YQ81WVBXX2WD/image-asset.jpeg Water, Fountain - Water, Fountain 2021 Multi-media, various trash, debris, including video and sound Installation Walkthrough https://heejinkim.work/you-are-everywhere-artists-book daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765387106739-DAEIJ4S94FOPYSYOESMU/KIM_H_2_Guests_2.jpg Artist Books - Guests (Ongoing) 2025 Watercolor, mulberry paper, found images, debris An ongoing artist’s book exploring shamanic ritual, ancestral memory, and Indigenous concepts of “guests” and Place-Thought — the idea that we live as guests of Indigenous peoples on lands that think, remember, and relate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765387106739-DAEIJ4S94FOPYSYOESMU/KIM_H_2_Guests_2.jpg Artist Books - Guests (Ongoing) 2025 Watercolor, mulberry paper, found images, debris An ongoing artist’s book exploring shamanic ritual, ancestral memory, and Indigenous concepts of “guests” and Place-Thought — the idea that we live as guests of Indigenous peoples on lands that think, remember, and relate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765387344706-3P3D4TWPL1TXE2FT1SYR/KIM_H_1_Guests_1.jpg Artist Books - Guests (ongoing) 2025 Watercolor, mulberry paper, found images, debris An ongoing artist’s book exploring shamanic ritual, ancestral memory, and Indigenous concepts of “guests” and Place-Thought — the idea that we live as guests of Indigenous peoples on lands that think, remember, and relate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154926839-MQWQ4XV0MON9EBZ3A29L/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_2.jpg Artist Books - ou are everywhere 2023 Images from the Salton Sea with debris Printed on acid free paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154927139-1C5GTFIFDPWSJE44YQXU/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_1.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154932527-NE2FJTODAYJU827BRNBU/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_3.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154932687-2J272Z8RNNRDI5WDBWHR/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_4.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154940686-TEYQ236MQOF4CURGVKT5/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_5.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154941198-2YPKH3911A2D1P3H4MBA/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_6.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154945832-97FE06NG3S48M0MG5VMB/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_7.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154948451-2R6XZBC6JVFIN10KSSB2/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_8.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154955310-0HJN8V52DFNACKE7VLLM/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_9.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154955312-194EAE7EM0KGLNIEMIF5/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_10.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648154974459-MF3WWE4555YGXOBIXOVT/heigeKim_youareeverywhere_11.jpg Artist Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648157709849-RMDICC1YHCRYTR6TP3RW/image.jpg Artist Books - heige_kim_youareeverywhere_bookdocu_2022_2 https://heejinkim.work/best-wishes-celebrate daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1666304715758-V01PDGA1WE0XPAB5VUGS/8_Hee_Jin_Kim_Fulbright_Concrete_River1.jpg Recent Works - Concrete, River, Sun, Wind 2022 72 x 12 x 48 inches Single channel video with sound, 9 min loop, screen, Raspberry Pi, LA River water, cement, various debris Project Description: A totemic sculptural installation based on my research on the Los Angeles River's concrete channels to tame the recurring floods in the thirties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1666304715758-V01PDGA1WE0XPAB5VUGS/8_Hee_Jin_Kim_Fulbright_Concrete_River1.jpg Recent Works - Concrete, River, Sun, Wind 2022 72 x 12 x 48 inches Single channel video with sound, 9 min loop, screen, Raspberry Pi, LA River water, cement, various debris Project Description: A totemic sculptural installation based on my research on the Los Angeles River's concrete channels to tame the recurring floods in the thirties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1666304729696-U3U1CC9G44A69FNR93MU/DSC01361.jpg Recent Works - Concrete, River, Sun, Wind 2022 72 x 12 x 48 inches Single channel video with sound, 9 min loop, screen, Raspberry Pi, LA River water, cement, various debris Project Description: A totemic sculptural installation based on my research on the Los Angeles River's concrete channels to tame the recurring floods in the thirties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1655758210592-E3JHA1V6N1DEHQCVVZN0/image-asset.jpeg Recent Works - Best wishes, (celebrate!) 2022 Various debris, ikea lamp 10 ft x 5 ft x 4 ft approx. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1655758310894-6FIEAV3I7AF9Y7SG21UM/heige_kim_best_wishes_2a.jpg Recent Works - Best wishes, (celebrate!) 2022 Various debris, ikea lamp 10 ft x 5 ft x 4 ft approx. Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1655758355880-GZ8EQUMIET1GOHIFMUIV/heige_kim_best_wishes_3.jpg Recent Works - Best wishes, (celebrate!) 2022 Various debris, ikea lamp 10 ft x 5 ft x 4 ft approx. Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1655758368397-C1YYFV8Y9UVWL9AK1NQ5/heige_kim_best_wishes_4.jpg Recent Works - Best wishes, (celebrate!) 2022 Various debris, ikea lamp 10 ft x 5 ft x 4 ft approx. Detail https://heejinkim.work/everything-is-dust-1 daily 0.75 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665513681-H5M1QHMBOG4PL5OXQDR8/EverythingIsDust_1.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665513681-H5M1QHMBOG4PL5OXQDR8/EverythingIsDust_1.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665513329-DL7Q2N4B0AWRDMCU69QM/EverythingIsDust_2.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665520014-0PIMX1I4UC0VIP7R2I9H/EverythingIsDust_2a.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665522642-YOP9MMF5C2QB86I7YJ6P/EverythingIsDust_3.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665530811-4GT0R2W39DJMNVPQXGDS/EverythingIsDust_4.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665540000-2VH08GOBVW1Z00FNZYRF/EverythingIsDust_5.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665539794-LQI8W840O8QF4GG8FUZN/EverythingIsDust_6.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678665546656-6VYOICHA82NMBTL9S9HK/EverythingIsDust_7.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678667464953-58Q6MOL7M56CKF4F5I71/image-asset.jpeg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 Installation Walkthrough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1678666689240-5P0Z9NN89TL76J4GIR8C/EverythingIsDustText.jpg Everything is Dust w/Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H - Everything is Dust, 2023 is a collaborative project, with Dr. Sarah Aarons, Emmet Norris, Victor Castaneda H, tracing imperceptible dust with PM (Particulate Matter) readers in real time with videos and sound. Various debris, water, plants, vacuum, PM readers, single-channel video with sound, and single-channel video on hologram screen. https://heejinkim.work/out-of-place-mfa-thesis-show-1 daily 1.0 2024-07-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/t/66873eda9b2e8857848f015a/1690334444934/ out of place https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/64c0656d78a1d508bc32c3d6/64c074ec6ec2cd19807326d5/1690334444934/ out of place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690334781527-IKW53EONB0IAWOSVOEDP/Heige_Kim_out_of_place_1b.jpg out of place - out of place MFA Thesis Exhibition Main Gallery, UCSD June 9 -16, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690334555151-J0K5E2F25IMBJD0BDXKP/Heige_Kim_out_of_place_5.JPG out of place - out of place is an assemblage of remains and things, a totemic metaphor for our entangled life with non-human beings, collapsing the space between the animate and the inanimate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690334546097-5SRRAHRUK9DGK7FIVB1W/Heige_Kim_out_of_place_4.JPG out of place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335615995-UMYMTHRIZI4CS5MTFT3T/DSC01763.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Birds) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 12 ft - 14 ft h x 15 w x 20 l in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335665570-6XT4NIDNNP9YR83MYRZT/HeigeKim_DOT_Birds_5.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Birds) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 12 ft - 14 ft h x 15 w x 20 l in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335624047-B1IEL187QK9XGO59P4T5/DSC01792.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Birds) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 12 ft - 14 ft h x 15 w x 20 l in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335684178-5BQSERRN8V9LLDKCAU8I/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_1.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335727843-J8N0IYSWKCXXSZWUPCU2/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_2.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335727598-SAHBUJNGQN4WV434V4JM/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_3.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335738006-3EPNRYLFFW12EQ1CIC9G/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_4.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335737665-I2XS5O6SJCGN0W7J49C1/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_5.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335747126-DMCG328K7ISJH8T1QVB0/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_6.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335747604-U8VGJ0RWYXSZCR3W6C0V/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_7.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335758446-0QKRCDWY1D0MV8XSO4NE/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_8.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335758047-MHLXOYIYLAGIQW2ERHDU/Heige_Kim_DOT_waterfall_9.JPG out of place - Daughter of Things (Waterfall) Detail 2023 Various salvaged debris and remains Approx. 11 - 14 ft h x 10 ft x 8 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1720139468955-ZBF8XPA4F7KV8DFZ2PKM/image-asset.jpeg out of place - out of place Documentation of jun!yi Min & alishya almeida’s Opening Night Performance—after 400 years, a machine emerges from taking care of the humans and decides to take care of themself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690335796002-K4AQSR03E70MO2V1RSLR/out_of_place_install1.jpg out of place Documentation of jun!yi Min & alishya almeida’s Opening Night Performance—after 400 years, a machine emerges from taking care of the humans and decides to take care of themself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690765853791-RJ600ZOD0DPRN4Y8VSSN/image-asset.jpeg out of place - out of place installation walkthrough with Naomi Nadreau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1690336208705-0DKMBGH4WSPLYA36KXNA/heigemockup_r13.jpg out of place https://heejinkim.work/how-are-you-here-spring daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765380162922-NG4YARV4Z81CCMY1DHMN/image-asset.jpeg How are you here: Spring - How are you here: Spring 2024 Installation View - a part of the exhibition, and Elsewhere, with Tigercrow collective at BEST PRACTICE in San Diego. 4 channel videos with sound, objects This project was made possible through the openness and collaboration of the rice farming community in Ogokdong, Seoul, who welcomed sustained engagement on their rice farm. This environmental ethnographic project was also made possible by a 10 months Fulbright grant in 2023-2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765380162922-NG4YARV4Z81CCMY1DHMN/image-asset.jpeg How are you here: Spring - How are you here: Spring 2024 Installation View - a part of the exhibition, and Elsewhere, with Tigercrow collective at BEST PRACTICE in San Diego. 4 channel videos with sound, objects This project was made possible through the openness and collaboration of the rice farming community in Ogokdong, Seoul, who welcomed sustained engagement on their rice farm. This environmental ethnographic project was also made possible by a 10 months Fulbright grant in 2023-2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765380489674-OALWTPSRT2IL0AMLZXS7/KIM_H_4_HowAreYouHere_2.jpg How are you here: Spring - How are you here: Spring 2024 Installation View 4 channel videos with sound, objects This project was made possible through the openness and collaboration of the rice farming community in Ogokdong, Seoul, who welcomed sustained engagement on their rice farm. This environmental ethnographic project was also made possible by a 10 months Fulbright grant in 2023-2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765380507666-VUK1KDM3BDVG25BWB8DC/HeigeKim_3.jpg How are you here: Spring - How are you here: Spring 2024 Installation View - a part of the exhibition, and Elsewhere, with Tigercrow collective at BEST PRACTICE in San Diego. 4 channel videos with sound, objects This project was made possible through the openness and collaboration of the rice farming community in Ogokdong, Seoul, who welcomed sustained engagement on their rice farm. This environmental ethnographic project was also made possible by a 10 months Fulbright grant in 2023-2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765380539338-AN595QQ2UY6PJF56L74G/DSC03862Yhk.png How are you here: Spring - How are you here: Spring 2024 Installation View - a part of the exhibition, and Elsewhere, with Tigercrow collective at BEST PRACTICE in San Diego. 4 channel videos with sound, objects This project was made possible through the openness and collaboration of the rice farming community in Ogokdong, Seoul, who welcomed sustained engagement on their rice farm. This environmental ethnographic project was also made possible by a 10 months Fulbright grant in 2023-2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765386673110-58KWEGULYTZY3KPTQLIR/image-asset.png How are you here: Spring - Left: Grey Herons and Great White Egrets, excerpts Right: Boiling rice seeds to kill bacteria 2024 Single channel videos with sound, excerpts This project was made possible through the openness and collaboration of the rice farming community in Ogokdong, Seoul, who welcomed sustained engagement on their rice farm. This environmental ethnographic project was also made possible by a 10 months Fulbright grant in 2023-2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1765386772526-UGKA91Y44SGXEWIR7KDX/image-asset.png How are you here: Spring - Left: Planting rice seeds Right: Snails working 2024 Single channel videos with sound, excerpts This project was made possible through the openness and collaboration of the rice farming community in Ogokdong, Seoul, who welcomed sustained engagement on their rice farm. This environmental ethnographic project was also made possible by a 10 months Fulbright grant in 2023-2024. https://heejinkim.work/artist-statement daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577680658114-5E6IY9NJQK26IKU5TLQO/2V8A3426.00_00_50_00.Still001.jpg Artist Statement Damage, Mindfulness, 2019, Video still [me]