Description: “BirdMan” is an imaginary being who is half human and half bird. BirdMan is an imperfect being, both as a human and as a bird, who deviates from so-called ‘normality’. The world in which S/he lives is a vast desert surrounded by an infinite wall of mirrors. BirdMan can only become complete by reflecting the other half in the mirrors. But that perfection is both virtual and real. BirdMan is a monk who travels through the green meadows beyond the wall of mirrors. One of BirdMan’s eyes is a human eye, the other a bird’s eye. What world does S/he see? How does this hybrid perception trigger feelings in us?
Han Jeong KIM Kim, Jeong Han is a media artist working on data art projects based on the convergence between Cognitive Science and Media Art. Kim earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science at Seoul National University and MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. With the support of the Rockefeller Foundation Asian Cultural Council, he participated in the artist residence program organized by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York City. He was a researcher in the BiKE(Biomedical Knowledge Engineering) Lab. at Seoul National University. He was also a Fulbright visiting scholar in DXARTS at the University of Washington, Seattle, U.S., during his 2014-15 sabbatical year. His artworks have been featured at the “Infosphere” at ZKM (Karlsruhe, Germany), the 7th International Media Art Biennale Media City Seoul, Whitebox at NYC, and other selected group exhibitions globally. He was a professor and director of the Museum and the B-MADE (Bio-Medical | Body-Mind Arts & Design Education) center at SWU. Now, he is a professor in the Department of Painting, Seoul National University. He is artistically exploring the ‘Qualia Landscapes’ using data visualization transversally in the micro and macro world.
