Sejin Kim's Video Installations at SongEun ArtSpace Explore Power, Territory, and Sacrifice

Sejin Kim's exhibition 'Walk in the Sun' at SongEun ArtSpace in Seoul from 23 October to 30 November 2019 featured video installations examining power dynamics and territorial conflicts. The show opened with 'Messenger(s)', a two-channel work using Laika the space dog from the 1957 Sputnik 2 mission to critique historical sacrifices for progress. 'To the North for Nonexistence' presented a first-person narrative of the Sámi people's dispossession across Arctic regions from Norway to Russia, blending encyclopedic data with personal accounts of displacement by Swedish authorities. '2048', a three-channel installation, projected a dystopian future after the Antarctic Treaty's expiration, combining CGI Antarctic landscapes with footage from Kim's residency at South Korea's Antarctic King Sejong Research Station to depict geopolitical scrambles. The exhibition concluded with 'Walk in the Sun', which probed powerlessness and speculative territory claims across timelines, addressing systemic marginalization and potential global conflict. Kim's hybrid approach merged documentary and speculative fiction, challenging traditional power structures through nonlinear narratives and archival modes. The works collectively urged viewers to reconsider shared human fate amid historical instability, as reported in the Spring 2020 issue of ArtReview Asia.