Krista Kim: Heart Space
New Julius Baer Commission
Art Dubai 2024
28 February - 3 Mach 2024
Art Dubai and Julius Baer, announces a newly commissioned digital installation by Canadian-Korean artist KRISTA KIM that will debut in the Julius Baer Lounge at Art Dubai. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Art Dubai 2024 will take place from 1 to 3 March (previews 28 and 29 February) at Madinat Jumeirah.
Heart Space م ا سح ةال ق لب is an immersive experience that will allow guests to connect with one another through the universal language of the human heartbeat. In real-time, each visitor’s unique heart rhythm will be visualised through hypnotic patterns and meditative shapes displayed across a dynamic LED canvas, shifting to reflect each new guest’s energy. The installation puts forward the concept of ‘oneness’ where participants come together to create a social fabric harnessing the power of art and technology.
This new commission is a continuation of Krista Kim’s ongoing exploration into digital consciousness and the creative potential of screens as digital instruments of wellbeing and longevity. She developed her signature language of shifting gradients using digital software since 2012, her works on glass and plexiglass aim to hypnotise viewers into a trance of tranquillity while her immersive video works provide meditative experiences of colour and light. In 2014, as a response to society's over-reliance on technology, Kim started the Techism Movement, a philosophy that recognise technological innovation as an artistic discipline, encouraging artists to promote digital humanism for our digital culture. In 2024 she will present her work Continuum at the World Economic Forum at Davos as one of the conference’s cultural leaders.
Art Dubai is committed to working with its partners to develop new commissioning models and innovative cultural programmes to present new commissions and premieres by internationally renowned artists. These partnerships place particular emphasis on education and technology, which are playing a critical role in shaping the future of the creative scene in Dubai. Julius Baer has been a lead partner of Art Dubai since 2015. A long-standing supporter of the arts across the world, the collaboration with Art Dubai is in-line with the bank’s long-term commitment to supporting the UAE’s emergence as both a business and cultural hub.
Krista Kim, artist said:
“I’m profoundly thankful to Julius Baer for enabling such an ambitious vision as ‘Heart Space’ – one amplifying AI technology’s power to reconnect where social media algorithms have fractured. As individuals participate, I hope each participant feels inspired in their singular beauty yet leaves appreciating a greater whole. My deepest wish is that from the micro – encoding each distinctive rhythm – to the macro tapestry those strands weave by exhibit’s close, visitors rediscover how alike our heartbeats sound when truly heard," shares Krista Kim of her debut with Julius Baer at Art Dubai.
Heart Space is part of Julius Baer’s NEXT universe, an initiative designed to explore investment thematics and encourage the interdisciplinary exploration of megatrends across the arts, science, and technology. NEXT supports collaboration with forward-thinking artists and institutions committed to new forms of cultural production at the vanguard of scientific research and technological development. It is the second major digital commission by Julius Baer to debut at Art Dubai, following an acclaimed collaboration with Refik Anadol in March 2023.
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