Sooun Kim

Quiet Folds Dispersing You

A film still showing an open airplane door with boarding stairs extended. A long black coffin-shaped object wrapped in reflective silver, organic sculptural material emerges from the aircraft.

Film still showing an overhead view of a table. Two semi-transparent hands hold a silver dish containing silver-coloured food, surrounded by cutlery, glassware, and candles.

A film still of a person with long hair sitting at a table holding a mug. The scene is viewed through patterned curtains within a domestic interior containing furniture and hanging textiles.

Dates and Opening times

Fri 5 Jun - Sun 7 Jun, 10am - 5pm

Mon 8 Jun - Sat 13 Jun, 12pm - 5pm

Sun 14 Jun – Tue 16 Jun - closed

Wed 17 Jun - Sun 21 Jun, 12pm – 5pm

Venue

Patricia Fleming Gallery, 44 Carlton Place, G5 9TW

Participants

Sooun Kim

Presented by

Patricia Fleming Gallery

Supported by

Creative Scotland and Patricia Fleming Gallery. With thanks to Gary McAteer.

Accessiblity

Stairs: The venue can only be accessed via stairs

Bike Rack: There is cycle parking at the venue.

Quiet Folds Dispersing You is a film installation that unfolds from the mind of the artist, Sooun Kim, examining the unsettled sense of self and sense of disconnection from place brought about by the artist’s experience of migrating to Glasgow. This state of psychological daze, of being simultaneously trapped and disconnected, is loosely connected to the story of Korean independence activist Yi Jun, who died alone under mysterious circumstances in a hotel room in The Hague in 1907.

Using temperature as a mode, the film posits the idea of limbo as a unifying location and state of being, one which all can access but few can leave. Rather than proposing return or aspirations of recovery, the film explores the persistence of inertia and its effects on our understanding of ourselves and our surroundings.