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Fragmentation, Memory, and Identity: A Collaborative Exploration of Sensory Representation in Contemporary Art (93748)
Session Chair: Issei Wake
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Friday, 16 May 2025 11:15
Session: Session 1
Room: Live-Stream Room 3
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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Drawing on Jacques Derrida’s hauntology and Dominick LaCapra’s concept of working through trauma, Kim’s work deconstructs linear historical narratives, revealing memory as fluid, fragmented, and in perpetual reconstruction. Her innovative use of woodprint and enamel creates a multisensory engagement, where materiality becomes an active site for negotiating personal and collective remembrance. Through layering, erasure, and tactile interaction, her practice redefines how sensory perception mediates identity formation in a rapidly shifting cultural landscape.
This research argues that art functions as a dynamic cultural mediator, bridging tradition and contemporaneity, and expanding the discourse on globalized memory cultures. Rather than merely documenting historical experience, Kim’s work creates participatory spaces that invite audiences to reconstruct, reinterpret, and embody memory as an evolving phenomenon. By merging theoretical analysis with artistic intervention, this study demonstrates how artistic practice transcends representation, becoming a methodology for critical reflection, cultural negotiation, and epistemological inquiry.
This paper contributes to ongoing discussions in art theory, aesthetics, and philosophy, positioning artistic practice as an essential mode of knowledge production that reshapes how we perceive and engage with history, identity, and sensory experience in contemporary society.
Authors:
Issei Wake, Wenzhou Business College, China
Soo-Yeon Kim, Wenzhou Business College, China
About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Issei Wake is currently a professor at the School of International Studies, Wenzhou Business College (China).
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