Dérive, 2017
by S.Y Lim

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Artist Statement
This accordion book is a simulation of my experiences, a dérive, at various sites. The assemblage and disassemblage of the book invites viewers to vicariously experience my dérive. Various mediums convey different aspects of my wandering. Photography provides concrete imagery of specific sites and transports the audience to these places. Paintings and drawings allude to people who are absent at the site but present in my memory and spontaneous responses regarding the dérive. Unfolded on a flat surface, the book installation provides a space for viewers to walk around and interact with the different physicalities within the book, metaphorically referring to geographical landscapes. As a mean of studying psychogeography of different places, the Dérive book represents an external and internal sensation, providing each viewer with a different viewing experience.

About the Artist
Su Yeon Lim was born in 1993 in Gwang Ju, South Korea, and lives and works between Gwang Ju, Seoul, South Korea and Chicago. She was a Korean Pop singer before moving to Chicago for school with the stage name Lumi-L. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. She founded 062 gallery in Zhou B Art Center, located in Bridgeport, Chicago in 2017.

For more information: S.Y Lim