Kang is and artist working with video and contemporary media technologies. She explores perception and disorientation at the borders of reality and virtuality. Born in Korea, she received her BFA in Seoul National University and currently is living in Los Angeles.
The video installation, “BETWEEN”, attempts to seek the sensory engagement of audiences with the multiple projections and life-sized screens along with the subtle images make this installation to create an immersive space. Yiyung creates a space in which the viewers could immerse themselves within the piece and spend time to contemplate by walking around.
Through “BETWEEN”, Yiyun explores the question about human's sensory disorientation that happens between the “real” and the “virtual”. Projected images of traces made by the audience’s bodies creates some confusion that blurs whether what they are seeing is real or not. The familiar yet uncanny images trigger psychological tension between audiences and their projections in the piece. In fact she attempts to create a dialogue with the installation by altering the audience’s perception. She keeps all the visual languages quite simple and minimal in order to maximize the basic concept. Consequently, her project is the site of navigation and a generator of activities, not as a termination point or creative process.
