Ayoung Kim – Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Germany

Ayoung Kim’s (b. 1979 in Seoul, Korea) first solo exhibition in a German museum spans the most recent years of her artistic practice and explores concepts of time, reality, belonging, and queerness. Using Artificial Intelligence, video, game simulations, and sculpture, Ayoung Kim creates expansive fictional universes governed by their own temporal and spatial laws. Her works are linked by speculative narratives rooted in reality, and viewers become both spectators and first-person players, shaping the story from their perspective.

For her exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof, Kim draws from a cycle of works that follows a female delivery driver and her identical double in a fictional, futuristic Seoul. In her “Delivery Dancer” universe, infinite possible worlds collide, where time is cyclical and non-linear. Her subjects cross the boundaries of possible realities, creating intersections between times and spaces. Ayoung Kim’s exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof does not only enable its audiences to be immersed in Kim’s virtual landscapes, but extends those into the physical museum space, completely transforming the gallery’s topology.

Exhibition Catalogue

Accompanying the exhibition is the tenth edition of the Hamburger Bahnhof catalogue series, published by Silvana Editoriale, comprising 112 pages, available at the Hamburger Bahnhof bookstore and through the Buchhandlung Walther König webshop for €12. ISBN: 9788836660803

Curators

The exhibition is curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, directors of Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, and Charlotte Knaup, curator at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.

Ayoung Kim is an exhibition within the framework of EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography.

This exhibition is supported by:
Hamburger Bahnhof International Companions e. V.
Samsung Foundation of Culture
SBS Foundation

A special exhibition of the Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin