Lost Memories, Forgotten Crimes

Being exposed to indiscriminate violence through media worldwide, we have become insensitive to some degrees of violence.  As a society, we seem to be indifferent to not only of the violence but also of the reckless and inevitable accidents which quickly become the past and forgotten.

Kim, Jae-Bum’s artistic concept is about reminding us of these forgotten memories and news incidents by reconstructing them into one image. The artist especially focuses on the essence of the accident. All the countless images and videos the media focuses on, is only of the moment that the violence was committed and the extremely strong impact of these images does not allow for us to consider the nature of the occurrence. The artist pays attention to the overlooked facts and leads us to reconsider the misfortune based on the essence of violence by reproducing or re-creating certain situations to a moment before the incident happened.  The situation of each work shown gives us an insight on the thoughts of the criminal before the unfortunate episode.

Kim, Jae-Bum’s work the Cube is an archival installation work, consisting of data and materials of incidents which the artist has collected. As a foundation for better understanding of his overall concept, this installation provides us the opportunities to reconstruct the unfortunate happenings but allowing our own interpretations of the mind of the criminal behind the violence.