Ann, Yedam / 1992
From Seoul, South Korea
EN
Yedam Ann (Seoul, born in 1992) is an artist living and working in Berlin and Seoul. Her works delve into the essentialization of space and humans across various scales and places. She challenges standardized design and deconstructs established placeness. Her artistic research frequently examines urban landscapes against the backdrop of technology and digital environments, extending to the spreading occurrences. Her observation often highlights themes of marginalised identities and the museumification of cities and humanity. The digital precarity and gig economy, the hostile design of technology and infrastructures, and AI learning racism and sexism have been her interests recently. Her work seeks to unlearn the classification to change the social dynamics, and these interests are often translated into space installations, videos, and performance.
DE
Yedam Ann (Seoul, geboren 1992) lebt und arbeitet in Berlin und Seoul, die sich in ihren Arbeiten mit der Essenzialisierung von Raum und Menschen in verschiedenen Maßstäben und an verschiedenen Orten auseinandersetzt. Sie fragt standardisiertes Design und dekonstruiert etablierte Placeness hinter. Ihre künstlerische Forschung untersucht häufig urbane Landschaften vor dem Hintergrund von Technologie und digitalen Umgebungen, bis hin zu den sich ausbreitenden Ereignissen. Ihre Beobachtungen beleuchten oft Themen wie marginalisierte Identitäten und die Musealisierung der Städte und der Menschheit. Die digitaler Prekarität und Gig-Economy, die menschenfeindliche Gestaltung von Technologie und Infrastrukturen sowie der durch KI erlernte Rassismus und Sexismus sind ihre jüngsten Interessen. Anns Arbeit zielt darauf ab, die Klassifizierung zu verlernen, um die soziale Dynamik zu verändern. Diese Interessen werden oft in Rauminstallationen, Videos und Performances umgesetzt.
한국어
안예담(서울, 1992)은 베를린과 서울을 오가며 작업하는 작가이다. 그녀의 작품은 다양한 규모와 장소에서의 공간과 인간 요약화를 다룬다. 그녀는 작품을 통해 표준화된 디자인에 질문하며 기존의 장소성을 해체한다. 그녀의 예술적 연구는 기술과 디지털 환경을 배경으로 도시 풍경을 탐구하며, 이는 확산되는 현상으로 이어진다. 그녀는 소외된 정체성과 도시와 인류의 박물관화를 관찰하며, 최근에는 긱 경제 (gig economy), 기술 및 인프라의 적대적 설계, 인종차별과 성차별을 학습하는 인공지능이 관심사이다. 이러한 사회적 역학을 변화시키기 위해 분류를 해체하는 작업을 추구하며, 이러한 관심사는 공간 설치, 비디오, 퍼포먼스로 이어진다.
Education
2018-23, Kunstakademie Münster, Diplom. Freie Kunst, Graduation as Meisterschulerin under Aernout Mik, Münster
2013-14, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, International program, History, Barcelona
2010-15, Ewha Womans University, B.A. TV&Film/History, Seoul
Solo Exhibition / Show
2023, Flaneur, Fracto, Spooky (Diplom exhibition), Münster
2021, Nicht Arcade, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul
2021, Unreal estate, Wewerka Pavillon, Münster
Group Exhibition
2025, Human Work, Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf
2024-25, Anonymous Drawing, / Lines Fiction, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
- Kunsthaus Erfurg, Erfurt - Hypercultural passengers, Hamburg
2024, RE:VISION-20 Years Kunstverein Tiergarten, Galerie Nord, Berlin
2024, Saekki-Chigi Take me to the moon (mit AFSAR), News Yeonnam, Seoul
2024, Off the timeline, Project space on the inside, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021, 운반지점 (Conveying point), SAPY, Seoul
2020, In between, Galerie Nord, Berlin
2020, Ausstellungsprojekt 70 Jahre Landesverfassung NRW, NRW Landtag, Düsseldorf
2020, Wellenlänge, Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster
2019-2020, The Public matters, LWL- Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster
2019, In Between, im_Keller, Münster
2017, Dialog, Collaborative performance, 2017, The Corner Room Art, Berlin
2016, Fantomoj, UdK Berlin, Berlin
2015, Perfektes Wetter, AM Gallery, Berlin
2015, Pancakes and Booze, Forum Factory, Berlin
2015, Arternative Playground, The Rag Factory, London
Presentation / Festival
2025, Poet's Corner with AFSAR Sisalon, Poesiefestival Berlin, Berlin
2024, Reading session & performance with AFSAR Sisalon x Don Mee Choi,
AN(8)X Festival shards, shards, whisper and flare, Berlin
2024, Hörbar, 48H Neukölln, Berlin
2023, Ansible, IMPAKT festival, Utrecht
2023, Ansible, Ars Electronica, Linz
2020, In the Name of, Auftakt Festival für szenische texte, May, Köln
2017, Good friends, Video performance, Nov. Kunstpunkt Berlin, Berlin
2017, Sun Sphere Reigns, Anomalie, Berlin
2016-2017, Selfie / Past routine, solo presentation, Minuseins galerie, Berlin
Stipend / Grant
2025, Research Grant, SFAC
2025, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Berlin
2023, Graduation scholarship, DAAD
2022, Research Grant, SFAC
2021, Production Grant, The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC)
AiR / Artist program
2023, CODE, IMPAKT Centre for Media Culture (Utrecht)
-Werktank (Leuven)-Privacy Salon/Privacytopia (Brüssel)-transmediale (Berlin)
2021, Raumstation AiR, Stuttgart
Publication
Emotional Reports, Editor, 2013-2014, Seoul
Holden magazine, Contributing Editor, Seoul-Barcelona, 2013-2014
Zeitschrift fuer, Contributing writer, Berlin, 2021