Shon Kim’s 2026 experimental animation The Artist’s Body, 3 minutes 55 seconds long, creates movement by traveling in extreme close-up across still images from print. Up close, the small dots of a printed body stand out as much as its outline.
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The camera follows the boundary between light and dark and the grain that gathers into forms before dissolving into texture again. Magnified halftone dots fill the screen, turning a single picture into an unfamiliar surface.
How It Moves
Kim describes using extreme close-ups to explore a printed image, following its lines and shapes. The subject stays still; the moving camera supplies rhythm and duration, bringing the physical structure of print onto the screen.
Work Context
The artist identifies the film as a 2026 experimental animation lasting 3 minutes 55 seconds, uploaded to Vimeo in September. The description credits Tracey Warr’s The Artist’s Body as source material and Korean Shamanic Rituals for sound. No current exhibition or screening is scheduled.
Shon Kim, The Artist’s Body (2026). Official preview paired with the artist’s original Vimeo player.
