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Lim Jungsoo


ID IN id, 2022


Material: Mixed media
Technique: Digital Textile Printing, Hand Sewing
Size (WxDxH): (1) 49 x 48 cm / 19.2 x 19.1 inch,
(2) 29.3 x 29.6 cm / 11.5 x 11.6 inch,  (3) 50 x 50 cm / 29 x 29 inch,
(4) 39.5 x 39.5 cm / 16 x 16 inch, (5) 20 x 21 cm / 7.8 x 7.8 inch,
(6) 27 x 27 cm / 10.6 x 10.6 inch, (7) 24 x 25 cm / 9.4 x 9.4 inch,
(8) 45.5 x 45.5 cm / 17.9 x 17.9 inch, (9) 40 x 40 cm / 16 x 16 inch,
(10) 12.5 x 10 cm / 4.9 x 4 inch, (11) 45 x 49.2 cm 17.5 x 18 inch,
(12) 38 x 38 cm / 15.5 x 15.5 inch, (13) 27 x 27 cm / 10.6 x 10.6 inch,
(14) 38 x 37 cm / 15.5 x 15 inch, (15) 45.1 x 46 cm / 17.9 x 18 inch,
(16) 36.6 x 38 cm / 14 x 17.9 inch


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Is only one of them me?
Or are neither of them me?


If there was an ID card that can verify my identity, but cannot recognize who I am in the real world, would it verify the identity of real me, or digital self that represents “me” in the virtual world? Are they both me? Is only one of them me? Or are neither of them me?

The two identities that have a gap, are scattered around, and do not match perfectly. This was expressed through an unidentifiable ID photo, which has images that appear to be one, but are torn and disintegrated.

신원을 보증하는 동시에 누구도 내가 실제로 누구인지 알 수 없는 보안이 보장되는 신분증이 있다면 현실의 나를 보증할까,
가상의 세계에서 “나”를 대변하는 디지털 자아를 보증할까? 그건 모두 나인가, 둘 중 하나만 나인가, 둘 다 내가 아닌가?
간극이 존재하고, 흩어지기도 하며, 완벽히 일치가 되지 않는 두 자아를 하나의 이미지 같지만 해체되고
찢어진 신원 불분명한 증명사진으로 나타냈다


在保证身份的同时不会让人知道我是谁,如果有能保障这种安全的身份证,就可以保障现实中的我吗?那都是我吗?还是两个中只有一个才是我?难道两个不都是我吗?

有间隙又散乱,不完全一致的两个自我,看上去又好像是一副完整的画面,以解体和被撕毁的身份不明的证件照的形式表现出来。