Archived works of Will Kim
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Creative direction, video for Angel Pan Studio—Meta Body, 2022
Meta Body is a creation of a meta-creature, one which has the skin and flesh of a human body but the core of a machine. In this project, 4 designers collaborate to create this creature from our fantasized dystopian world, maybe even our future world, where civilians wear the skin and flesh of a human, to camouflage as mundane, yet their connection with technology is much deeper and is their source of sustaining life. In the 3 garments and headpieces, 4 different layers of the meta-body are manifested in its stages of metamorphosis; each layer uses different ways to show connections between soft structures and metals.
Ash after fireworks, 2022
Whenever I see fireworks, I tend to focus more on the aftermath of the fireworks instead of enjoying the bright lights and strikes. I feel melancholy of how the strikes and lights end up so fast. Looking at the ashes falling from the fireworks, I see the tranquility that leaves a lasting impression. Adding along with the n Niche’s philosophy of how human live life just for one specific moment throughout their life. For this project, I wanted to focus on the aftermath of fireworks and personify this process in our lives.
Childhood to Adulthood pt2, 2019
The theme of my fashion film is the transition from childhood to adulthood. My three sources of inspiration were William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning,” about a boy escaping the influence of his brutal father; director Wes Anderson’s film “The Moonrise Kingdom,” in which two young kids try to escape from the society built by adults and take a journey to find their own freedom; and psychologist Erik Erikson’s 1963 book “Childhood and Society,” especially the fifth stage of human development that he titled identity vs. role confusion, where adolescents struggle to find their place in society. The film is divided into part 1 and part 2.
Childhood to Adulthood pt1, 2017
The theme of my fashion film is the transition from childhood to adulthood. My three sources of inspiration were William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning,” about a boy escaping the influence of his brutal father; director Wes Anderson’s film “The Moonrise Kingdom,” in which two young kids try to escape from the society built by adults and take a journey to find their own freedom; and psychologist Erik Erikson’s 1963 book “Childhood and Society,” especially the fifth stage of human development that he titled identity vs. role confusion, where adolescents struggle to find their place in society. The film is divided into part 1 and part 2.