Deep Abyss: Repository of Echoes

<p><em>Deep Abyss: Repository of Echoes</em> explores memory, trauma, and healing through an immersive, multi-sensory installation combining sound, video, and tactile elements. Focusing on sensory experience and embodied resonance, the work invites viewers to deeply engage with fragmented memories and emotional narratives. Layered soundscapes that include natural ambient sounds, human breathing, and traditional Korean instruments such as the <em>haegeum</em> and <em>gayageum</em>, guide audiences through an emotional journey between reality and memory, certainty and ambiguity.</p> <p>Blurred video of slow, enigmatic movements reflects emotional shifts and the ambiguous nature of memory, enhanced by tactile elements of layered Korean traditional paper, <em>hanji</em>. This tactile dimension symbolizes the accumulation of emotional and temporal weight, prompting contemplation of grief, resilience, and the ethics of witnessing. Ultimately, this thesis aims to redefine memorial spaces, creating a reflective environment where sorrow, remembrance, and healing coexist. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate School of Art

Year dc:date.available

2025

Author dc:creator

• Kim, Jungsoo

Contributors dc:contributor

• Monika Weiss
• Heather Bennett
• Ila Sheren

• Trauma
• Tragedy
• Memory
• Memorial
• Remembrance
• Healing
• Time
• Sound
• Time-based
• Art and Design
• Fine Arts

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mfa_visual_art/38

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:mfa_visual_art-1038