DAVID ZINK YI
I Was Intrigued by Things Being Different

2 June 2023

»I get bored easily. I like to meander.«

»I get bored easily. I like to meander.«

Ahead of his first solo exhibition in Seoul, we visited David Zink Yi in his studio in Berlin, where he discussed his background, what drew him to become an artist, and how his work continues to evolve. Featuring original music and performances in this video portrait, David discusses a practice that encompasses film, sculpture, ceramics, and silk textiles, all with an eye to the mutability and expressive potential of the objects he creates. PLAYING UNTIL FAILURE is the name of his current show at KÖNIG SEOUL and it puts his decades-long artistic practice on unique display.

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DAVID ZINK YI
David Zink Yi (b. 1973 in Lima, Peru) lives and works in Berlin. He explores the body as a site of identity, memory, and transformation, engaging with a wide range of media in the process. From video and sculpture to ceramics, sound, and performance, his art reflects his complex heritage. As a descendant of Indigenous Peruvians, as well as Chinese, Italian, and German immigrants, his own body – situated at the intersection of diverse cultural identities – becomes a focal point in his practice. Zink Yi’s earliest works focused on self-reflection, using the camera to develop a form of self-ethnography. This approach later evolved into a prot...
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