jimin kim
<하이드와 나> Hyde & Seek
etching, aquatint
original print hand-binding book
I made this book, 'Hyde & Seek' as my major project for my MA Illustration course of Kingston University. According to psychologist Jung, a human personality cannot be defined as a single image, which means that human personality is a cluster of multiple personalities. The theme of ‘Hyde and Seek’ is based on this idea. When it comes to the visual aspect, it builds on the idea that, throughout our lives, we can’t see ourselves as someone else sees us - we can only see ourselves through a mirror. The room of mirrors is a metaphor of a world, which surrounds us. In there, we can come across alter egos of us. Sometimes they are weird, strange and unfamiliar. I want to show a journey to meet these strangers in our mind through my work ‘Hyde and Seek’, as if exploring some kind of abandoned and desolated amusement park.
etching, aquatint
original print hand-binding book
I made this book, 'Hyde & Seek' as my major project for my MA Illustration course of Kingston University. According to psychologist Jung, a human personality cannot be defined as a single image, which means that human personality is a cluster of multiple personalities. The theme of ‘Hyde and Seek’ is based on this idea. When it comes to the visual aspect, it builds on the idea that, throughout our lives, we can’t see ourselves as someone else sees us - we can only see ourselves through a mirror. The room of mirrors is a metaphor of a world, which surrounds us. In there, we can come across alter egos of us. Sometimes they are weird, strange and unfamiliar. I want to show a journey to meet these strangers in our mind through my work ‘Hyde and Seek’, as if exploring some kind of abandoned and desolated amusement park.
