{"id":164126,"date":"2026-05-13T13:56:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en-2\/was-uns-einander-naeher-bringt-164126\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:00:44","slug":"was-uns-einander-naeher-bringt","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/talk\/was-uns-einander-naeher-bringt-164126\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCloser than we admit\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What does it mean to care for one another? Which forms of intimacy and memory find their way into the public sphere, and which remain invisible? In their artistic works on the body, care and intimacy, the artists Iden Sungyoung Kim, Jaewon Kim and Sarnt Utamachote explore these questions.<\/p>\n

Iden Sungyoung Kim focuses on caring for a family member and challenges society\u2019s devaluation of care work. Jaewon Kim navigates the intimacy of a relationship shaped by HIV, demonstrating how trust and tenderness emerge where stigma is expected. Sarnt Utamachote examines the care work of queer and trans women from Thailand, asking when care turns into exploitation, whose bodies are desired, and whose knowledge is appropriated.<\/p>\n

The three positions are linked by their engagement with queer memory and that which is not passed down. Through lullabies, analogue photographs and superimposed film sequences, forms of memory emerge that exist far removed from institutional archives.<\/p>\n

Here, the political does not manifest itself as a grand gesture. Rather, it lies hidden in the intimate: in the nursing bed, in shared intimacy, in an infant\u2019s gaze upon its singing mother.<\/p>\n

The artist talk explores how queer experiences of caring, remembering and living together are not marginal phenomena, and how they broaden our understanding of care, family and belonging.<\/p>\n

The works by Iden Sungyoung Kim, Jaewon Kim and Sarnt Utamachote can be seen until 31 August 2026 in the exhibition \u201cNothing as Our Ground<\/a>\u201d. The exhibition was curated by Hai Nam Nguyen and Minh Duc Pham and forms part of the Humboldt Forum\u2019s programme year \u201cFamily Matters<\/a>\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Following the talk we\u2019ll visit the exhibition together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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