Yuna Kim, Echoes of Home (2026)
Artist Bio
Yuna Kim is a motion and interactive designer and educator working with real-time 3D, immersive media, and AI-driven experiences. Born in South Korea and raised in Thailand, Yuna explores identity, memory, displacement, and belonging through interactive storytelling. She has professional experience in game and interactive technology, contributing to game trailers, promotional media, virtual exhibitions, and multisensory installations. She holds a BFA in Kinetic Imaging from Virginia Commonwealth University, graduating summa cum laude. She is an MFA candidate in Digital Media and Design at the University of Connecticut.
Artist Statement
Echoes of Home is an interactive immersive experience that explores how the meaning of home can be reconstructed through memory, emotion, and imagination. The work begins from the realization that memories of home often live less in physical places and more in the moments, objects, and sensations that remain with us over time.
Developed in Unreal Engine with AI-driven interaction, the project creates symbolic spaces that evoke fragments of memory and feeling. Rather than presenting a fixed narrative, Echoes of Home invites participants to navigate symbolic environments shaped by memory and reflection and discover their own evolving definitions of home.
At its core, the work reimagines digital space as a site for introspection and resilience. While physical homes may be temporary or disrupted, the project suggests that a sense of home can be continually rebuilt through memory, reflection, and the human capacity to reconnect with belonging.
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