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A Song About Family Flag
GOETHE-INSTITUT X SOMERSET HOUSE STUDIOS RESIDENCY 2023

The original sketch by Roux for the flag © Christine Sun Kim Flag by CSK Family Christine Sun Kim

Christine currently has an exhibition at Secession Vienna (17.02-16.04.2023) for which she has produced a book that contains empty scores drawn by a variety of artist friends (54 contributors) as well as her husband and daughter. In teaching her daughter how to draw scores, Roux created a score she titled “A song about family”. While the score Roux contributed to Christine's Secession book is empty, this one is fully populated with her made up musical notes and symbols. After having drawn the score, she asked her mum to interpret the score for her.

This score, which in itself already resembles a flag in a slight breeze, will serve as the design for the family’s flag while staying at Goethe Institute London. A score as a flag also functions as a gentler and more open approach to the flagformat than the usual flags that are very determinate and limited in their design and message. This particular flag shows support for artist families in an institutional setting and at the same time relates to drawing being a shared practice amongst the members of the Kim/Mader family.

  • The flag hanging outside the Goethe-Institut London with blue sky Christine Sun Kim

  • Christine's daughter Roux drawing the flag Christine Sun Kim

  • A photo of the drawing held up Christine Sun Kim

  • The flag hanging outside the Goethe-Institut London with cloudy sky Christine Sun Kim

White flag hanging outside the Goethe-Institut London on a grey, rainy day Goethe-Institut London

Lecture
 A Song About Family

We are delighted to host Christine Sun Kim’s and Thomas Mader’s lecture on their art practice as a family. In their lecture, they will investigate the beauty and challenge of family cocreation and provide insights into the unconventional flag newly waving at the Goethe-Institut London.
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