All. Day., 2012
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All. Day. and its counterpart All. Night. demonstrate Kim’s ongoing fascination with modes of communication, including American Sign Language (ASL), musical notation, and written text. To create these works, Kim drew a large, curving arrow, tracing the path taken by her hand as it signs “all day” in ASL. The sign mirrors the sun moving across the sky and can be executed at various speeds to emphasize duration. The drawing also incorporates musical notation, a system Kim uses frequently to share her experiences of the world. She includes a rest bar, the symbol for a silent interval, and the number 126,144,000 to approximate the number of rest bars that add up to thirty-two years, her age at the time of creating the work.
