Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night | Art & Artists

For One Week of Lullabies for Roux (2018), Kim invites visitors to sit on a bench and listen to seven lullabies composed for her daughter Roux. Kim started this project after noticing that her baby monitor had pre-programmed lullabies that could be set to play when infants cry. Kim, who is raising children in a mixed Deaf and hearing household, recalled “a feeling of unease” about these unfamiliar songs, so she “factored them out of the sound diet.” To counter this, she provided a text score to seven friends (who are also parents) with instructions to compose lullabies that omit lyrics and emphasize low frequencies. The artist-designed bench resembles a color-coded weekly pillbox, a reminder of the daily rituals and routines of childcare.