Hyunjin KIM is a curator and writer, based in Seoul. Since the 2010s, her research and projects have engaged with Asia’s contested histories, examining the intersections of modernity, coloniality, tradition, and politics. Her work addresses how historical entanglements and cultural memories continue to shape contemporary artistic practices, and has more recently extended to research projects on the Pan-Asian Cultural Cold War, including Temperature of Roses, which she leads and co-curates with Koichiro Osaka (since 2024).  Since 2023, she has also been developing (neuro)plasticity—the capacity to receive, impart, and transform form—as a curatorial practice. This approach is shaped through her multi-years research as well as sustained embodiment of her neurological experiences.