Artist Biography:

David Koh is an artist, filmmaker, and writer exploring how our media-saturated digital world shapes individuals and society. Working primarily in video and new media, he examines how people connect and disconnect in the digital era, asking what it means to be human today. David received an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins and a BFA in Filmmaking from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His work has been recognized by Google Arts & Culture and has exhibited with international organizations including The Wrong Biennale, The New Now Festival, Singapore Art Week, and The Asian American International Film Festival.

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Description:

"I haunt myself" is a poetic moving image work that contemplates how digital technology is transforming personal memory and presence. Through a dialogue between the artist and an AI recreation of his own voice, the piece navigates a fragmented 1st person narrative where childhood memories, mundane everyday moments, and archival footage intertwine.

Using a montage of different video types - from iphone clips and '90s DV footage, to computer screen recordings, the artwork evokes the disorienting feeling of living with an endless digital archive. In this era, we no longer need to forget, nor do we need to delete - memory and time flatten into data rather than lived experience. The film questions whether genuine memory arises not from perfect photographic detail but from emotional texture, feeling, and imperfection. Perhaps, by forgetting and allowing memories to "just be a mess", we can truly be present.