. ▁She ▁was ▁named ▁a ▁T ED ▁Fellow ▁in ▁both ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁and ▁a ▁Director ' s ▁Fellow ▁at ▁M IT ▁Media ▁Lab ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁education ▁ ▁Christ ine ▁Sun ▁Kim ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁Southern ▁California ▁with ▁hearing ▁parents ▁and ▁a ▁de af ▁sister . ▁She ▁has ▁been ▁prof ound ly ▁de af ▁since ▁birth . ▁She ▁attended ▁University ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁Ir v ine , ▁California ▁and ▁graduated ▁from ▁Ro chester ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁Inter dis cipl inary ▁Studies . ▁She ▁has ▁a ▁Master ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts ▁in ▁Visual ▁Art ▁from ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Visual ▁Arts ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁and ▁another ▁in ▁Sound ▁and ▁Music ▁from ▁B ard ▁College . ▁ ▁Art ▁ ▁Kim ▁investig ates ▁the ▁operations ▁of ▁sound ▁and ▁various ▁aspects ▁of ▁De af ▁culture ▁in ▁her ▁performances , ▁videos , ▁and ▁draw ings . ▁In ▁developing ▁her ▁personal ▁visual ▁language , ▁Kim ▁draw s ▁from ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁information ▁systems . ▁She ▁uses ▁elements ▁from ▁these ▁systems ▁such ▁as ▁body ▁language , ▁American ▁Sign ▁Language ▁( AS L ), ▁musical ▁and ▁graph ic ▁notation , ▁and ▁language ▁interpretation , ▁invent ing ▁new ▁structures ▁for ▁her ▁compos itions ▁and ▁extending ▁each ▁source ' s ▁scope ▁of ▁communication . ▁She ▁further ▁uses ▁sound ▁to ▁explore ▁her ▁own ▁relationship ▁to ▁ver bal ▁languages ▁and ▁her ▁environment