This Artist Builds Our Future Universe | Meet Ayoung Kim, Techno-Pioneer & CHANEL Next Prize Winner

Description: For artist Ayoung Kim, “reality is always insufficient. We need more. We need something more.” The 2026 CHANEL Next Prize winner uses cutting-edge technology—from game engines to AI—to build worlds populated by doppelgängers and double agents.

Filmed in her studio in Seoul, Ayoung Kim discusses creating at midnight and why she believes that real breakthroughs come from going deep, alone.

Discover more about the CHANEL Next Prize and meet the winners: https://www.chanel.com/-NextPrize26-AK

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