AGQ-F0212

Fonds kimpo kim. – [1995]-?. – 18 cm of textual records and other records.

 

 

Biographical sketch:

 

kimpo kim (키무라 별 르뫈木村 ビヨル レムワンー) was born in 1968 in Busan, South Korea. They were adopted by a Belgian couple and grew up in Belgium. In 1993, Kimpo Kim returned to South Korea, where they lived for 13 years (from 1993 to 2006). Since 2006, Kimpo Kim has been living in Montreal. They divide their time between Brussels, Montreal and Seoul.

 

kimpo kim is known for their activist work on behalf of adopted, racialized, intersex and queer people, as well as for their artistic practice.

 

Their artistic work can be described as conceptual, feminist and multimedia. Their primary medium is video, but kimpo kim also practises calligraphy, painting, photography and writing.

 

Their main areas of interest are: gender binary, perceptions of gender and racial identities, community memories, post-colonialism and Eurocentrism.

 

Their work has been exhibited in Belgium, Canada, South Korea, France and Japan.

 

Kimpo Kim co-founded three associations for adopted people:

 

  • Euro-Korean League (EKL) in Brussels in 1991
  • Global Overseas Adoptees in 1998
  • “A.Q.A” for Asian, African, Aborigine/Autochtones Queer Adoptees

 

Kimpo Kim has also published under the following names: Kimura Byol Lemoine, Mihee-Nathalie Lemoine, Nathalie Lemoine, Star-Kim, Cho Mihee.

 

 

Scope and content:

 

The fonds reflects the cultural life of the LGBTQI+, Indigenous, Black and people of colour communities in the places where kimpo kim has lived and travelled.

 

The fonds contains posters, articles, postcards, leaflets, booklets, programs, flyers, reports, magazines and promotional clothing.

 

The fonds contains the following series:

 

  • AGQ-F0212/S1. Documents relatifs aux personnes asiatiques, autochtones, noires et de couleur (PANDC) (Corée et international)
  • AGQ-F0212/S2. Documents relatifs aux personnes lesbiennes (Montréal et international)
  • AGQ-F0212/S3. Documents relatifs aux personnes gaies et LGBTQ+

 

 

Notes:

 

Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.

 

Physical description: The fonds contains around 70 leaflets, 30 periodicals, 20 booklets, stickers, 10 postcards, T-shirts and a poster.

 

Immediate source of acquisition: The fonds were transferred to the AGQ on 24 November 2022 (acquisition 2022-050) and 21 February 2023 (acquisition 2023-006) by kimpo kim.

 

Language: The records are in English, German, Chinese, Korean and French.

 

Restrictions à l’utilisation et à la reproduction des documents :

 

Restrictions on access, use, reproduction, and publication: Documents relating to Multimundo are available for consultation, but anyone wishing to reproduce archive material containing the names of members or participants must contact Kimpo Kim to confirm whether the names need to be anonymized.

 

The photographs are available for viewing, but anyone wishing to reproduce these archives in which the people depicted can be identified must contact Kimpo Kim to confirm whether the photographs in question may be published.

 

Finding aids: Digital inventory of the fonds in Excel format.

 

Associated material: The following organizations hold documents relating to kimpo kim:

 

 

The Groupe Intervention Vidéo (https://givideo.org/) distributes some of kimpo kim’s content.

 

Most of Kimpo Kim’s videos can be found online at this address: https://vimeo.com/kimurabyol

 

Accruals: Further transfers to the AGQ are likely.

 

Related groups of records external to the unit being described : The Alan Wong fonds (AGQ-F0210) contains documents related to the Multimundo Coalition (S3). The documents date from 2006 to 2008.

 

 

Bibliography:

 

Bio. star~kim project (kimura byol lemoine). (2023, 10 January). Accessed on 17 February 2023, from https://starkimproject.com/bio/

 

Global overseas adoptees’ Link – 해외입양인연대. G.O.A.’L. (2022, 20 December). Accessed on 17 February 2023, from https://goal.or.kr/

 

Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, 16 September). Kimura byol-nathalie lemoine. Wikipedia. Accessed on 17 February 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimura_byol-nathalie_lemoine

 

 

 

 

 

            Dernière modification : 2026-06-16