encounter l&ll
encounter I, II (2026)
dimensions variable, installation involving metal plate, coal dust, steel rods and nuts
Accelerated Fragment-Plunging and Penetrating
dimensions variable, installation involving exciter speaker, reversed launching sound, manufactured metal plate
with bolts and nuts, and coal dust
letting go
The Letting Go features a lament interwoven with guilt, love, longing, and heartfelt apology. Yeondo (연도/煉禱) is a requiem prayer set to the melody of Korean folk songs, blending indigenous Korean funeral laments with Catholic prayer texts.
Christianity naturally emerged in Korea in the 18th century. To escape persecution by royal authorities Christians began to blend with local folk cultures. Yeondo (recitation of prayers for the dead) became rooted as part of Korean Catholic funeral customs. The Catholic Church began offering sanctuary to ordinary citizens resisting dictatorship in the 1960s and became linked to South Korea's democracy movement. My grandmother, a human rights activist for democracy, was a Catholic. Many people attended her funeral and performed Yeondo.
One year after she passed away, the work is based on the experience of hearing the auditory hallucination of Yeondo during my grandmother's funeral. Lying on the sofa, I imagined myself overlapping with my grandmother, who was resting in her coffin, contemplating the boundary between life and death. The audience lies with their head on a pillow and listens to the 16-minute melody of Yeondo, resonating from beneath the cushion like a lullaby from different dimensions where the boundary of existence and death blur.
letting go (2025)
dimensions variable, sound installation involving speaker, couch,
and burnt fabric
thank you to Nickii for the beautiful picture, and Shu for allowing me to use the photo :)