Polyphony “Polyphony”, staged in an abandoned theatre, traces the path of a performer endlessly traversing on and off the stage. Her “act” consists solely of an encore, and her song is in fact a rising high-pitched scream. A call to arms, as the flowers thrown in admiration seem to rise up in [...]
Once Upon is an installation that contemporizes fairy tales and myths. Its purpose is to ask the question, do we still believe in the mythical ideal woman? Is she a damsel in distress? A mythical creature? A witch? Is her purpose pleasing her husband and bearing children? The sculptures of women I created represent individual [...]
My work is about the ways people communicate.
My work is about the obsession with affirming one’s own existence.
My work is about me.
I want to take great personal risks in the pursuit of personal transformation.
I want my work to be the evidence of this transformation.
I want my work to be generous.
I want my work to bring [...]
‘AWICHA YARTIRI’ is a proposal for an on-site installation which highlights the parallels of Bolivian and Korean culture, which still respects indigenous traditions in a contemporary climate.
‘AWICHA YARTIRI’ layers images, colors and objects derived from my personal mythology and genetic memory against architectural models and objects appropriated from traditional Korean Mudang (shaman) Gut (ritual) “Spirit [...]
No Place is a fictional future constructed for the investigation of human possibilities and impossibilities: configurations of biology, sociality, race, class, sexuality, and the environment designed as reflections on human life and its future. The name of the place is derived from the English word, “utopia,” coined by Thomas More from the Greek “no” (ou) [...]
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I am interested in the process of creating identity and the ephemeral human nature that is constantly evolving and changing. My themes focus on the loss of and search for identity, the conflicts that occur when building a new identity, and conforming to social surroundings. The performance captured in my work is the result of [...]
‘the bear rug’ was created for a cave near a waterfall where I was residing last winter.
It is a magical space which I briefly inhabited,
as a bear,
living in the habitat I had created for myself.
An onlooker might see the installation as a home for someone else,
a cozy spot complete with a bear rug.
it is a tribute to the bears who have fallen to become flooring for someone else.
‘the bear rug’ focuses on habitation,
living within the natural world instead of altering and destroying it.
‘the bear rug’ is specific to a cave out in New Jersey’s bear country;
they have reclaimed their habitat and fortunately are protected.
I am the guest here.
We are all the guests here.
Using a cactus and a high heel shoe that is covered and painted again to look like itself, Go Get ‘Em creates an abrupt visual scenario through the collision of the emblematic ‘pump’ and the thorny, uprooted cactus.
When Sue met Sioux was a further step in my exploration of assimilation and identity politics. The work centers on two characters, Sue and Sioux. This work provides a glimpse into the rise of Sioux, a comical and expressive character whose impact and aftermath is shown in the image above. The conflict and tension between [...]