How (Not) To Read

When pages move, the words wander

Covered, concealed, yet still breathing

Materials: mixed media, paper, thread

Dimensions: 53” (w) x 4” (h) x ¾” (d)

2024

 

What was once mine is buried in black

Still, the shape remembers my shadow

Materials: mixed media, paper, thread

Dimensions: 53” (w) x 4” (h) x ½” (d)

2024


A wave of pages unfolding at once

Marks hidden again but never erased

Materials: mixed media, paper, thread

Dimensions: 51” (w) x 5” (h) x ¾” (d)

2024

 

I let the ink swallow my history

Only the movement remains.

Materials: mixed media, paper, thread

Dimensions: 70” (w) x 4” (h) x ¾” (d)

2024


Layer by layer, the past softens.

The weight of the dream lingers,

drawing circles, long lines and dots.

Materials: mixed media, paper, thread

Dimensions: 60” (w) x 3” (h) x ½” (d)

 

I can no longer see.

Whose story remains?

Materials: mixed media, paper, thread

Dimensions: 60” (w) x 3” (h) x ½” (d)

2022

 

What remains is neither whole nor gone

Edges singed, yet the center holds

Materials: mixed media, paper, thread

Dimensions: 29 ½” (w) x 3 ½” (h) x ½” (d)

2025

 

What lingers is neither past nor present

A whisper of touch, fading but felt

Materials: board, book cloth, paper, scent

Dimensions: 14” (w) x 16” (h) x 7 ½” (h)

2025

 

I speak in layers

One disappears, the other remains

Materials: cardstock, film, adhesive tape

Dimensions: 30” (w) x 5” (h) x 4” (d)

2024

 

If darkness can erase my old dream

I will reverse the direction

Left to right

right to left

up and down

I didn’t intend to stay here this long

Materials: pencil and acrylic on paper (Jangji), thread

Dimensions: 30” (w) x 3” (h) x 1” (d), 32 pages

2022


The long invisible line

That’s how I remember the first

Scribbles and stamps on paper, lifelines for many

Materials: interior paint on paper, thread

Dimensions: 29 1/2” (w) x 3” (h) x 1” (d), 28 pages

2022

 

I am here, but I am also there

Only leaving

tiny outlets to connect

Materials: mixed media on paper, thread

Dimensions: 29 1/2” (w) x 3 1/2” (h) x 1/2” (d), 64 pages

2022

 

No borders but only layers

The edges don’t turn

Tension, interrupted

Materials: fabric, thread

Dimensions: 23” (w) x 17” (h) x 1/2” (d)

2022

 

The vague trace of life remains within temporary cues

Materials: foam board, book cloth, paper, magnets

Dimensions: 14” (w) x 16” (h) x 7 1/2” (h)

2022

 

I say things about many things and

I say different things with only one word

You won’t misunderstand it.

Materials: dura-lar, adhesive tape

Dimensions: 72” (w) x 5” (h) x 4” (d)

2022

 

I feel most foreign

Two paper walls intersect

In between the corners

Where I find comfort to release a breath

Materials: mirror cardstock, film, adhesive tape

Dimensions: 65” (w) x 5” (h) x 4” (d)

2022

 

Don’t push too hard

I am giving you the nice corner

I will have all my thoughts float in the air

Push and pull to the center of the border

Materials: vinyl, glitter, binder rings

Dimensions: 16” (w) x 12” (h) x 10” (d)

2022

 

Again, my marks will only be temporary.

Materials: asmr recording of writing, folding, crumpling, and tearing sound of paper

Duration: 5 min. 58 sec.

2022

 

No words left

Materials: dura-lar, adhesive

Dimensions: 67” (w) x 5” (h) x 5” (d)

2022