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