Pronouns on somewhere, 2021
steel storage adjustable rack, led light, tripod, prints 49.8 x 63 x 11.8 inch
Pronouns Glittered, 2021
silkscreen on inkjet print, silver jewel glitter 26 x 39 inch
Pronouns Burned, 2021
inkjet print, ashes of paper 26 x 39 inch
Looking through pieces of Pronouns, I invite viewers to navigate their supplement, Pronoun. When I came back to the states from South Korea in 2021, the role of pronouns have become different in the society from the past.
Glitter represents emergence and luminous bodied of pronouns. Silver jewel glitter sparkles more when the viewers move their position. The residues of burned paper on the prints are ashes of turbulence and distortion from external and internal power.
Juxtaposition of binary things: negative spaces like burned and cut prints, absence of light on the tripod makes viewers contemplate about the duality cycle, Yin and Yang.
The image used in Pronoun work is an unknown fallen found yellow flower as an anthropomorphic being. A fallen unidentified flower resonates with my alienated life, landing out of my motherland. The box surrounded by the flower was used to contain chopped pork. Dissected images and disparate pronouns represent the subject of being and otherness.