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Window Installation
I have a total of five stages of window installations. I used combinations of different materials that represent Western and Asian culture.
Window Installation I
This is the first window installation. I chose transparent silk, because the fabric reminds me Korean ‘Hanbok’. Even I lived States longtime; I still have Korean heritage and culture. So, those things affect my daily life. I cut out middle of the fabric, and I embroider edges with color threads. I rolled up the dyed fabrics long, and I wound the color thread on the fabrics. And I arranged them on the silk fabrics as branches. These branches and outside tree branches may be compared. Also, I made round shapes with color threads and I put them on next to the fabric branches. These round shapes imply fruits of my notion and thinking.
I took pictures in different time settings, and it created various scenes, and it is like daily changes of my life.
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Window Installation II
My 2nd installation is for my deck window. This time I chose gray transparent silk. Also, I cut out black nylon as a tree shape. And I made round shapes with my old jeans and color threads, and I arranged around the tree as age rings. (Trees make me think of resemblance with human’s life. Trees endure any weather conditions throughout a year, stand firm and wait until spring comes then each year trees earn one growth ring. I tried to display my life story through the tree.)
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Window Installation III
This is my 3rd window installation. This time I made wood frames similar to traditional Korean windows. The Korean traditional windows are made with wood frame and covered with Korean paper ‘haji’. Based on my memories, I made a wood frame which fits my living room window. I divided sections and covered each section with different materials like ‘hanbok’ ‘denim’ ‘twine crochet’ and ‘handmade paper’. These combined materials show how different but coexisting two cultures harmonizing and conflicting in me.
Window installation IV
This time I used handmade papers of cotton rag embedded with color thread. I cut out the handmade paper in round shapes and arranged them together and connected with the threads. I displayed them on fish lines. I implied the connections of my past, present, and future life in this installation.
Window Installation V
For my 5th installation, I used transparent fabric and real branches. I wanted to show how my inner world was penetrated by outer world.