Installation views of 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸
Dimensions variable
Stainless steel, inkjet prints on archival paper, borosilicate glass
2026
(Documentation photos by
@pomonadoobie )
𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 takes its title from the final pages of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘦, a passage where the author asks to be shown the world. Here, open books evoke the bound body, offering only partial disclosures via delicate hand-spun glass droplets and images that bleed through from concealed interiors. Having spent the last year within print archives across Europe, Asia, and the U.S., I’ve been reflecting on fragile carriers of memory, what exists between the desire to hold and the inevitability of loss.
As I’m still processing this last year, just wanted to give credit where credit is due: so so much gratitude to my thesis advisors this year (Nontsi, Riley, Pouya), who have let me meander in the work when needed; the librarians and archivists I’ve encountered across the way who have influenced this project; to the people who helped with developing my material knowledge over these past two years (Julia, Cat, Daryl, Preston, and of course Jason
@jdavolidesign who helped create the steel armatures behind this work); my dear friends both old and new. <3
