스쿠온크의 모래성

I grew up moving between China and Korea. Conditions that define me — such as nationality, language, and even my birthday — have always made my identity unstable. This experience, which cannot be reduced to a single answer, has become the fundamental question that drives my work. I explore the uncertainty and fractures arising from a borderland identity, and attempt to extend them to a social dimension. Instead of concealing or mending my instability, I reveal and record it, seeking new relationships and meanings through the process.

오예지 Yeji Oh 吴礼智
xhdpwl@naver.com

<스쿠온크의 모래성> Squonk’s Sandcastle, 각 파이프, 철망, 우레탄폼, 시멘트, 벽돌, 123x110x71cm, 2023
Steel pipes, wire mesh, urethane foam, cement, bricks

In Jorge Luis Borges’s The Book of Imaginary Beings, the Squonk is described as the most miserable creature, one that dissolves into a puddle of its own tears. Identifying myself—prone to many tears—with the Squonk, I have constructed a solid sandcastle compacted by its tears. By metonymizing personal emotions, I transform private misfortune into sculpture.