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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

Free tea for you, 단채널 비디오(4분 15초), 컬러, 사운드, 2025
Single-channel video (4 min 15 sec), color, sound
video © KyeongJin Nam

In ChaChaCha (2025), I imply that the tea I offered might have been grown and roasted by my own hands in China. A single cup of tea evokes the context of labor and migration, demonstrating the process by which it functions as a medium to connect the self with others.