6.25 – The Displaced

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6.25 – the Displaced is a part of my ongoing 6.25 – The Korean War Project. For this installation, I incorporated one of ID ME series, which is transformed into a vessel for various contents. The skirt form had been my garden cloche to protect my tomatoes and lettuce for a decade. In this series, I try to manifest time and identity’s fluidity, by combining new wire with aged, weathered chicken wire and using malleable, pliable, flexible, but after the build pretty solid metal wire sculpture as an empty vessel. 

In this vessel ID ME – 6 year old, I incorporated images of Korean War refugees including me and my father alongside the words “I want to be your superman, I want to be our superman”. But the 6-year-old girl’s inability to fully embrace these issues made those images and words burst out of the form and scattered on the floor, which showed my attempt to embrace, yet also highlighted my inability to fully achieve it. It prompts reflection on ‘genetic trauma’ and the lingering impacts of historical tragedies on individual psyches.

To me, this act of creation becomes an ongoing battle between aspiration and reality. By revealing vulnerabilities and prolonged failures, my work inquires into the human condition and salvation. The wait for an answer, feeling like an endless war against time, enlightens me that my artistic journey is not just personal—it is a calling, a trial that transcends time and space with aspirations for redemption.

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