Missing Compass

A poster of the map of the mixed Palestinian/Israeli area with a rifle made out of the different villages which live so close to each other but have so much disdain for each other. In the idea of ‘coexistence,’ I thought overly wishful imagery in a warzone might make people complacent at some point on both sides, such that the idea of peace is too abstract to make people act fast. We cannot see the peace today so we should see the violence. I am trying to confront the audience with violence on both sides of the conflict in Palestine/Israel, such that both people are at risk, and tensions are always high. The rifle crosses all villages and pain itself does not discriminate between them.

Confirmation Bias

It’s fascinating in how many different ways we have managed to communicate, since we are able to collect information, remember it and convey it. However one of the most persistent struggles of human civilization throughout our evolution, has been the lack of our emotional control therefore our preexisting beliefs or hypotheses may push us to interpret it in biased ways. Polarization of opinion is present in all healthy, democratic societies however confirmation bias may ignite from emotionally charged debates to wars. In the same manner it can affect economies, science, religion, self-image. Confirmation bias is the eternal border between the truth and how our brain deals with the truth.

I can’t breathe

8Times solo exhibitions, Korea, Japan
200 Times group exhibitions, Korea, Japan, USA, China, Europe etc

Collection
Seoul Museum of Art, Gyeongnam Art Museum – Korea
Zhibo Ceramic Museum, Cixi Ceramic Museum – China
Hagi Uragami Museum, Aichi Ceramic Museum, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Museum- Japan
Victoria & Albert Museum – United Kingdom
Yingge Ceramic Museum- Taiwan

Jury member
2012 International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan
2016 Taiwan ceramic biennale , Taiwan

Old and New

Seoul, South Korea.
Old and weathered, a building sags under the weight of the idiosyncrasies of life, while silently above, immense faceless monoliths grope ever higher, swallowing the last open spaces, leaving only reflections in their wake.

The world over, our personal spaces (physical and mind) are being eroded by rich and powerful private interests, reshaping them into playgrounds we are granted access to, but in exchange for our civil liberties.

CO-

Hands are symbols and tools of communication. Shaping the “C” and “O” are representing the sharing first letters of the words “cooperative”, “collaborative”, “community”, “combine” and “coexist”. The hidden symbol behind the “O” hand means that everything will be okay someday.

United We Stand

The use of different fonts and overlapping is a metaphor of representing the different people, nations, their character and beliefs, uniting under one single word. Only if we are united, we can change the world.

Coexist Meeting

The video conference call perfectly visualises the current struggles between space, the physical body and the notion of self. More than ever it’s important trying to coexist and understand what’s on the other side of the screen.

coexistence

in these times of virtual coexistence the eyes connect us through glass screens, in a collective surveillance where we all see and are seen by each other like fish floating in a gigantic bubble

Sieben Wochen / Woche 6

Viewed from different perspectives my series “Sieben Wochen” fits perfectly to the topic Coexist:

My photographic work shows my identical twin sister and me during our quarantine of seven weeks.
We coexist since the beginning of our lives, started with the splitting of the egg cell. On the other hand we coexisted, at the same time, in the same place, night and day during quarantine.

For my project I took 7 photographs in 7 weeks. Every photo represents one week and the feelings we went threw during this period of time. To make them clear I added a few words about the previous days.

Unfortunately I can only show you four photographs, but here is the link to the whole series on my website

Sieben Wochen / Woche 4

Viewed from different perspectives my series “Sieben Wochen” fits perfectly to the topic Coexist:

My photographic work shows my identical twin sister and me during our quarantine of seven weeks.
We coexist since the beginning of our lives, started with the splitting of the egg cell. On the other hand we coexisted, at the same time, in the same place, night and day during quarantine.

For my project I took 7 photographs in 7 weeks. Every photo represents one week and the feelings we went threw during this period of time. To make them clear I added a few words about the previous days.

Unfortunately I can only show you four photographs, but here is the link to the whole series on my website

Sieben Wochen / Woche 3

Viewed from different perspectives my series “Sieben Wochen” fits perfectly to the topic Coexist:

My photographic work shows my identical twin sister and me during our quarantine of seven weeks.
We coexist since the beginning of our lives, started with the splitting of the egg cell. On the other hand we coexisted, at the same time, in the same place, night and day during quarantine.

For my project I took 7 photographs in 7 weeks. Every photo represents one week and the feelings we went threw during this period of time. To make them clear I added a few words about the previous days.

Unfortunately I can only show you four photographs, but here is the link to the whole series on my website