시: concrete poem
시: concrete poem (no.102024), 2024
Graphite on hand-cut ottchil dyed hanji, aluminum frame
54.75 x 18.75 x 2 inches
detail of 시: concrete poem (no.102024)
시: concrete poem (no.102724), 2024
Graphite on hand-cut ottchil dyed hanji, aluminum frame
54.75 x 18.75 x 2 in
Graphite on hand-cut ottchil dyed hanji, aluminum frame
54.75 x 18.75 x 2 in
detail close-up
시: concrete poem (no.111123), 시: concrete poem (no.111323)
시: concrete poem (no.071724),
Graphite on handcut ottchil dyed hanji, walnut frame, 111.5 x 22.5 x 5 cm
installation view at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, KR
2024
시: concrete poem (no.061524)
Graphite on hand-cut ottchil dyed hanji, aluminum frame
55.25 x 18.75 x 2 in (140 x 48 x 5 cm)
2024
detail of 시: concrete poem (no.061524)
detail of 시: concrete poem (no.061524)
Photo: Paul Salveson and Commonwealth and Council
2024
2024
installation view
Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, 2024
Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, 2024
시: concrete poem (no.061324)
Graphite on hand-cut ottchil dyed hanji, aluminum frame55.25 x 18.75 x 2 in (140 x 48 x 5 cm)
Photo: Paul Salveson / Commonwealth and Council
2024
HERE 시: concrete poem (no.041924)
2024
close-up detail
close-up detail
시: concrete poem (no.111123), 시: concrete poem (no.111323)
graphite on hand cut hanji, wood frame, steel poles
installation view, Thaddaeus Ropac, Seoul, KR, photo by artifact
2024
close-up detail, (no.111323)
시: concrete poem (no.071724),
Graphite on handcut ottchil dyed hanji, walnut frame, 111.5 x 22.5 x 5 cm
installation view at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, KR
2024
시: concrete poem (no.071524), 시: concrete poem (no.071324)
installation view at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, KR
2024
시: concrete poem (no.071324),
Graphite on handcut ottchil dyed hanji, walnut frame, 111.5 x 22.5 x 5 cm
installation view at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, KR
2024
Graphite on handcut ottchil dyed hanji, walnut frame, 111.5 x 22.5 x 5 cm
installation view at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, KR
2024
시: concrete poem (no.071524),
Graphite on handcut ottchil dyed hanji, walnut frame, 111.5 x 22.5 x 5 cm
installation view at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, KR
2024
Graphite on handcut ottchil dyed hanji, walnut frame, 111.5 x 22.5 x 5 cm
installation view at Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, KR
2024
시: concrete poem
2023 - ongoing
In a material and immaterial meditation on language, Chun creates her own asemic writing through a time-based, laborious process of drawing and cutting. 시: concrete poem reinterprets the Korean shamanic tradition of paper cutting (설위설경), used to create talismans and to communicate across time and place. Chun repeatedly draws graphite lines on hanji (Korean mulberry paper) and meticulously cuts her own abstract language patterns by hand, a process echoing an inherited familial buddhist tradition of writing as a metaphysical practice 수행. 시: concrete poem reflects on language's cosmic enunciations and incantations through gaps, shadows, and time.