흰 바람벽 4 ((Un)Becoming White 4)
Year: 2025
Medium: shipping box, graphite, 2x4, poly twine, sound, speaker
Size: 12’ x 8.5’ x 0.5’
Year: 2025
Medium: shipping box, graphite, 2x4, poly twine, sound, speaker
Size: 12’ x 8.5’ x 0.5’
On the shipping boxes, Korean-accented English is repeatedly written in Korean. These phrases, drawn from English study examples used in Korea, visualize the physical act of language acquisition—how the body remembers, adapts, and resists.
The "white" in the title refers not only to the Western ideal of whiteness—institutional authority, linguistic norms, and cultural centrality—but also to Korean history.
During the Japanese occupation, wearing white clothing became an act of resistance, a way to assert cultural identity under colonial rule.
The "white" in the title refers not only to the Western ideal of whiteness—institutional authority, linguistic norms, and cultural centrality—but also to Korean history.
During the Japanese occupation, wearing white clothing became an act of resistance, a way to assert cultural identity under colonial rule.