Incubating Home
"Incubating Home" visualizes the Korean social structure passed down from one generation to the next. Anchoring the piece is a book of poetry written by the artist's father, symbolizing parental authority and its role in shaping cultural identity. As the pages turn, fleeting and unstable images of an American home for sale and a field being harvested appear. These juxtapositions highlight the unease of old ideas taking root in a new environment. This dynamic is mirrored by an audio track that resembles a call-and-response: a mother dictates her father's lessons to her American-born daughter, who is made to repeat them. This dialogue resonates within a virtual echo chamber, reinforcing traditional social structures and ideals that could persist, disappear, or adapt across generations and places.