Hatching amid my own exhaustion (H), 2022
Graphite on mixed media paper, 5’ x 3’
Traces, NARS Foundation International Residency (2022). Curated by Marie Anine Møller. Pictured (left to right): Huidi Xiang, Rotem Reshef, Jacq Groves, Nicki Cherry, Daniel Shieh, Nicole Ji Soo Kim
Line Tracing, Shadow Chasing, the plumb, Toronto, ON (2023). Curated by Amanda Boulos. Pictured (left to right): Sukaina Kubba, Mary Dyja, Sukaina Kubba, Nicole Ji Soo Kim, Metha Oz, Leila Fatemi. Photo Courtesy of Alison Postma.
Embracing the intricate process of understanding Absence, two sheets of paper sized 5’ x 3’ are filled with various degrees of graphite. Time is documented through numbered instructions. A sense of endurance as well as an obsessive behavior is documented through the transparency of labor presented by the arrows; both characteristics enhanced by a mourning process. Tedious and meticulous actions are performed. When one feels a loss so deeply, grief lens seems to be a symptom that permanently resides inside one’s body and mind to view the world in a constant state of grief. The topic and a personal work of mourning is neutralized through objective scoring, while simultaneously felt poignant by the confronting grayscale drawing beside it.
I acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.