Dialogue between J P 제피 and Sharon Mizota on the role of spirituality in contemporary art
Art writer and archivist Sharon Mizota and I engaged in an exquisite-corpse style proposal for a dialogue on inter-being which was...
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오방색
오방색 (o bang saek) is a space for exploring identity, culture, and iconography in a context that de-centers the Western paradigm. News and announcement will also be made on 오방색. For access to posts featuring experimental and inceptive explorations, please join my Patreon community.
- May 27
Halmoni is a Shapeshifter
Last year I wrote about my 할모니 in a post called Forgetting and Remembering in Making 김치. The shaped poem included in the post, Halmoni is...
- Apr 30
당산나무 의식 Tree Ceremony
What is a tree ceremony? It depends on the tree and what or whom is being honored. This one is about honoring and strengthening...
- Jan 20
층층 나무 Layered Tree Raising
What does it mean to witness the raising of a tree? What is the meaning you sense in the evergreen? This opening performance took place...
- Nov 21, 2022
PechaKucha Night Volume 15: Perception
I presented My Jender is Tree at PechaKucha Night Vol 15: Perception hosted by Creative Santa Fe at SITE Santa Fe on Thursday, November...
- Nov 6, 2022
The artist J P (formerly Jen Pack) brings her history and work into Wo/Manhouse
This artist interview published about my project 그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) at Wo/Manhouse. It takes a deeper dive into layered...
- Oct 5, 2022
Artists at Work: Borderlands
I am honored to be one of the participating artists in the Artists at Work initiative in the Borderlands Region. It is a year long...
- Sep 29, 2022
My Jender is Tree
I explore the relationship between truth, beauty, and identity in my artwork. More recently, language and story are main characters...
- Jul 26, 2022
그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) video tour
Take a guided tour of my project space - 그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) - at Wo/Manhouse 2022. Each video is 1-3 minutes long, or you...
- Jul 20, 2022
Brooklyn Rail - s(he), (he)r, we: An exquisite-corpse style proposal for a dialogue on inter-being
On the Critic's Page in the July/Aug 2022 edition of the Brooklyn Rail, Susette Min and Amy Sadao "asked artists, curators, poets,...
- Jun 17, 2022
The inception of 그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms)
그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) is my project space in the den of Wo/Manhouse 2022. It is a site of beauty and dissonance. I thought I...
- Apr 21, 2022
나의 형체 (This is the Shape of Me) - 우리 형체 (This is the Shape of We)
This is video of a ceremony that took place on February 12, 2022 both in-person and through Zoom. It was intended to integrate distinct...
- Mar 20, 2022
Forgetting and Remembering in Making 김치 (Kimchee)
I started making 김치 (kimchee) a little over a year ago, after many years of obsessing about trying to make it. This wasn’t going to be...
- Mar 16, 2022
Abstract Art and the Yellow Woman as Ornament
Image by Takeo Royer. It has been a year since the Atlanta mass shooting targeting Asian women. And there has been a recent upsurge in...
- Feb 26, 2022
Update on the Tethered Tree
Someone came by and tied the loose ribbon ends that were trailing on the ground of the tethered tree to a nearby fence. I love this...
- Jan 17, 2022
What are you?
I know, I know, I should have recorded this conversation between myself and my artwork back in art school. But, I didn't, so I'm doing it...
- Jan 11, 2022
A Tree Tethering
There are trees on the acequias near my home that I am in relationship with. They are a constellation of felt energy in a pattern that...
- Jan 3, 2022
Developing the Shape of Me
My work has begun eliciting poemesque titles to expand meaning. I am also exploring the use of Korean language to reach beyond my known...
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