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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.
Aug 21, 2024
Stepping Up and Into Public Art
I've been quiet online this year. A lot has been happening behind the scenes with two public art projects, working with community, and...
Dec 26, 2023
Equinox Tree Vigil
A 3-day equinox vigil (beginning September 21st) in a tree near my home revealed myself to me. It was luminous to be held by a tree for 3...
Aug 17, 2023
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...
May 27, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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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