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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.
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...
Dec 26, 2023
Shadow and Light
I will have work in the inaugural exhibition of the new Vladem Contemporary Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Shadow and Light. The show...
Sep 1, 2023
A Tree Vigil on the Summer Solstice
I held a 24 hour Tree Vigil on the summer solstice (June 21st). It was a beautiful experience of being in my creature self, untethered to...
Jul 1, 2023
Planting Foreign Trees
My sister helped me plant a cottonwood tree in my yard, and then my sister planted me. J P is a tree. 제피는 나무입니다. My blood is tree. I...
May 18, 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...
Apr 30, 2023
My Jender is Tree
I explore the relationship between truth, beauty, and identity in my artwork. More recently, language and story are main characters...
Sep 29, 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,...
Jul 20, 2022
The Tethered Tree Creates a New Shape and Rhythm
A tree tethering ceremony took place shortly after the winter solstice of 2021. The tethered ties changed by the hand of an anonymous...
May 19, 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...
Apr 21, 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...
Mar 16, 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...
Feb 26, 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 11, 2022
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