Candlelight Vigil, 2022

Candlelight Vigil reflects the influence of the military regime from the 60s to 90s on Korean society, especially how the hierarchical division in social groups is reinforced through various restrictions of bodily movement.

The project began with the personal experience in the Korean army and the observation that the military fashioned top to bottom social structure, reinforced through the delimitation of bodily autonomy among soldiers, which has led to the singularity of ideas. as they hinder fluid communication between different ranks.

The work attempts to convey – the resistance against bodily restrictions is the key to recovering the individuality and the plurality of thoughts, views, and perspectives.