Jessica 현 Song
current interests:
Recently, I have been building houses for my drawings...
current interests:
red oak, ash and other remnants from burning
35-1/2” x 12” x 6”
2025
35-1/2” x 12” x 6”
2025
This ritual is about the infinite cycle of creating and destroying. There is no end product. Nothing is gained nor extracted during the process. I burn the paper, collect the ashes, and using the ashes, I draw more on the paper, burn it, and the process repeats itself.
Although this ritual is meant to be performed in one’s room, the choice of burning as a method of destruction also raises a critique of having a lack of access to spaces in modern-day homes for these forms of rituals to exist. Rituals using fire, or a simple meditative act of 불멍 (bul-mung; directly translates to fire-zoning out--the act of mindlessly staring at a source of fire) are so prevalent, but why is it so hard to bring them to our rooms, the most intimate place in our homes?
Although this ritual is meant to be performed in one’s room, the choice of burning as a method of destruction also raises a critique of having a lack of access to spaces in modern-day homes for these forms of rituals to exist. Rituals using fire, or a simple meditative act of 불멍 (bul-mung; directly translates to fire-zoning out--the act of mindlessly staring at a source of fire) are so prevalent, but why is it so hard to bring them to our rooms, the most intimate place in our homes?