ARTIST STATEMENT

For the last few years, I have been working on the modular construction of oblique structures using multiples of a standard unit of obliquely-cut wood. Considering this oblique unit as a new architectural language, I have explored oblique structures and their possibilities as a new construction method. Each oblique structure is like a growing entity reminiscent of a tower, a staircase, a fence, a wall, furniture, a human, an animal, and a tree with an organic character and humor. When installed in different scales and materials (wood, polypropylene, stainless steel, or aluminum) in various spaces such as gallery spaces, residential spaces, outdoor space, and public spaces, the possibilities of transformation and application of these structures widely expand. My work also involves the creation of digital drawings as a design template for each structure. As a whole, the oblique structure series become my on-going investigation of the relationship between two and three dimensions, illusion and reality, form and function, and traditional and digital method for creating artworks. As expansion to these oblique structure project, recently I have been focusing on folding technique, using polypropylene and acrylic paint. These structures could be folded and unfolded like origami structure, in various color and light combination.