When I was young and going through psychological and mental hardships, my father told me, ‘The pain that exists in the world has various widths and depths. It is not noticeable on the outside and its size cannot be predicted, so no one can understand or sympathize with the pain. However, light can fill that wide space, so I will become your light and fill your pain.’ That’s why light is the most inspiring thing to me, and I started researching light.

So, I started to study light and the culture of my hometown, Korea.

I tried to make light and clothes one by attaching light bulbs to the fabric or using fabric that can emit light. I also made fabric using laser cutting by patterning the shape of light.

My fabric is delicate but also rough. I sometimes cut the fabric lengthwise and made it into one, and sometimes I put together pieces of fabric to make one large fabric. During this process, the fabric’s structure is loosened and torn, so rough parts are naturally created. However, I tried to make it delicate and harmonious. (In the old days of Korea, there was a class system, and at that time, poor people put together pieces of fabric and sewed them into one fabric to make clothes. This was called patchwork.)

All the clothes I will make this time are made using draping. When making clothes, I think the most important thing is how a person stands and how they look when wearing the clothes, so I emphasize the curves, cuts, and silhouettes of the clothes.

I thought about the technique that best suits the image I am pursuing, and I thought it was the technique that could best express that part.