Dohee Park

‘Territory of the Unsaid’

This work explores how energy from the most expressive parts of the body—particularly the shoulders and back—shapes our perception of space and emptiness. Inspired by the East Asian concept of yeobaek, where emptiness is understood as a field of emotion and presence, the piece reimagines space as something fluid and responsive.

The movement artist’s gestures, though fleeting, are preserved as concentrated energy and materialised into sculptures. These forms translate invisible emotional traces into tangible structures, revealing the tension between the physical and the psychological.

Though still, the sculptures retain the sense of movement and breath, acting as vessels of memory and emotion. Rather than simply capturing form, they reshape space into something more alive—an environment that feels rather than defines. In this way, the work becomes a meditation on how bodies, even in stillness, continue to speak and shape the spaces they inhabit.

‘carving air’

carving air explores the repetitive anxieties of the human psyche, focusing on the relationship between ‘breath’ and ‘anxiety‘. Through interactions with sculptures symbolising escalating anxiety, the work examines the cycle between negative emotions and recovery, expressed through the movement of breath. Breath becomes the medium of sculpture, the body serves as a creative tool, and movement gives form to the intangible, inviting reflection on the interplay between control and the unknown.

The sculpture reflects the fragility of the human condition. Repetitive acts born from negative emotions may seem stabilising but leave scars that deepen over time. Internal mechanisms reflect the will to overcome pain, represented by sculptures that return to their original state, symbolising resilience. External mechanisms, fragile despite their solidity, highlight the instability of the human mind, marked by cracks and scars.