Framed Within 1

Joyrin (B. 1991 / Korea)

Framed Within 1

It was not a clear answer that pushed me out of the room, but the heat.

I did not know what to choose, nor was I certain of where I was headed, but my body inclined toward that door before my consciousness did.

The air inside the room grew thick with my presence; the longer I stayed, the heavier it became. As that oppression seeped under my skin, I practically gasped as I opened the door and stepped out.

I was the one who locked myself in, and I was also the one who chose to break free.

The milk carton in the space is like a tiny room—a box with a hard shell.

Its surface appears solid, yet it is a structure I can peel open with my own hands at any time.

This recurring form carries the memory of spaces I once inhabited and left behind, becoming a visual language that speaks of those places I constructed, grew within, and ultimately abandoned.

This work reflects a period when days operated in a loose and expanding loop.

The direction was blurred, and I could not see what lay ahead, yet I still threw myself outward.

The heat of those days—the collisions, the drifting, the paths never set—flows through the work.

Frail and wavering conviction, intertwined with deep, surging fear; all the restless inner movements finally settle here, forming layers.

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