<FUNAMBULIST> explores the disorienting sense of vertigo experienced in a new home in East London, a place that now projects an ostentatious façade with its towering skyscrapers. Here, vertigo becomes a metaphor for our relentless pursuit of progress and success, a reminder on the dangers of reaching too high, lest we risk falling.
As towers ascend towards closer to the heavenly sky, they increasingly detach from the realities of the ground. Those looking down from such lofty heights lose touch with the vertigo they once felt, rendering it irrelevant to both their physical and mental state.
This work draws inspiration from Paul Cezanne´s Mont Sainte-Victoire and Korean expletive "18: ssibal," composed of 18 extreme multiple exposures that visually encapsulate vertigo, introspection, and reflection.
Special thanks to Catherine Yass.
Photographed between 2023-2024.
Proofings made 2024, c-types in 150 x 120 cm.
NOTE:
-CICA Museum, Abstract Mind, 10th International Exhibition on Abstract Art, 23 Apr -18 May 2025, Gimpo.