누구의 기억 (Second Exposure)

In dreams, memories rarely return in their original form—they dissolve, blur, skip frames,

and reassemble. 누구의 기억 (Second Exposure) is a photographic series comprising of

flood-damaged family images that have been rephotographed and encased in glass.

As a diasporic artist, I occupy a space between cultures, and the glass functions as both a

boundary and a conduit — mediating between past and present, presence and absence.

Each image exists in a state of partial legibility, echoing the ambiguity of dreams and the

instability of memory. The process of encasing the photographs in glass both preserves and

distorts them, prompting reflection on what it means to remember across distance, time,

and generational loss. Like the moment just after waking — uncertain whether what was seen

was real or imagined — these works attempt to hold onto what resists preservation.

This series becomes a quiet archive of emotional residue. It reflects on how memory does not

survive as a fixed or objective record, but as a fragile, shifting imprint—one that is shaped as

much by what is absent as by what remains.