Bed I

‘Bed’ is a recurring image in my practice, it is the place closest to our bodies and the site where dreams occur. The presence of the bed provides us with a sense of belonging and security. In a certain sense, the bed is also a container.

The image of Bed I exists between an object and a body. It resembles both a folded bed and a curled-up body. The curled posture reflects a longing for security. This act of folding (or curling) forms a space that cannot be filled, it points to a hole, an emptiness, or a lack.

Because that lack always exists, in the depths of being. It is so essential that it was already there, even before our own existence… 

The making of Bed I returns to the state from a few years ago associated with the making of Bookcase (Waiting), revisiting the way of gradually constructing the work piece by piece using cut wooden blocks. The ‘body’ became a theme of the work once again, unwittingly; or perhaps, it has never left my art practice. Merleau-Ponty said, our bodies and the world are made of the same stuff.