This series consists of three works that explore the structural and psychological relationship
between frames made of resin and the images placed within them. At the core of this work is
an investigation into the fear elicited by insects and the methods we employ to manage that
fear. The images depict insects commonly encountered within the sanctuary of one’s own
home. The artist deliberately displaces these objects of dread into frames which function as
sealed chambers, symbols of absolute disconnection. By surrounding the object of fear, the
work performs an act of imprisonment, revealing a desire to confine the source of terror and
place it under total control to avoid a direct, raw confrontation.
However, this attempt at absolute control is met with a paradox. The image captured within
the frame is not the living entity itself, but merely a hollow shell left behind after ecdysis. This
incomplete capture serves as a powerful metaphor for the futility of absolute suppression.
The subject’s impulse to dominate the object is thwarted, suggesting that the true essence of
the fear still exists somewhere beyond the periphery of the frame, ready to be encountered
again at any moment.
BIO
Hyunju Lee (*1997, South Korea) working with installation, digital still image, and animation.
She captures the moments when universal elements of life—such as form, emotion, and
space—intersect with the individual‘s sensory filter. Her practice focuses on exploring and
tracing the morphological variations that arise as these moments are internalized and
processed. Through her work she seeks to express a defamiliarized everyday life designed
through reassembled cognition.
CONTACT
@rehyunju
c.deuz.hh@gmail.com