nocedra

"Nocedra" is a coined term combining nociception (the perception of pain) and –edra (structure).

This body of work explores the "invisible structures" through which pain is perceived, accumulated, and transformed. In the Nocedra series, fragments of the body—such as bones, nerves, and internal organs—are not treated as anatomical subjects, but rather as symbols of internal experience.
These elements are dismantled and rearranged on the canvas, forming something akin to an operating table or a map of psychological distress.

The act of drawing itself becomes a physical and repetitive process that seeks to approach the essence of pain.
Through repeated gestures—scratching, layering, pressing—I do not aim to reproduce pain, but rather to locate its precise source.

While physical pain has boundaries, emotional or psychological pain lacks clear form and is difficult to visualize.
If viewers sense unease or a dull ache from the work, it may be pointing to the "place of pain" that exists within themselves.

This series does not depict violence itself. Rather, it is an attempt to bring attention to the ambiguous structures through which we are wounded—and at times, unwittingly complicit—on a daily basis.
Instead of passively accepting pain, I suggest the possibility of discovering new ways of protecting ourselves in the future by making pain visible.

Though the work originates from personal sensation, it ultimately expands into a universal inquiry: How can we visualize pain? And where does the process of healing begin?