In a Cocoon

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This work consists of photographs documenting the artist herself inside Self-Portrait (2022), along with a work featuring handwritten text.

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2022 – Self-Portrait

Around this time last year, when the weather had just begun to cool, I was raising silkworms in my room.

They made crisp, crackling sounds as they ate mulberry leaves, growing plump day by day. Dreaming of becoming moths, they spun themselves inside still-translucent cocoons, slowly rotating as they tirelessly produced white silk, until eventually their bodies disappeared completely within the white shells.

Dust, which continues to accumulate in proportion to the rhythms of daily life and the passage of time, is proof of being alive.

This coffin contains soil from my houseplants, fibers from my clothes, food crumbs, and even my DNA in the form of hair. Every fragment of myself is inscribed within it. The coffin is designed to fit my body precisely.

After my body eventually decays, the dust—normally destined to be immediately incinerated—will instead continue to speak on my behalf.

For 99.99…% of people on this planet, it may appear as nothing more than a filthy mass. Yet for someone else, it might be something that carries warmth, something to be cherished.