Scrap paper

 

'Scrap paper' means 'paper scraps' or 'reusable paper.' The term 'scrap' refers to 'pieces' of paper, fabric, etc., or it can also mean 'to discard' or 'throw away.' Until now, I have been working on collecting traces of micro-particles, much like dust. These fragments have been collected within my living environment and even beyond, from space and virtual spaces. The collected pieces have been arranged on a single canvas, using printmaking techniques to replicate the current moment in time, as it continuously changes.

In this exhibition, I view waste paper as 'paper scraps' and intends to embroider the night sky's stars using these disconnected pieces that have not become complete entities.

 

 

The lifespan of the sun, which we may believe will last forever in the sky, is estimated to be around 10 billion years. When the sun depletes its hydrogen gas as fuel, it will go through nuclear reactions and turn into a red giant. Following that, the dying sun will release an immense amount of heat, causing Earth's oceans to evaporate, the atmosphere to be destroyed, and everything on the surface to melt away. Eventually, the sun will consume all of its fuel. The final stage will be a white dwarf, which will ultimately become a black dwarf, a mere speck in the vast universe. Even the seemingly eternal sun will become a star in the night sky as time passes, just like discarded waste paper also becomes a star in the night sky.

The alternate meaning of 'scrap paper' as '이면지 (imyeonji),' which can be read as reusable paper, but I see it as leftover material, becoming stars in the night sky as contrasting landscapes. Dust, particles, and waste paper are all remnants or fragments of some entity, and they are never insignificant. Just as we can see twinkling stars in the dark night sky due to cosmic dust absorbing visible light, our lives are ultimately composed of such elements, even if they are incomplete pieces of scrap paper.

 

Kang Bora graduated (2017) from the Western Painting Department of Sungshin Women's University's College of Art, and graduated (2019) with a master's degree in printmaking at the graduate school. She has continued to focus on micro particles in her daily life and capture people's lives. Among them, dust-based work has been continued for a long time. Dust flies in the air, depositing and moving to the surface of the earth, causing disease, and these small particles migrate by the external environment, causing cracks in daily life, and transforming again in harmony with other things. Recently, these micro particles have been collected in her radius of life and furthermore in space and virtual space. Major solo exhibitions include Cosmic Dust (Ujeongguk, 2022), Mu(μ) (Space illi, 2021), and Where You Live (Culturebunker, 2021), and major group exhibitions include Flexible Hysteria (Daegu art factory, 2021), APAP6 (Anyang Public Art Project)(Anyang Arts Park, 2019), and PICK ME : How to use the material (Gyeonggi Art Museum,2019). She has been selected for a number of support projects, including "Art and Tech-type 1 Idea Planning and Implementation Support" (arko, 2023), "Art Creation Activity Support-A Track" (Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture(sfac), 2022), and "Creative Preparation Support RE:SEARCH" (sfac, 2020). Collections of works include Microsoft Korea, Gyeonggi-do Museum of Art, Yangju City Jang Wook-jin Museum of Art, and Incheon Art Bank.​