Framed Within 1

喬 林｜Joyrin (B. 1991 / Korea)

框中的視界 1｜Framed Within 1

複合媒材、木板｜mixed media on wood board

72.7 x 60.6 cm

2025

It wasn't a clear answer that pushed me out of the room, but the heat.

I didn't know what to choose, nor where I was going, but my body moved towards the door before my mind did.

The air indoors became thicker with my presence, growing heavier the longer I stayed. When that pressure seeped under my skin, I practically gasped as I opened the door and stepped out.

I was the one who locked myself in, and I was also the one who chose to break free.

The milk carton in the space is like a tiny room—a box with a hard shell.

Its surface appears sturdy, yet it's a structure I can peel open with my own hands at any time.

This recurring form carries the memories of spaces I once inhabited and then left, becoming a visual language that speaks of the places I built, grew in, and eventually abandoned.

This artwork reflects a period of days that operated in a loose and expansive loop.

The direction was vague, the path ahead unclear, yet I still threw myself outward.

The heat of those days—colliding, drifting, never having a fixed path—flows through the work.

Faint and wavering certainty intertwined with deep, surging fear; all the uneasy internal movements ultimately settled here, layer by layer.

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