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BYUN SHI-JI · FŪDO 030

Kuishi Peke Yake

Living Alone

2010 · Jeju, late period

Byun Shi-Ji (변시지), Living Alone, 2010, painting from the late Jeju period, shaped by wind and dried-grass colour.

Artwork text

Kuishi peke yako si kukatika na ulimwengu.
Ni kupumua pamoja na upepo.
Ni kuinama pamoja na mti.
Ni kutazama mashua inayoenda mbali na kulinda mahali pako.
Upweke si mahali patupu pasipo na mtu.
Ni mahali mtu anapodumu kwa kina pamoja na nafsi yake.

Key context

Byun Shi-Ji alikuwa mchoraji wa kisasa wa Korea aliyeiona Fūdo ya Jeju si kama mandhari ya nyuma, bali kama sharti la uwepo. Upweke, kusubiri, upepo na rangi ya nyasi kavu huunda usasa wa Kikorea wa kijumuiya-kienyeji, uliokita mizizi mahali na kufunguka kwa dunia.