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BYUN SHI-JI · FŪDO 067

Upepo Mkali

The Gale

1983 · Jeju, middle period

Byun Shi-Ji (변시지), The Gale, 1983, painting from the middle Jeju period, shaped by wind and dried-grass colour.

Artwork text

Upepo uliusomba uwanda na kupita.
Nyumba ya nyasi ilianguka upande mmoja,
na ukuta wa mawe pia ulipoteza umbo lake.
Mbali, chini ya upeo wa macho,
mzee na farasi wamesimama wameegemeana.
Nyumba haikuweza kumlinda mtu,
lakini mtu na farasi
bado wanalindana.
Hata mahali pa kurudi pakianguka,
akibaki mtu kando yako,
maisha yanaanza tena.

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.