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BYUN SHI-JI · FŪDO 098

Siku Moja

A Day

2004 · Jeju, late period

Byun Shi-Ji (변시지), A Day, 2004, painting from the late Jeju period, shaped by wind and dried-grass colour.

Artwork text

Jua limechomoza. Mume anakwenda shambani, mke anakwenda baharini.
Mume anamwongoza maksai na kulima. Jasho linalowesha mgongo wake.
Mke anaingia majini. Anaokota konokono wa bahari
na kuchuma abalone. Mmoja ardhini, mmoja baharini. Chini ya anga moja,
kwa moyo mmoja, wanaibeba siku. Kwa jasho lile mtoto alikua. Kwa jasho
ambalo wazazi walilichota siku baada ya siku kutoka ardhini na baharini.

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.