"I have been designing colorful uniforms for over 10 years. The life of these uniforms is as short as a day or as long as several months."

"I was excited to design and make the uniforms. But looking back, what I made of uniforms was to create 'pretty household waste' that was used for a while and then thrown away. Because uniforms are difficult to recycle or donate."

"I felt the joy and reward of being a creator while making the uniform. On the other hand, I always felt uncomfortable and sorry for making ‘living waste’."

"I didn't want to create any more wasted. My determination is like a kind of guilty pleasure. This is why ‘swach or thread’ appears in my works."

"To me, it actually means 'the beginning and the end of a relationship, and another connection'. I untie a 4km long skein and cut it repeatedly with scissors. This act is an act of saying goodbye to one of the 'consumable ties', which is one of the ideas of the thread."

"I bundle and glue the cut threads. Through this action, an ambiguous boundary is created on the canvas. This ambiguity is reborn as 'a new relationship beyond severance'."

"A lot of people say "the boundaries are clear", but I think this is "stupid". Just as sedimentation and erosion spread on the beach can always change the coastline, the boundary between land and sea. Boundaries are like creatures that are always changing."

"To break down boundaries, to connect new relationships with boundaries, today, I put a ‘thread’ on the canvas."

"In fact, like living things, they stick together and fill the gaps. In the end, this thread creates another life, an ‘object’, and oxidizes fiercely."

"Perhaps a boundary means that nothing is set. However, life like a thread breaks down its boundaries like fate, fills its place, and resurrects as a new life."

▲ Jieuno 2022

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