Moon Calendar Jindo, South Korea 2014
A Longing for Vanished Time
Moon Calendar Jindo, South Korea 2014 captures daily lunar phases in a circular rhythm, evoking a quiet longing for time that has passed—beginning in April 2014.
Moon Calendar, Berlin 2020
| Year | Medium | Size | Data Source | Category |
| 2021 | Watercolor, Pencil on paper | 40 x 100 cm | Sun & Moon Data from Jindo, South Korea 2014 | Watercolor Painting |
About This Work
I usually begin my calendar works by selecting a year and creating a visual record based on the sun and moon data of all 365 days. There is a certain density and impact that emerges when the changes of an entire year are gathered into a single frame—something I want both myself and the viewer to confront and feel.
But this work is a little different. Based on the sun and moon data from April to December 2014, this calendar focuses on Jindo, a coastal town in South Korea. I wanted to emphasize the weight of this particular time, and the memory that continues beyond it. Perhaps this feeling is not mine alone.
This piece was created in 2021, during a year when I made one calendar drawing each day. Every day, I chose a different location and recorded it in a small sketchbook, like writing a diary. Most of these places held personal meaning for me, and I hoped that through my chosen time and space, that meaning might resonate with someone else as well. And on April 16, I naturally chose Jindo.
That day, I felt the need to go beyond a single daily drawing, and decided to create a separate calendar dedicated to Jindo in 2014. That was the beginning of this work.
I still cannot fully come to terms with the painful memory of April 2014, but while working on this piece, I tried to quietly carry that heavy feeling into each and every circle.
This piece was made using watercolor and pencil on paper.
Exhibition View
Artist Notes
“I wanted to record a day.
To leave behind a structure
within the stream of vanishing time.At first, I drew with lines—
long and slender traces of each day.
On each line,
I inscribed the moments
when the sun and moon lit our lives.
These inscriptions began to form
a familiar rhythm of long and short beats.”“Those lines gathered into a month,
transformed into sound,
and eventually became an installation
that emitted light on its own.
Then, I returned
to the language of circles.
Within that shape—once symbolic of wholeness—
I etched the moments
when the sun rose and the moon set.Each circular day was geometrically divided,
and the rhythm once seen in linear days
reappeared in a new form—
as if dancing.This series visualizes
the flow of time,
allowing fleeting sensations
to linger on the surface
of a single page—
my own calendar.”