The promised child
2013
Nylon stockings, fabric, thread, handicraft cotton, cosmetics, herbs, beads, baby powder
H50×W40×D70cm

 

This object tells her visionary fantasy of her marriage with “her baby.”

This imaginary baby will never receive life in this world because its mother’s body, her body does not possess reproductive functions.

There was a time when she refused any oral nutrition and the only way for her to touch her body was with her vomit.

The nutrition given via the mouth, in other words, breast milk, was refused. Maternal conflict and hesitation, and her long speculation regarding her own femininity.

The price for that, or the value of that was losing some functions in her uterus.

Here is both the soul of a pure girl who will never mature, and the body that has gender with the ability to become a mother but now only growing old.

The promise to “her baby” - it is the eternal pledge that ties the mismatched soul and body.