“The subjects in my work appear as unidentified ghosts that can't be said to be of this world. I've decided to call them incarnations. In various religions, myths, and legends, the word "incarnation" refers to the birth or emergence of transcendent beings in the form of humans or other bodies. If "incarnation" denotes the appearance of an abstract being in some concrete form, in a gut ceremony, a shaman could be considered an incarnation of our desires, hopes, and sorrows. The incarnations that appear in my work are always new and I meet them for the first time by drawing them.” WorldDesireBirthSorrowFirst TimeVariousAppearanceMythGhostAbstractGutsConcreteCeremonyIncarnation Author:Hyon Gyon
“Before she is an individual, a shaman is foremost a vehicle for receiving and expressing the grief and indignation of the people within society. The otherworldly strength that you see during a gut is the raging effort to forget and overcome the weakness of the self and is possible because it bears all the wrath and indignation of the people against oppression. Extraordinary acts performed with remarkable exaggeration encounter the human instinct to demolish one's own limitations, producing catharsis.” PeopleIndividualForgetEffortGriefWeaknessOvercomingInstinctExtraordinaryRageOppressionLimitationGutsRemarkableVehicleExaggeration Author:Hyon Gyon
“It's difficult to define catharsis. But I think that only those who acknowledge and respond to unseen worlds and energies can harness the power of those sources. The catharsis I experienced with my whole body during gut is reflected in my work.” ThinkingWorldEnergyDifficultAcknowledgeGuts Author:Hyon Gyon