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The theme Story Story Explores how personal and cultural narratives are constructed and shared through diverse media. Over a six-week residency leading into the January–February 2025 exhibition at Toronto’s Collision Gallery, we engaged in talks and workshops with mentors (Yassine Ben Abdallah, Lanaire Aderemi, Sage Paul, Grace An, and Sharine Taylor) learning to convey nuanced reflections on family, identity, cross-generational traditions, and the self.
KYOPO contributes to this dialogue by weaving the commonalities into a storytelling structure, creating a rich narrative layer that resonates with the exhibition’s focus on intimate, culturally-rooted storytelling.
KYOPO is a mixed media installation featuring laser-cut wooden boxes of varying depths, brought to life through video-mapped projections that play across their surfaces. The number 8 is a recurring motif throughout the installation.
At its core, the project is built on a foundation of eight 8” x 8” boxes, each representing the story of one of eight families. These narratives are conveyed through eight videos, each lasting eight seconds.
In Korean culture, the number 8 is viewed as a symbol of luck, prosperity, and wealth, often associated with good fortune in many areas of lifereflecting the resilience and hope embedded in each family’s story.