in the time it takes — oliviasongpark

in the time it takes

in the time it takes

2007

“Executed in tiny, repetitive gestures, the pieces, made of stitched thread, dried glue, heads of Q-Tips and Lilliputian pen strokes, were deliciously obsessive - the scribblings of a madwoman. That is to say: Wonderful.”

Collin Berry, Artweek

encountering the edge.
thread, paper, glue.
dried glue puddles hand-stitched together, hand-stitched onto paper, hand stitching continued throughout paper.

is moving on.
thread, paper.
hand-stitched paper, sent as postcard, returned.

writing over numbers (the days i’ve been alive (9,281) in 1084 minutes).
pen and ink on paper.
the numbers “1” through “9,281” written consecutively from left to right, top to bottom.

to die averagely (in 22, 307 days).
pen and ink on paper.
tally of days i have until i am expected to die
based on the average of several average life expectancies for a korean female born in the U.S. in 1982

counting on numbers