“Operation Table : Resurrecting the Body of the Drawing” focuses on the spatiality of the body's interior, which cannot be physically experienced, as a means of engaging with the space we inhabit. The process begins with imagining my own body and its interior, followed by the act of drawing that unfolds in a stream of consciousness. The body, initially drawn at a 1:1 scale, is then deconstructed and reassembled to form a new body. The drawing emerges as a foundational blueprint for the spatial design, a canvas for the imagination to inhabit, and a womb from which the new space will be conceived.
“Vesalius would later echo this thought in his Fabrica, which presents the dissected body as an admirable “microcosm” of the wisdom of God. As Shigehisa Kuriyama has aptly summarized, anatomical curiosity in the West is based on the premise that bodily forms express their creative purpose.” (Pérez-Gómez, 2006)
In this context, the body is not merely examined as a collection of blood and intestines but is incorporated into the study as a domain for a curious and detailed exploration of the harmony among its parts, the diversity of its components, and the intricacies of this 'microcosm.' The pieces, cut with reference to the lines and forms in the drawing, are intricately stitched together, layered, and interwoven. These parts, which do not align perfectly, are bound and sewn with threads. Rather than forming a seamless whole, they are interconnected and multiplied, endeavoring to recreate and renew the microcosm of the body depicted in the drawing.
