The Desire

This installation is inspired by the Korean folktale Ja-Rin-Go-Bi, a story about a miser who hangs a dried fish (gulbi) from the ceiling and eats plain rice while staring at it, pretending to taste the flavor.

It is a narrative of imagined satisfaction: a hunger sustained through illusion. In this work, a monumental fish is suspended just out of reach, dramatizing the tension between desire and denial. By transforming a traditional moral tale into immersive scale and spatial absurdity, the piece invites viewers to confront their own projections of excess, fantasy, and fulfillment.