Making is Praying
Year: 2020–ongoing
Format: Installation
Dimensions: Variable
Materials: Fabric, wood, string, thread
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a participatory artwork developed during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, when physical contact and social interaction were severely restricted. In the work, the artist and the viewer create a mask together while talking about someone whose health they wish to pray for.
Through the act of making a mask—an object that functioned not only as protection during the pandemic, but also as a personal charm for safeguarding oneself—the work creates an intimate space for sharing memories, care, prayer, and personal relationships.
Presented in an exhibition held under the limitations of the pandemic, the work was also an attempt by the artist to explore how she could meet, communicate with, and form connections with visitors at a time when direct interaction was constrained.
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Participants are invited to choose two photos of someone whose health they wish to pray for in the current situation, and send them to the artist’s PC. The selected photos are printed onto fabric on site. While talking freely about their memories with that person, their relationship, and their hopes for the future, the participant cuts out the printed fabric.
The artist then sews the fabric into a mask while praying together with the participant for the person’s health. Once completed, the mask is given to the participant.
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