[사람 없는 초상] 미리 꿰어 둔 바늘

A portrait of a person made without the person: the sewing corner of an elderly Korean woman living alone, on the heated ondol floor of an old house. A low folding table holding a traditional Korean sewing box (banjitgori), a thimble worn through at the tip, a magnifying glass, and a half-finished Korean jogakbo patchwork wrapping cloth in faded silk scraps. A pincushion bristling with a dozen needles that have ALL been threaded in advance with different coloured threads, dangling. A floor cushion pressed flat. Soft afternoon light through a hanji paper sliding door. Korean, NOT Japanese, NOT Chinese interior. No people, no text, no letters.