PAREIDOLIA SERIES

Pareidolia, a type of apophenia—the broader human tendency to seek meaning in randomness—serves as the conceptual foundation of this series.

This phenomenon has its roots in Mimi Jung's early childhood experiences in Seoul, where countless hours were spent lying beneath the wooden grid of a pergola. From that vantage point, Jung took in the surrounding buildings and the drifting clouds between them, reimagining cloud shapes as familiar figures often interacting with one another—a universal pastime steeped in nostalgia.

The essence of these early experiences, the skyward perspective, is now translated onto the loom, this time without the literal depiction of 'clouds'. The grid of the pergola is faintly present in the woven warp and weft, while the recognizable shapes are depicted as puffy wool interlacing and pushing through the perpendicular painted cords.

The accidental discovery of the shapes has evolved into deliberate forms, crafted through pen sketches that precede the loom. These representations aim to capture the complexity of multifaceted personal experiences and the dynamic evolution of relationships. Only the titles allude to the emotions that steer the composition, inviting the viewer to find 'meaning'.

The Pareidolia series investigates the profound emotional responses evoked by the complexity of emotional landscapes in adulthood, depicted through familiar visual cues of childhood pastimes.