In Spiral Cosmos (Transfiguration) by Jaehun Park, matter is fluid and temporary: nothing remains the same. At the centre stands a spiral with a glass-like texture, serving both as a passage and a ritual path, reminiscent of a time spiral where descent always signifies change.
An orange ring moves down the spiral, followed by rapidly shifting light, suggesting speed, ignition, and an irreversible passage. Objects fall from above, keeping their familiar form until they reach the central threshold. There, they transform: a Jordan sneaker becomes a flower pot, a metronome turns into bread, an apple changes into the Apollo command module, stone becomes a mushroom, a weapon becomes a tool, and a communication device turns into a bone.
These transformations blur the boundaries between nature, culture, and technology. The spiral does not represent progress but repetition – a cosmic loop in which objects remember their other lives and meaning is continually rewritten. The work invites viewers to reflect on transformation, time, and the conditions that allow things to exist, while immersing them visually in a ritual of constant change.