Shape of Wind and Fire – Jaehun Park
The windmill is engulfed in flames. Fire licks the sails, thick smoke spirals upward, painting the night deep red and orange. The wood cracks, burns, transforms; monumental, threatening, almost theatrical. You feel the heat, hear the crackle, see the smoke move like a living presence.
Park explores how control slips into chaos. Where windmills symbolize mastery over nature and energy, production turns to destruction. The system overheats, unstoppable, a fragile balance on the verge of explosion.
History and the present merge. The colonial economy hides in the smoke, while contemporary geopolitics—energy transitions, resource conflicts, climate crises—emerge, revealing the fragility of our systems.
Nature versus industry. Past versus present. Beauty versus violence. You are pulled into the moment. The windmill is no longer an icon, but a charged symbol of progress, oppression, and political tension.