Karolina Wilting

'In this video installation, Karolina Hyun Wilting explores the intersection of the afterworld, ancestral heritage, permanence, and transience weaving together memories, handmade ritual objects, and timeless entities. Through personal rituals, she opens a portal to another realm where the afterworld and everyday life, and the timeless and the ephemeral coexist.

The paper cutouts are inspired by the Korean tradition of sacred paper cutting, a cultural practice involving the creation of ritual paper objects used in “굿” rituals to drive out evil spirits or commemorate the deceased.

Interwoven with the story of her grandfather’s mountains, the mountain becomes a totem, a gateway to ancestral space.

 

Karolina Hyun Wilting is a German-Korean multi-media artist who delves deep into themes of identity, transformation, and the longing to belong.

Her work is characterized by a deliberate oscillation between the intimate and the expansive, the mundane and the monumental, the subjective and the objective. Through this process, she uncovers complex layers of interconnectedness that transcend the boundaries of the individual, allowing her to reveal the profound within the ordinary.