2020-12-31 (Rebirth - I) at 3 World Trade Center

In 2008, I arrived in New York just before the digital broadcast transition and began observing abandoned analog technologies, especially CRT televisions. These discoveries were not mere recycling opportunities—they became a lens through which to explore how technology evolves, is discarded, and holds undiscovered possibilities.

My series, Digital Being, stems from these observations. These invisible, formless entities emerge from digital transformation: some respond interactively to viewers and environments, others act randomly according to the characteristics of their machines. Guided by Deleuze’s notion of ongoing becoming, these beings are constantly reconfigured through interactions with humans, space, and data.

The works take diverse forms. Occasionally, immersive interactive installations surround and engage the audience (e.g., Digital Being: Radio Row). At other times, smaller installations or sculptural works concentrate conceptual research into condensed forms (e.g., Digital Being: Candle TV in the Digital Era).

Drawing from Walter Benjamin, Foucault, Derrida, and Baudrillard, I situate my work within contemporary media theory: reinterpreting art in the digital era, reflecting on knowledge and power, implementing a personal unmaking process, and exploring simulacra and hyperreality through audience interaction. Digital Being is not just a machine—it is a processual, co-evolving entity that generates meaning through emergence, change, and interaction.