taehee is a Korean American transdisciplinary artist whose work explores themes related to the fluidity of kinship, queer body, and grief with computational imaging and publishing. They are a founder of Hyperlink Press (2018-2022) and anti-bone (2023-current). They are a current MFA in Graphic Design candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University. They have completed their BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016.They collaborated with various institutions such as Eyebeam, Abrons Art Center, Asian Art Archive in America, MoMA PS1, Booklyn Inc, Yellow Jackets Collective, and Bubble T. They are also a founder of Hyperlink Press, a publication project inspired by the early 2000s queer online communities in South Korea.


Taehee

In this workshop, we will reexamine the philosophical history of ornament through the queer and feminist lens which has been depicted as something feminine fake, insincere, unnecessary, and even sinful. From this lecture we will kick off with a Korean mythological creature, dokkaebi, a goblin-like entity bound to an ancient object, love letters, jewels with curse&power, and other intimate memorials, we will explore the history of adornment and how objects and adornment channels and access memory, care, and love.

In this 2hr virtual workshop, we will explore the objecthood of adoration and its history and context. The participant will create their object/memento of adoration by learning basic 3D modeling skills by using Spline, a collaborative 3D modeling platform. No prior 3D modeling skill is needed but helpful.

Object of Adoration: A 3D Modeling Workshop