Semin Hong

Semin Hong’s installations consider the intricate relationship between memory, mobility, and domestic space. Grounded in the belief that every inhabited place—whether named or unnamed—bears physical and emotional imprints, her work engages with the layered and shifting experience of home within the context of migration. Through mixed-media installations, she isolates architectural fragments and gestures from ritualized domestic life, recontextualizing them in gallery settings. These elements become markers of dislocation, memory, and adaptation. Often constructing temporary shelters within the exhibition space, Hong draws from repeated motifs and sensory impressions from her childhood to explore shifting notions of identity and belonging. Her material choices—particularly foldable fabrics and transportable objects—are central to the work’s portability, echoing her personal experience of continual movement. Each installation becomes an emotional archive, with objects and videos functioning as a personal lexicon of early memories. Rather than recreate a fixed home, Hong offers a poetic reflection on impermanence—suggesting that home is not a static place but an evolving landscape shaped by transition, absence, and memory. ...