Self Portrait

Self Portrait developed through reflection on meditation not as withdrawal from surrounding reality, but as the ability to remain present within it. The work combines a translucent 3D printed figure, internal light, and guided meditation audio within an immersive spatial environment shaped by overlapping emotional and sensory conditions. The sculpture was produced through a body scan taken while the artist was meditating, allowing the physical posture of contemplation to become permanently embedded within the work itself.

Positioned beside an installation containing children's voices, laughter, and sounds of play, the sculpture allows contrasting emotional and psychological states to coexist simultaneously, reflecting the complexity of lived experience rather than separating contemplation from everyday life. Visitors are gently invited, if they wish, to sit on a nearby bench and meditate alongside the recorded audio guidance, allowing the installation to become a shared reflective space shaped through presence, listening, stillness, and time.

Light emitted from inside the translucent figure projects reflections and shifting shadows across surrounding walls, transforming the body into a temporary source of illumination. These projected forms resemble meditative or Buddha-like silhouettes while remaining connected to the artist's own body and lived experience. The work gradually became a reflection on resilience, inner stability, and the capacity to preserve humanity and share it with others despite external pressure and instability.

Through sound, light, bodily presence, and spatial immersion, Self Portrait explores meditation as a lived negotiation between vulnerability, coexistence, attention, and continuity within unstable emotional and social realities.