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Sojung Jun’s practice incorporating video, performance, sculpture and experiments with augmented reality, offers reflections on the antagonistic co-existence of tradition and rapid modernisation. Using a variety of means including interviews, historical sources, mythology, and the potential of technology, she seeks to undermine fixed narratives and transplant them with more complex ones.

Epiphyllum I translates this digital proliferation into an aluminium sculpture, meaning the plant manifests in three forms — physical (sculpture), digital (AR) and pictorial (film). It is based on a species of cactus, the Epiphyllum, also known as the ‘queen of the night’, which blooms for only one night, symbolising the idea that the challenges of today pave the way for the future.