Kakyoung Lee — Traveler, Palgongsan Series (2026)

Figures appear, dissolve and return in a vibration of drawn marks. In Traveler (2026), Kakyoung Lee builds a two-channel animation from nine short sequences. This excerpt from the Palgongsan Series shows drawing at the scale of a wall: each movement retains traces of the one before it. Location and documentation: Published by the artist on…

Drawn figures appear in a large wall projection in Kakyoung Lee’s Traveler.

Kakyoung Lee — Traveler, Palgongsan Series (2026). Image: Kakyoung Lee, Vimeo. CC BY 3.0.

Figures appear, dissolve and return in a vibration of drawn marks. In Traveler (2026), Kakyoung Lee builds a two-channel animation from nine short sequences. This excerpt from the Palgongsan Series shows drawing at the scale of a wall: each movement retains traces of the one before it.

Location and documentation: Published by the artist on September 10, 2026, the documentation revisits its presentation at the Korean Cultural Center in New York, United States. It does not depict a new September exhibition.

Artist: A Korean American artist based in Brooklyn with a background in printmaking, Lee combines drawing, print and animation to make everyday gestures and experiences of displacement perceptible.

Sources: artist’s video; In Transit, In Formation; artist.