Intensity of Memory
Using the Holchigi structure, Sarah explores how the intensity of memory can be translated onto the surface of the painting.
Variations in density, texture, and transparency allow certain areas to hold stronger pressure while others remain lighter or fragmented, reflecting how memories persist, fade, or reappear.
Surface details of pigment, fiber, and memory fragments
Structure of Memory & Surface Experiments
Concept sketch mapping how memory is wrapped,
carried, and gradually fixed within the surface.
Detail shots from material experiments during the residency.
Edge of Memory
In the series Edge of Memory, Sarah Baek explores the moment when memory has not yet settled in a fixed image.
Through layered surfaces, fragments of color, and subtle shifts in transparency, the paintings evoke how memories can fade, shift, or linger at the edges of perception.