Jeongchae means stagnation,
It is a term that describes a state of remaining in place, unable to move forward- moments of delayed movement. We observe a person standing before a softly glowing amber traffic light. They appear completely still, yet slowly begin to move inward, toward another direction.
To remain in one place touches both space and time. While staying within a period of stagnation, we may seem motionless, yet in fact pass through time and space at an extremely slow pace. A descent inward often produces a sensation in which time and mass expand in a negative direction. Within a word that appears negative at first glance, depth begins to form.
The amber light that appears just before the sun arrives or departs creates the illusion that time has briefly paused. Rather than the vitality of full red, it is the suspended warmth left behind-the lingering heat-within which light and air, sound and emotion, quietly settle. This project imagines a space infused with the amber light of dusk, where the senses are allowed to sink and accumulate.
It is a space where light and time gather on surfaces, layering and deepening as time passes, and where those who stay in ‘Jeongchae’, as well as those passing through a period of stagnation, may also find their time meaningful.
