Balance

Type: Installation
Year: 2024

“How is the movement in yoga practice?” It mirrors the progression from point to line to surface, forming a layered combination. A "point" represents a single pose, a "line" connects movements into a flowing sequence, and a "surface" encompasses the broader practice of yoga philosophy, chakras, and the intertwined balance of mind and body.

Starting with the "point," the focus is on the concept of "balance" within yoga practice. A series of installations is developed, exploring the interplay between different materials and the tension of lines to visualize the body’s postures, capturing the essence of movement and equilibrium.

Visual Language:
The body is divided into segmented blocks, with areas of heightened tension in the muscles emphasized through repeated patterns. These segments are slightly shifted up and down, mimicking the sensation of stretching—where muscles feel as if they are being lengthened piece by piece, trembling between the forces of tightness and release.

Material Exploration:
By incorporating acrylic, various threads, and wire, the project reinterprets yoga poses and states of being. These materials are used to convey:

Stillness (Figure 1): Representing the serene and grounded aspects of yoga through stable and balanced forms.
Dynamics (Figure 2): Capturing the fluidity and motion between poses with flowing and tensioned lines.
2D to 3D Transitions (Figures 3 and 4): Translating yoga's physical and spatial essence into visual representations that oscillate between flat surfaces and dimensional structures.

This approach emphasizes the interplay between balance, tension, and release within yoga practice.

BALANCE
｜
In yoga practice, after completing one pose,
we follow it with a counter-stretch to bring balance to the muscles.

O1. CAT-COW
Using cork stoppers to represent the spine and acrylic rods as the limbs, this setup visualizes the dynamic flow of the spine in the Cat-Cow pose. The cork segments mimic the vertebrae’s flexibility and curvature, while the acrylic rods provide structure, emphasizing the coordinated movement of the limbs and spine during the transition between arching and rounding.

O2. BACKBEND-CHILD‘S POSE
Backbends and Child's Pose are complementary movements, represented through cork stoppers to illustrate their contrasting dynamics. The cork is arched and expanded to depict the openness and stretch of a backbend, while it is pulled taut and compressed to convey the grounding and inward curl of Child's Pose. This visual contrast highlights the interplay of extension and contraction, balance, and release between the two poses.

O3. SPLIT-COW FACE
In a split, opposing forces pull the pelvis open, symbolized by a cork grid stretched symmetrically by lines in opposite directions. Conversely, the Cow Face Pose aligns the loosened pelvis by overlapping the legs, representing the tightening and centering force. This juxtaposition visually captures the balance between expansion and contraction, illustrating the dynamic adjustments of the pelvis in these poses.

BALANCE ｜ In yoga practice, after completing one pose, we follow it with a counter-stretch to bring balance to the muscles.

BALANCE
｜
In yoga practice, after completing one pose,
we follow it with a counter-stretch to bring balance to the muscles.