15/10/2025
When I received the festival’s framework and the title
- I would like to use ’respite‘ than ’rest‘, because ’respite‘ emphasize ’temporal‘ image than ’rest‘ -,
the task I set for myself was to create a kind of ‘doorway.’
”The inflection point of breath“—the moment of transition from inhalation to exhalation, and from exhalation back to inhalation—is not a simple transfer of air but a form of musical turn. This instant, when the diaphragm rests at a zero point, is a moment of delicate balance, a moment of conversion. For an ‘inflection point’ to exist mathematically, not only must the rate of change be zero, but the signs (like - and +) must also reverse.
This serves as a powerful metaphor.
It is about momentarily halting the flow of conventional language, customs, and systems. Within that pause, we invite a different stratum of sense and thought, suspending the simple, intuitive networks of everyday meaning. In that void, a threshold space opens, leading to a new world of significance. This ‘pause’ is the interval required for transformation, and this interval is what creates art.
Artistic expression possesses the exact same structure.
A work of art is not merely a finished product; art truly comes into being only at the moment a viewer’s perception is shaken, halted, and transitions toward a new awareness. Art is not an outcome but a rhythm, a musical act that stops and restarts the flow.
Art manifests in the brief, subtle pause, like the inflection point of breath. It is not about expressing something, but about designing a ‘field’ where novelty can emergently connect through this pause. The fundamental power of art lies not in its final form, but in its musical ability to generate this rhythm, this interval, and this experience of transformation. Just as breathing is the most basic rhythm that sustains our life, art is the rhythm that renews humanity and society.
