This work emerged from an intense period of self-questioning around artistic identity. The project began with the intention of visualizing a definitive, personal answer—a statement ending with a period. Instead, it arrived at no conclusion, remaining suspended in the unresolved question, What is art? Through this realization, the artist came to understand that asking the question itself—persistently, publicly, and without resolution—was the most honest form of art they could make. The work therefore does not attempt to define art, but materializes the act of questioning as its core gesture.
This work emerged from an intense period of self-questioning around artistic identity. The project began with the intention of visualizing a definitive, personal answer—a statement ending with a period. Instead, it arrived at no conclusion, remaining suspended in the unresolved question, What is art? Through this realization, the artist came to understand that asking the question itself—persistently, publicly, and without resolution—was the most honest form of art they could make. The work therefore does not attempt to define art, but materializes the act of questioning as its core gesture.
The installation consists of an AI-generated video and scattered, packaged drink objects. In the video, familiar figures from animation, cinema, and art history—characters and iconic artworks commonly associated with “art”—come into motion, each reciting one of the countless definitions of art. Gradually, these voices collapse into a repetitive chorus: “What is art? What is art?” On the floor, drink packages labeled “THIS IS ART” are dispersed throughout the space. The packaging states that the contents are art, are consumable, and that the creator takes no responsibility for anything that may happen after consumption—inviting viewers to freely enjoy, ingest, or ignore them. This ironic gesture confronts authorship, responsibility, and value, while questioning whether declaration alone is enough to make something art. And the project was installed amid an exhibition of purely traditional paintings, heightening its tension and significance.
Rather than offering answers, the work insists on uncertainty—positioning doubt, risk, and inquiry not as weaknesses, but as an artistic stance.
