” REVERSED CITY & MOUNTAIN “

“REVERSED CITY & MOUNTAIN” destabilizes the binary opposition between city and nature, civilization and earth. Through inversion, the work contains dual images that challenge the viewer’s perception.

In one orientation, a city at dusk glimmers across a rippling surface; in the other, the raw cross-section of a rocky mountain emerges. What at first appears to be a polarity is revealed instead as a continuum, where the brilliance of the city and the ruggedness of the mountain share a common root.

Through collage-like layering—of cross-sections, cliffs, islands, birds, and darkness—the work resists convergence into a single viewpoint. This instability speaks to the multilayered nature of contemporary landscapes. The city unfolds as an extension of nature, while nature permeates the city from within. By employing the act of “reversal,” the piece powerfully articulates the inseparability and reciprocity of these worlds.