Horizon

Material : Steel
Size : 100x100x15mm
Year of production : 2008

“Schwarzschild’s Event Horizon”

During his service in World War I, German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild discovered a special solution to the equations of gravity that predicted the existence of black holes. From this calculation emerged the idea that our universe has an edge.

The space-time I inhabit at this very moment does not extend endlessly and unbroken. Instead, scattered throughout the world are holes that mark its end. Reflecting on this fact, I carved an iron ring as my work.

An edge is both an ending and a beginning. Even if the boundary of space-time can be known through calculation or observation, it resists sensory experience and remains a deeply conceptual understanding. It mirrors the departure and arrival points of our personal worlds—birth and death themselves.