Mesmerizing Mesh

For several years, Haegue Yang has been studying the ambivalent relationships between spirit and matter in mystical practices from European paganism to Asian shamanism. This interest led her to become interested in different traditions of paper cutting and its sacred dimension. Hanji, paper Traditional Korean handmade tea made from mulberry bark, including inspired the Mesmerizing Mesh paper collage series. After their meeting in Paris, during the opening of the exhibition at the gallery Chantal Crousel in 2022, Haegue Yang and Nicolas Bureau had the conversation which accompanies the works reproduced in this work. Together, they have talked about shamanism, travel, the status of artist and that of anthropologist, and to transcend the boundaries that separate the fields of knowledge.