Join us for a performance by Lee Dong-hyun, held in conjunction with Spectrosynthesis Seoul.

Lee Dong-hyun, A Day with Haru, 2026, performance, 30 min

Directed by Lee Dong-hyun
Performed by Lee Dong-hyun, Haryung Lee, Jimin Hah

A Day with Haru features a moving cage, a wild cat named Haru, and a certain eonni (older sister). As they fold and open the cage, the characters shift roles and physical states, becoming workers, cats, owners, and viewers as they wander through the space. The cat inside the cage and the owner outside it repeat a feedback loop of command and response through the passage connecting the inside and outside. The cage has a dodecagonal structure, with a clock hand that tracks the twelve hours of the day. Responding to its master’s voice through the passage, the cat spends time alone—eating, drinking, reacting with surprise, stretching, relieving itself, crying out, and acting cute. A dynamic relationship emerges as the obstructed internal perspective coexists with the outside observer’s perspective, which perceives only silhouettes.

Lee Dong-hyun
Lee Dong-hyun (b. 1993, Korea) transforms sensations and memories that resist language into material form through the body. Viewing the body as a site where memory is inscribed and gazes intersect, he focuses on openings and localized parts to explore how internal sensation connects with external space. Working across drawing, performance, sculpture, and video, he reconfigures the boundaries between body, space, and perception.