Observed arrival · 2026-08-21
Chang Hanna’s New Rocks
Seoul-based artist Chang Hanna’s archive of plastic fragments weathered by wind, waves, sun, and living things until they resemble stone.
Why it surfaced
Since 2017, Hanna has collected more than 3,000 specimens from Korean coasts and rivers, recording each by place and year. Her invented category turns discarded plastic into something unsettlingly close to natural history—and gives the debris the contemplative treatment of traditional Korean stone collections.
Seoul-based artist Chang Hanna’s archive of plastic fragments weathered by wind, waves, sun, and living things until they resemble stone.
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