The sound of a vacuum cleaner tells us that someone is cleaning nearby. The operating sounds of machines that convey information in this way are called functional sounds. The functional sound of a vacuum cleaner is white noise, resembling the very first sound we experience in life. White noise is what a fetus first hears in its mother's womb. This is why newborns feel secure when they hear a vacuum cleaner. As they grow up, however, this sound of peace becomes a noise like war. Could we not appreciate the sound of a vacuum cleaner anew, not as information or noise, but as an aesthetic sound? To this end, I operated a vacuum cleaner without separating it from its box. At this point, the vacuum cleaner loses its original purpose and is transformed into an object that generates sound. In today's society, packaging conceals the essence of things and creates illusions, but in my work, packaging lets us hear the sounds that were hidden.
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Packed Sound, 2022, Vacuum Cleaner in Its Box, Pallet, Custom Timer, 46 × 100 × 100 cm