A couple of years ago, I got this pair of glasses couple when I was visiting my parents in Korea. I loved wearing them to read, write or draw because they were very light and it did not feel like I was wearing them at all.

Back at my old house, I often left my glasses lying around. My girls, who are very curious about whatever I hold or wear, played with it. As it is flexible, they stretched the glasses and eventually broke it. Actually, it was the second pair of glasses that my kids have broken. Now, I have very strong glasses that come in a full frame with screws. You cannot really bend or break it, but it is very heavy. I miss my old glasses.

The glasses you see are in the original misshapen state in which the owner gave to us. What if we say that the glasses are not actually spoilt? Rather, you are just looking at it wrong.

We take this idea to the extreme by proposing how the owner can adapt herself to the deformed glasses instead. The installation challenges how we view and treat our everyday objects, and to re-examine our throwaway culture in this age of consumerism. Instead of thoughtlessly replacing the things we see as waste, sometimes viewing it in a different vantage point gives them a new life.

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