11,009km is an MFA thesis exhibition featuring work by Jihye Han. The exhibition is on display at the Goldmark Cultural Center’s N. Brown Gallery from April 9 to May 7.

The title of the show, 11,009km references the distance from Denton, TX to Busan, South Korea, where I am originally from. 11,009 km is an abstract number which represents the distance between two places. I used Kilometer for expressing distance when I was in Korea and China, but I became uncomfortable to use the Kilometer in the States. “Km” is a way to describe distance and experience between here and there.

An exhibition reception will be held on Saturday, April 17.