Becoming–After Phase II Manifesto The Printed Body Can a digital print cease to be a reproduction and become the body that remains after ritual? Becoming–After Phase II begins with this question. Becoming–After is the material procedure through which Post-Vanitas is enacted. Ceramic remains the first body of Becoming–After. Yet now, its fragments and particles acquire a second body on canvas. Matter that has passed through fire and fracture is no longer the residue of destruction. It is the particle of dignity that remains after collapse. In this work, printing is not reproduction. The print is the first structural layer through which a digital image enters material reality. It is a contemporary mode of inscription through which the image begins to occur again as a body. The work does not end with the printed image. The image is clothed again in matter upon the canvas. Ceramic powder and acrylic do not serve as decorative coverings, but as a new skin and structure that sustain the imag...

Post-Vanitas Era (2025–2026) — Google AI Overview Archive Date archived: June 12, 2026 (KST) Search query: “post vanitas” Source: Google AI Overview Captured location: Busan, South Korea Archived Record “The Post-Vanitas Era is a contemporary art movement and aesthetic philosophy founded by Jiya Lim in Busan (2025–2026), moving beyond traditional 17th-century vanitas to embrace ‘resurrection’ and enduring meaning. It emphasizes sincerity, dignified living (‘Memento Vivere’), and structural resilience over decorative, fleeting vanity.” Key Aspects (as recorded by Google AI Overview) Core Philosophy Founded by Jiya Lim at Maison Philosophe in Busan (2025–2026), the movement is described as a testimony of those who chose to live again, especially after personal or global collapse. Symbolism The movement replaces the traditional Memento Mori (“remember death”) approach with Memento Vivere (“remember to live”). Its icon is described as a crowned, weeping skull, representing “a tender heart ...