Dasi (다시 · "again") celebrates the destiny of nature: as leaves fall, they nourish the seeds lying dormant, and emerge as new life.
Constructed from gathered branches, twigs, and leaves, the work stands 3–5 feet tall. Local clay, embedded with native wildflower seeds and spent tea leaves, grounds and supports the organic frame. Sheltered from the outside world, the center becomes a tea room — where ceremonies invite visitors to pause and arrive in the present moment.
Like nature itself, the installation is never finished. Its materials shift with the seasons until the structure eventually collapses — returning to the ground, only to be reborn as wildflowers: Dasi, once again. Within these walls, we gather for tea ceremonies, honoring each one as a singular, unrepeatable encounter.
The slow metamorphosis of decay signifies not an ending, but an opening. Dasi holds space for the unexpected and the inevitable. Let nature lead — leaves dry, insects arrive, seeds take root. These quiet shifts reveal themselves only to those who stay.
Dasi grows from a long practice of landscape care and the tradition of the tea ceremony — the belief that every moment of change, however small, is worth noticing.
That life, in all forms, never stops becoming.
Exhibition
At BioBAT Art Space
May 16 -June 18, 2026
Tea Ceremony
May 22nd, 2026 at BioBat
Spring Tea
At Van Cortlandt Park
May 30th, 2026
Support of
Tea Arts & Culture
BioBAT
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs