Celebrating the launch of Attensity!, the Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA) holds a series of four participatory events where we will collectively create and test-drive vessels for human attention. Over the course of four weeks, four hosts will activate the Sanctuary Gallery in DUMBO with sound, film, objects and movement, and lecture performance. 

Is it possible to experience the precise moment when an object opens itself up as a vessel for human attention? In turn, how does the vessel beckon our belief in its efficacy? On January 29, artist Park Karo will attempt to unite belief and materiality through performative objects such as “thought emptying ceramics,” “cellular bread,” and “mirror reflecting sin,” which inspire audience-driven rituals where the independent reality of these objects encounter the thoughts and intentions released by audiences. The event begins with guided interactions with the objects which, by gestures of drawing, stacking, and burning, gradually alter and become altered by each participant’s inner life. We will conclude with Karo’s performance where her own body becomes a vessel for fictional symbols.

Image: Park Karo, Thought Emptying Pottery, 2025. Courtesy of the artist. 

About the artist

Korean-born artist Park Karo (New York, NY) investigates human systems of belief in the form of installation, painting, text, ceramics, video, music, performance, and tattoos. She is interested in the process where beliefs materialize in various knowledge systems from personal myths to science, and foregrounds the role of objects in orchestrating a relational, performative reality. She has exhibited at Subtitled, New York; SeMA Storage at Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul; Art Space Seogyeo, Seoul; Amado Art Space, Seoul; Alternate Space Loop, Seoul; Humor Garmgot, Seoul; and POST Gallery, Seoul.