So Young Park's 'Gestated Leak' at Galerie Kandlhofer Explores Suspended States

So Young Park presents 'Gestated Leak' at Galerie Kandlhofer in Vienna from April 10 to May 15, 2026. The exhibition features wire and 3D-printed sculptures called HWA, named after the Chinese character for flower (花), combining plant and transformation. Key works include 'Gestated Leak' (2026), a wire sculpture with mesh and suspended droplets; 'Dripping Drop Dripping' (2026), a wall-mounted sequence of pink 3D-printed forms with a dried organic element; and 'Bloom of a Vanishing Dream' (2025), an oxidized metal stem with blossoms spread flat on the floor as botanical shadows. Park's concept of 'Warm Death' integrates death into daily life, treating incompleteness as a structural condition rather than an aesthetic quality. An opening night performance translated 3D printer logic into vocal and bodily rhythms while sand fell. Park recently received the Birgit Jürgenssen Award 2026, recognizing her embodied female practice in Vienna. The works refuse resolution, arguing that the in-between has its own permanence.