Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2026

Paul C. is a media artist who uses light and digital technology to make invisible flows of time and energy something we can experience in physical space. He sees the digital not simply as a technology or tool, but as a sculptural language for shaping light and space in new ways.

Pixel Bit begins with the “pixel,” the small dot that makes up a digital screen, and the “bit,” the basic unit used to represent digital information. Small LCD modules respond to sunlight and operate without an external power supply, repeatedly switching between the digital signals of zero and one. Look closely at the small modules as they switch on and off with the light. Natural light is transformed into digital signals and movement.

If we trace the materials behind this digital technology, we arrive back at the earth. Silicon, a key material in semiconductors, is derived from silicon dioxide found abundantly in soil and sand. Even the digital world we think of as cutting-edge technology ultimately begins with materials that come from the earth.

In Canvas of Light, a small point of light slowly moves along the edge of a square frame, creating color and shadow. Its position and color change with the time of day, turning the work into a kind of “clock of light.” Follow the moving light and the shifting shadows it creates. The artist uses contemporary digital technology to evoke the age-old human practice of sensing time through the position and color of light.

In both works, light does more than simply illuminate. In Pixel Bit, it becomes the energy that activates digital signals. In Canvas of Light, it reveals the passage of time. Through these works, Paul C. shows that even advanced digital technology is rooted in light and in materials that come from the earth.