My name is Soeine Bac. I am a Korean-born, Canada-based artist working across performance, media, and visual art. Movement is central to my inquiry into space, with improvisation as a core method. I create site-specific performances and artworks that emphasize presence and relationality with space. Recently, I have also presented in conventional settings—galleries and theatres—while carrying the philosophy of improvisation from my site-specific practice into these contexts.
My movement practice is informed by somatic movement, instant composition, and philosophical inquiries into space, presence, and transformation. I explore artistic intention through this method of spontaneous creation, dissolving boundaries between movement, sound, and environment.
My work is interdisciplinary. Dance has influenced the way I make art; I tend toward abstraction rather than representation. Conversely, my art background shapes the way I understand dance, as I interpret body movements through the lens of visual art. I look for significant form as it unfolds in space. Sound, too, has been an anchor for my exploration of space.
Though my background is largely Western, since 2015 I have turned toward East Asian thought, Zen Buddhism in particular. Beyond these cultural foundations, I pursue the natural world of matter as a way of discovering my sense of self.
I approach art as a form of living, not only as an institutional discipline. What I produce are traces of this process, navigated through improvisation. Working with the body brings me close to the materiality of things and makes me aware of their constant change, which frustrates the human desire for permanence. I contemplate matter itself to witness its transformation. My work examines the transient nature of existence.