24d (edited) • Seongeun Lee
Research Note 02 : Accumulation on White
Following my initial research into rust as a material trace of time, I began a series of sampling experiments using 'white knitted structures' made from various yarns. Rather than exploring rust as a colouring technique, I was interested in how time could become visible through material transformation.
The knitted samples were intentionally left white, allowing changes to emerge gradually through contact with oxidized materials. As rust accumulated over time, each fiber responded differently—some absorbed traces deeply, while others revealed only subtle marks. These variations exposed the unique characteristics of each material.
What interested me most was the slowness of the process. Rust appeared through waiting, moisture, contact, and duration rather than through direct intervention. The resulting stains and discolorations felt less like applied marks and more like records of time.
Through this experiment, I began to see the white knitted surface as a site where time, material, and environment interact. The rust traces became evidence of these relationships, suggesting that aging is not simply a process of decline, but one of accumulation. Rather than reproducing the image of rust, this research attempts to observe how time settles onto material and becomes visible through change.
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Research Note 02 : Accumulation on White
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