[New Release] 'Gwak Jaesik's Apartment Biology'

◆Jae-sik Gwak's Apartment Biology= Observing apartment living spaces not from an architectural perspective but through the lens of biology. It scientifically explores the structures and functions of pine trees, azaleas, ants, house dust mites, amoebas, and more, weaving narratives into their lives to portray apartments as spaces of coexistence. It points simultaneously to the traces of wondrous creatures and the complex, multifaceted lives within an unknown world that changes through intertwined relationships.

"When house dust mites mate for reproduction, they come close to each other. It could be said they embrace. While people might first imagine facing each other when hugging, according to a paper by B. J. Hart of the Royal Agricultural University in the UK, house dust mites press against each other facing opposite directions. What's even stranger is that they stay like that for quite a long time. Sometimes they remain that way for a day or two. Since the female is larger, she moves around daily life as if carrying the male on her back. Even two days is about 3% of a house dust mite's three-month lifespan, meaning the female spends 3% of her life carrying the male on her back. To put it in terms of humans living in a 100-year era, it would be like a couple in love where the woman carries the man on her back for three years."

(Written by Jae-sik Gwak / Booktrigger)