Lichtekooi

Yemo Park (°1990, Seoul, lives and works in Brussels) develops her artistic practice through self-contained, often absurd, fictional business concepts. Rather than aiming for market success, these projects function as conceptual frameworks that explore artistic autonomy, labor, the human condition, and the social forces shaping everyday life.

In Wollamhsram, Park extends this approach by transforming Lichtekooi into a fictional house of worship centered on the desire to “enjoy time”. Through fiction, material symbolism, and moonshine, the project opens a space for questioning capitalist notions of productivity, self-control, and deferred gratification. Rather than promoting devotion to a fixed object, it invites participants to experience time as layered, collective, queer, looping, sedimented, and open-ended.

During the finissage of Yemo Park’s exhibition Wollamhsram (an anagram of “marshmallow”), the artist activates the barbecue sculpture one final time. We invite visitors to join us from 15:00-18:00, in letting go of time while enjoying toasted marshmallows and complimentary marshmallow moonshine.

Lichtekooi is a non-profit art space, located in the former garage of a terrace house. The space was founded in 2021 by Nadia Bijl and Pepa De Maesschalck. Lichtekooi aims to develop a varied programme of solo and thematic exhibitions, performances and shows, lectures and artist talks, all based on an open dialogue. The term lichtekooi is an old Dutch word for a girl of easy virtue. Lichtekooi aims to be a good “hostess” for its audience and a “girl of easy virtue” for artists.