DNA: Making A Mark
One of the ways to do a DNA test is analyzing chewed "chewing gum." I asked people to chew pieces of gum, stick them on the clear plastic grids on the wall and sign their names or simply write something. Some made bubbles and others made improvised gestural shapes while leaving their teeth marks and fingerprints on the gum.

As DNA designates one's unique scientific identity, each piece of chewing gum represents the distinct character of individuality. ÔMaking a mark', is an assemblage of people's personal expressions, marks, and signatures which when encountered by the viewer becomes a spontaneous, colorful, and gestural abstraction. An autonomous, biological and aesthetic work in its own right. This project also plays with the idea of a basic instinctive human desire to leave something unique and individualistic behind.

Bio:
Chang-Jin Lee was born in Seoul, Korea and studied at Parsons School of Design and the State University of New York at Purchase.
She had a solo show, "24/7," Storage Art Space, Bronx, NY.
Group exhibitions include "Queen International," Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY;
"Contrary Equilibriums," Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY;
"Intersection : Suffolk & Wall," Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY;
"Fresh Produce," N.Y. International Fringe Festival, New York, NY;
Fictive Net Porn: "Real Korean," a web project that was shown at the Point Gallery in New York City.