exhibition
DRESS DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY
October 4–9, 2025
Jane Lou Salon | Prenzlauer Allee 36B, Berlin
_
This exhibition is a collective creation:
with natural-dyed textiles made in collaboration with Japanese artist Chiaki Fuji,
objects by Korean designer Jiyoon Moon and ceramic artist Sosayo,
and the Jane Lou space and tea selection curated by Taiwanese writer Kerstin Yuhua Hsu.
a quiet, sensory journey that bridges Saena Chun’s Spreewald garden and the city of Berlin. Through naturally dyed textiles, plant-based scents, and poetic photography, the exhibition invites visitors to slow down and experience the fragile, coexisting beauty of nature, time, and everyday life.
In “For a leaf, A dress, a poem: Summer Odyssey” Korean fashion designer and tastemaker Saena Chun presents a unique sensory journey—an invitation to reconnect with nature, to contemplate time, and to experience a poetic homage to Berlin’s summer.
From her home in Spreewald, in the countryside near Berlin, Chun handpicks flowers and leaves from her summer garden. Through natural dyeing, she infuses fabrics with the hues and essences of the season. These textiles are then transformed into garments and objects, carrying the breath of nature and the rhythm of time into everyday life.
She also blends plant-based essential oils as part of her daily ritual, which extends beyond fragrance to become moments of inspiration and intimate dialogue with the natural world.
In the digital era defined by speed, Chun embraces the slowness of handwork—stitch by stitch, weave by weave, layer by layer of color. Her practice reminds us that beauty is not only the creation but also the process; not only insplendor, but in quiet, delicate presence.
The exhibition interweaves textiles, scents, plants, and poetic photography, creating a multilayered sensory environment. Visitors are invited to pause, step away from routine, and enter a world where the colors of plants reveal the fragile, coexisting beauty of nature and life.
For Chun, this exhibition is also an act of belonging and response to the land. “Land” is both a notion of place—of living as a Korean in Berlin—and a deeper bond between human beings and soil, nature, and the environment. From the ground to the sky, it forms a spiritual continuum, where nature offers, again and again, moments of awakening.
* “For a leaf, a dress, a poem” is a recurring exhibition series inspired by Wisława Szymborska’s A Minute of Silence for Ludwika Wawrzyńska.
