Hymn
As a part of Sunlight in a Deep Forest
March 27th - April 17th, 2026
Mark Christopher Gallery
Aida De Guida, Miguel Caba, Patrick Cruz, Philip Leonard Ocampo and Seden
Curated by Asia Ruggiero
Hymn is an arrangement of retro karaoke screens: Transcending language in pursuit of a
greater emotional catharsis by exploding lyrics into expressive cursive lines and atomizing them into
percussive code.
“Like trees passing nourishment through unseen roots, these works move beyond the singular 'I' toward a broader consciousness shaped by seeing oneself in others. Kin is figured as sunlight, bound to the soul, warming from within. In this sense, the forest is a threshold space: a site where life grows densely through relation, shaped by ancestors, family, memory, flora, fauna, and the enduring networks that hold it. Like seeds carried from hand to hand, these works are created from inherited memories and mutual tending. Cradled in their making is tenderness that time cannot evict, a knowledge that to care for another is also to be remade by them.
Written by Asia Ruggiero
