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2026 Galleries // 2026 Spark: Spring Student // Gift as Control - ever yours, Vincent
Gift as Control - ever yours, Vincent
Entrant
Competition:
Spark: Spring Student
Designer:
Yoonsuh Chloe Lee
Design Type:
Graphics: Print
Company / Organization / School:
KIS Pangyeo
Team Members:
Yoonsuh Chloe Lee
Gift as Control – ever yours, Vincent is an editorial project that examines emotion as a regulated and maintained structure rather than a spontaneous expression. Using Vincent van Gogh’s letters to his brother Theo as primary material, the project investigates how language can function as a mechanism for sustaining psychological stability.
Grounded in James J. Gross’s theory of emotion regulation, the work approaches emotion not as something naturally released, but as a process shaped through repetition, interpretation, suppression, and internal organization. Van Gogh’s letters are therefore reinterpreted not as emotional confessions, but as continuous attempts to monitor, reorganize, and preserve unstable internal states.
The publication extracts linguistic characteristics such as fragmented rhythm, repeated phrases, obsessive vocabulary, interruptions, and fluctuating sentence length. These elements are translated into a visual notation system using curved typography, variations in amplitude, and structured spacing. Each emotional category — Joy, Hope, Obsession, Anxiety, Anger, and Despair — is represented through different rhythmic and formal behaviors.
The layout contrasts controlled and uncontrolled visual systems. Structured paragraphs maintain narrative continuity, while distorted and curved text visualizes emotional accumulation and instability. Dividers segment emotional states into interconnected but distinct conditions, allowing readers to experience emotion as a structural process rather than a linear narrative.
Ultimately, the project reframes “gift” not as innate talent, but as the ability to endure psychological pressure, regulate emotional instability, and continuously reconstruct internal coherence over time.
