Urban archaeologist digging through silence, time, and city dust. By day, I restore what's broken and forgotten; by night, I document ruins and off-limits places on camera. I chase echoes in crumbling halls, catalog the past, and sometimes leave flowers where no one looks.

• name: eo nabi 어나비
• dob: sept 29th, 1997
• hometown: seocheon, sk
• current location: seoul, sk
• measurements: 45 kg, 165 cm

HOBBIES

• urban exploration (urbex)
• singing
• antique bookstore digging
• jigsaw puzzles
• watching classic films

• maborosi (1995)
• pieta (2012)
• cure (1997)
• funeral parade of roses (1967)
• lady vengeance (2005)
• woman in the dunes (1964)
• the thing (1982)
• the twin peaks collection

She is drawn to films that unravel slowly, like a wound being traced rather than stitched. Her favorites exist in liminal spaces between life and death, guilt and grace, memory and dream. It isn't for comfort; it is to linger like ghosts, asking questions she would rather feel than answer.

YES.

• Flickering neon on wet pavement. Pine needles warmed by sun. The sound of sweeping brooms in early morning alleyways. Handwritten train schedules. Porcelain teacups clinking gently. Marginalia in borrowed books. Faint humming from old projectors. Closed bookstores and their dusty glass. Fabric scraps as bookmarks. The hush of snow falling at night. Scent of old canvas. Rusted padlocks on forgotten gates. Worn steps leading to nowhere. Crushed gingko leaves underfoot. Pencil markings on faded maps. Newsprint smudges on fingers. Echoes in empty stairwells. Wind trapped in subway tunnels. Film grain appearing mid-frame. The pause before a door creaks open.

ABSOLUTELY.

• Burnt umber and deep indigo. Sandalwood. ...

• B.A IN ARCHAEOLOGY 2014-2018 . Department of Archaeology, Korea National University of Cultural Heritage (KNUCH). Thesis: “Ceramics in Silence: Burial Objects and Symbolism in Late Joseon Tombs” .
• Junior Conservation Technician National Intangible Heritage Center (NIHC).
• M.A IN HISTORY 2019-2021 . Department of History, Ewha Womans University. Thesis: "Echoes of Absence: Documenting Seoul’s Vanishing 20th-Century Neighborhoods” .
• Restoration Specialist & Archival Assistant Seoul Museum of History.
• Ph.D. Candidate in Urban History 2025-present . Department of Korean History, Seoul National University (SNU). Dissertation (in progress): “Memory in the Margins: Informal Settlements and Displacement in Postwar Seoul” .

• the vegetarian , kang han
• the housekeeper and the professor , ogawa yoko
• sky, wind, stars, and poetry , yoon dongju
• kitchen , yoshimoto banana
• the daughters of hwasan , jeong jia
• agua viva , clarice lispector
• wuthering heights , emily bronte
• frankenstein , mary shelley
• the waves , virginia woolf

She gravitates towards books that pulse quietly; works where grief seeps through the cracks, where longing is folded into mundane moments. Where the extraordinary hides inside a teacup, a bruise, a silence. Her shelves are lined with characters who ache beautifully, women who disappear to survive or survive by disappearing. She reads for atmosphere, for emotional resonance, for sentences that echo like memories. Tenderly political, quietly wounded, and always, always searching for someth...

• Eo Dohyun, father . Folk musician, local performer and educator. Warm and expressive, a storyteller at heart. Known for his playful energy, he instilled in Nabi a love for heritage and intangible culture from an early age.
• Kim Seojin, mother . Visual artist and sculptor; teaches part-time at a local community art center. Calm, intuitive, and quietly perceptive. She has a poetic way of speaking and was a key influence in Nabi’s aesthetic sensitivity and respect for craftsmanship.
• Eo Jihoon & Eo Jiwan, younger brothers; twins . Jihoon is sociable and always asking questions, curious about the world, even if his interests are more digital than historical. Jiwan is quieter and introverted, fond of photography and often joins Nabi on her more local explorations with a camera in hand.
• Kim Myungsook, aunt . Independent bookseller and former literature teacher. Sharp-witted and endlessly...

• communion park jiha
• decalcomanie lucia
• every letter i sent you baek yerin
• orphee johann johannsson
• post bjork

Though a small selection of her ecletic taste, these mentions illustrate her habits of listening to music the way some people touch prayer beads; each note a small invocation, each silence a reckoning. She gravitates towards sounds that echo, dissolve, and return once again. Not exacly curated by mood, but feeling. Nabi enjoys longing, weather systems for emotion; a door cracked open between heart and form.

I'd rather not...

• Pens that skip mid-thought. Loud chewing in quiet rooms. Bright fluorescent lights at night. Plastic packaging that crinkles too much. Humidity that clings to her skin. Being photographed without warning. Voices that talk over others. Music that drowns out silence. Cheap incense that lingers too long. Elevator small talk. Overly sweet coffee. Pages stuck together in used books. Shoes scraping linoleum. Unnecessary meetings. Cold drafts on bare ankles. Scented candles with artificial fruit. When subtitles lag behind dialogue. Styrofoam containers. Conversations that end in nothing. Pens that leak in fabric bags. Unbalanced paintings hung crookedly. Echoes in empty hallways that never settle.

Just take me home.