Grappling with the transnational adoption that caused the death of an original South Korean identity, Meta-Suŭi Funeral Hanbok are burial clothes for the artist as an infant. Produced in Sambe, this work is a 1:1 reproduction of the original baby clothes that the artist wore when being sent away from the birth country decades ago. What does it mean to make burial clothing for a past self to mourn the loss of identity that ceased to exist? Sambe is intricately tied to kinship and collective mourning, because in Confucian culture, the family of the deceased traditionally wore the funeral Hanbok for three months to two years, depending on the type of grief to be performed by the wearer. Because the loss of a child to adoption is considered taboo and for the most part concealed, many South Korean birth parents are also deprived of the opportunity to mourn and practice their bereavement fully.

The artist was made a legal orphan by the South Korean state and legally erased from the original family, despite being born in a hospital to surviving parents who did not give required written consent for the relinquishment. Despite searching since 1998, RHEE has failed at finding any links to first family and thus, has no connection to ancestors.