A stuffed animal is supposed to be the safest object in the room. It's soft, familiar, and built to stand in for comfort. But put a worn-out plush toy next to an anatomical model and a pile of discarded fabric, and you can see what they have in common. Each is a mass-produced form used as a surrogate body, for Sungho Bae, that's where the work begins, with the instability of bodily perception. Take a look through the images below to see how Bae's plush toys, fabric scraps, and anatomical models come together as new bodies. More info: sunghobae.com | Instagram#1 (M)ri, 2025Materials: Reconstructed Frankenstein monster plush toys, laser-engravedDimensions: 71 × 82 × 1.6 cm© Photo: baesungho_Taxonomies emerge through collecting and dismantling, shaped by differences in construction, damage, use, and displacement. Plush toys, waste textiles, anatomical models, and fragments recovered from different material systems each establish different conditions for reconstruction, so the method changes with the material, through accumulation, containment, substitution, anatomical inference, or photographic montage. #2 Codex: Archiving The New Mythos, 2022 - Ongoing, 2024Materials: Fabrics from Frankenstein monster plush toys, product tags, one extracted eyeDimensions: 22.9 × 15.2 × 2.5 cm© Photo: baesungho_The resulting forms do not simply retain or reuse their sources. They move between commercial object, fragment, specimen, image, and fictional body, and it's hard to say which one you're looking at. As Bae puts it, bodily coherence "remains provisional, produced through the temporary agreement of heterogeneous parts and made unstable again when their differences become visible", which is why the pieces never quite settle into one identity. #3 New Galápagos Islands: On The Origin Of Species By Means Of Market Selection, 2024Materials: Frankenstein monster plush toy parts Dimensions: Variable© Photo: baesungho_#4 Tamed Wounds, 2022–ongoingMaterials: Stitched wound patterns on Frankenstein monster plush toys, coin holders, chromogenic printDimensions: 72.4 × 96.5 cm© Photo: baesungho_#5 Anatomy Of Unnamed, Yet Loved, 2025Materials: Frankenstein monster plush toy parts, plush toy product tags, pins marking plush toy sources,engraved metal base with reliefDimensions: 230 × 90 × 90 cm© Photo: baesungho_#6 Homo Derelictus Retextus: Case Study Of Speculative Reconstruction No. 1, 2024Materials: Reconstructed stuffed animal parts and skull replicas retrieved from the waste stream throughanatomical inferenceDimensions: 142 × 100 × 42 cm© Photo: baesungho_#7 Homo Derelictus Retextus: Case Study Of Speculative Reconstruction No. 2, 2024Materials: Reconstructed stuffed animal parts and skull replicas retrieved from the waste stream throughanatomical inferenceDimensions: 142 × 100 × 42 cm© Photo: baesungho_#8 Extinction Without Ever Existing, 2024Materials: Photographic montage composed of discarded stuffed animals and skull models, Diasec mountDimensions: 270 × 260 cm© Photo: baesungho_#9 Hdr: PA-11335, 2025Materials: Stuffed animal parts and skull replica salvaged from waste-disposal sites, reconstructed skullreplicasDimensions: 24.6 × 19.6 × 19.6 cm© Photo: baesungho_#10 Reconstructed Head No. 3, 2025Materials: Archival pigment print, Diasec-mountedDimensions: 102 × 87 cm© Photo: baesungho_#11 Index Of Chronic Overreliance And Visceral Death, 2022Materials: Frankenstein monster plush toy parts, archival pigment prints of historical anatomical paintings,adrenal gland modelsDimensions: Variable© Photo: baesungho_#12 Mattress, 2022Materials: Polyester stuffing recovered from Frankenstein monster plush toys, mattress coverDimensions: Approx. 152 × 203 × 25 cm© Photo: baesungho_#13 A Geography Of The Monster, 2024Materials: Archival pigment printDimensions: 52 × 39 × 5.5 cm© Photo: baesungho_#14 Zcd-23: Contagious Structure Type 1, 2024Materials: Zombie plush toy parts, acrylic isolation chamber with integrated gloves, stainless steel pedestalDimensions: 149.9 × 61 × 53.3 cm© Photo: baesungho_#15 Rooms Of Accumulation, 2023Materials: Waste textiles retrieved from the waste streamDimensions: Variable© Photo: baesungho_#16 Shaping The Collector, The Hoarder And The Accumulator, 2025Materials: Lenticular postcardsDimensions: Variable© Photo: baesungho_#17 Homo Derelictus Retextus: Composite Anatomical Montage No. 1-A, 2024Materials: Photographic composition of a layered anatomical montage using discarded stuffed animals andskull models, Diasec mountDimensions: 270 × 194 cm© Photo: baesungho_#18 Homo Derelictus Retextus: Composite Anatomical Montage No. 2-E, 2024Materials: Photographic composition of a layered anatomical montage using discarded stuffed animals andskull models, Diasec mountDimensions: 270 × 194 cm© Photo: baesungho_#19 Reconstructed Head No. 4, 2025Materials: Archival pigment print, Diasec-mountedDimensions: 102 × 87 cm© Photo: baesungho_#20 Nexus Field, 2025Materials: Collage of cut photographs, discarded plush toy fragments, acrylic paint, archival pigment printmounted on an aluminum panelDimensions: 190 × 310 cm© Photo: baesungho_