Jiha Moon’s vessel Siren serves as a cross-cultural portrait of the artist’s experience as a Korean American woman. The female figure at top wearing hanbok (traditional Korean dress) draws inspiration from Shimcheong, a Korean folktale where a devoted daughter dives into the ocean with hopes of restoring her father’s vision. While rooted in this story, the object’s fish-scale pattern also recalls a mermaid. The artwork’s title alludes to the ancient Greek legend of the Siren, a symbol of sacrifice, seduction, good fortune, and bad luck. Siren collapses these references into their shared principles, which Moon describes as “beautiful, scary, and devastating.” The sculpture appears human-like, adorned with fortune cookies suggesting a person’s hair and bent arms, and legs decorated with chrysanthemum petals. In all its references, Siren uses humor and skill to draw connections between cultures.