This article posits that contemporary space is not defined by static forms, but by an Ontological Confrontation between the viewer and "breathing" materials. I argue that we must move beyond the visual consumption of smooth surfaces to encounter the haptic weight of history and the metabolic rhythm of growth. By analysing Sukchulmok’s resistant rice straw and Mizzi Studio’s symbiotic mycelium, I trace how materials occupy space as active agents rather than passive fillers.

The discussion extends to the "modular organs" of Boyeon Kim and Jaehan Choi and the digital reciprocity of Jade Tang, revealing a trajectory in which the distinctions among biological bodies, physical structures, and digital data dissolve. This is not a rejection of the future, but rather its grounding. Ultimately, the essay advocates for an ethics of perception: finding the evidence of life—and the heavy, friction-filled memory of existence—within the texture of the world.