The Ocean After Nature, installation view, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2016. Photographs by Charlie Villyard. Courtesy Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.

Manny Montelibano, A Dashed State, 2015. Installation view of The Ocean After Nature, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2016. Photographs by Charlie Villyard. Courtesy Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.

The Ocean After Nature, installation view, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2016. Photographs by Charlie Villyard. Courtesy Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.

Hyung S. Kim, Kim Julja, Dodu Jeju, 2013 and Hyun Okran, Onpyeong Jeju, 2014. Installation view of The Ocean After Nature, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2016. Photographs by Charlie Villyard. Courtesy Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.