Guidance by Dokkaebi Fire and Other Works

A series of four short films by emerging filmmaker Justin Jinsoo Kim employing experimental animation to collide memories, mediums, and myths. His recent film 귀화전도 / Guidance by Dokkaebi Fire engages the varied resonances of the Japanese occupation era of Korea with archival photos of scientific studies of Koreans and their physical attributes, severed Buddha statues, and ancient mythical references. The Far and Near / 멀고 가까운 곳 interlaces two historical anecdotes: the 1995 astronomical project of the Hubble Telescope and the 1447 painting by Ahn Gyeon that captured the mystical dream of Prince Anpyeong from the Chosun Dynasty. Kim examines the “the far and near” images through printing, transforming, and distorting the photos from the NASA Image and Video Library. The Exhausted / 소진된 인간 explores the concept of “exhausting the possible” within the time and space in stop-motion animation form. Personality Test / 심리테스트 departs from a standard personality test found on the internet and private memories, reconstructed through photographs and sound manipulation.

The program includes a post-screening conversation with Justin Jinsoo Kim and Hyesung ii, Film Programs team, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

This program is co-presented with GYOPO, a volunteer-led arts non-profit organization that works with cultural producers of the Korean Diaspora to organize free, year-round programs which address pressing issues of our time.

Presented in Korean with English subtitles.