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SINDOAN

HD film, 45min., or 6 channel video installation, 2008

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Production Still(Talisman of the backyard), 2008

Sindoan : A round valley under the Gyeryong Mountain, in the direction of Daejeon City. The site, where Gyeryong City is located at present, had been set up as the capital of the newborn Choseon Dynasty in favor with LEE Seongkye the Grand Founder—that is the origin of the name ‘Sindoan(新都內),’ whose meaning is ‘new capital city.’ It has been believed to be the center of Utopia to come among various neo-traditional and ethnic religions and the Punsu-Tocham(風水圖讖) theory, which seeks to know the future by interpreting the signs of everything in nature. During and after the regime of the Japan Empire, hundreds of religious organizations had proliferated here. In 1984, the Gyeryong unit under the headquarters of the three armed services stationed in Sin-doh-an, taking away almost residential and religious facilities around here.

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2015  PA-GYONG : LAST SUTRA RECITATION, solo exhibition, INIVA, London

2010 "Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Vision 2010," Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo

2009 Experimental Film And Video Festival In Seoul (EXIS), Opening Film


Sindoan Channel 01 Vimeo link

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Production Still(Talisman of the backyard), 2008

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Production Still(Talisman of the backyard), 2008

SINDOAN (10).jpg

Production Still(Talisman of the backyard), 2008

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Production Still(Talisman of the backyard), 2008

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Production Still(Talisman of the backyard), 2008

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