The Propaganda Machine
There is another ego, the news reporter, who comes in at the end of the film. This news crewmember is selling bigotry and the twisted Korean cultural value of victim-blaming empathy to the victims...
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The Red People. In Pursuit of Greatness | MFA Thesis
In a historical context, Korean nationalism seems necessary as an effort to control what it could within the context of a complex weave of Korean traditions. It was obvious there was a need to...
Tiki torches. In Pursuit of Greatness | MFA Thesis
In my own self-deprecating fashion, I expected the film would not go as well as I had planned. Consequently, I determined that the production would be concept-driven and its development would involve a progression...
Dust, horror, and blood. In Pursuit of Greatness | MFA Thesis
I created a world based on my emotional memory of childhood. A memory that has always stuck with me from my past is the presence of dust. It was dusty, it was always dusty....
Love. In Pursuit of Greatness | MFA Thesis
One of the references I used is the Japanese animation Sailor Moon (1991). I remember it as an animated series on TV when I was a child. I initially dismissed it as too girly...
Hate, Fear and Power. In Pursuit of Greatness | MFA Thesis
I grew up hearing a plethora of nationalistic rhetoric, such as “I should be proud of being a member of this homogeneous society.” I was born three years before president Park Chung-Hee was assassinated...
The boy cried “I hate red people” In Pursuit of Greatness | MFA Thesis
I was one of the children who was forced to watch this film. It was about thirty years ago, so I don’t remember most details of the film, except for the murder scene. It...
The Yellow People. In Pursuit of Greatness | MFA Thesis
Indeed, it is the path to lethal traps of the oxymoron, hypocrisy, and the paradox. I find that absurdity is part of the basic nature of most political “stories.” To avoid missteps in the...
“In pursuit of greatness”
We all learn every day. Not only do we educate ourselves for a better life, but we also learn from unintended exposure to information, including propaganda. It is easy to find the motivation to...
Summoning the demon. In Pursuit of Greatness | MFA Thesis
In October 1968, 120 members of the North Korean Commandos landed in the Gangwon Province to create a guerilla base in the mountain region of South Korea. They entered and occupied villages and indoctrinated...
Potato Song – Animetics
Synopsis: The dictator of North Korea has a dream; someday they will develop a big powerful missile to reach and destroy the Yankee empire (the United States, which North Korea has blamed for their...
TIME MACHINE
Has North Korea just announced that it discovered a way to travel in time? The country set its clocks back by 30 minutes to “Pyongyang time” (instead of the same time zone as Seoul and...
HOUSE 3 #05 “The Search for General Tso”
http://www.thesearchforgeneraltso.com/ Filmmaker Ian Cheney explores the origin of a spicy-sweet chicken dish that is a popular item in many of America’s Chinese restaurants. Release date: January 2, 2015 (USA) Director: Ian Cheney Screenplay: Ian...
BBC for BFF
This was one of the stereotypes I started hearing about when I moved to the US: Men’s penis size… especially Asian men’s penis size. Dennis Rodman started visiting North Korea, claiming to be a...
Choco Pie
The Choco Pie is Korea’s all-time favorite childhood snack. Lately, I found them in an Asian grocery store in Ellicott City, MD. A box of twelve Choco Pies was sold for only $1.99. Around that time, I heard the news...
POTATO SONG 대홍단 감자
This series of videos presents North Korea, the forbidden world, the last twisted Stalinist state on Earth. We have been informed of an injustice by people and organizations and have gathered strong evidence from...
Best Friends Forever
Dennis Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the stands, before an exhibition basketball game at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 8,...
The Propaganda HQ
A propaganda machine – a vehicle of anti-communistic patriotism and ethnocentrism in my childhood. 1. Size matters – intimidate or dominate. 2. Provide good protection. 3. The detachable control center (Cockpit) provides mobility and bail-out exit....
Fate of the Giants
Everything that we have imagined yesterday is happening today and tomorrow. Technology allows us to fulfill our dreams. Today we can buy a pair of glasses that connect us to the Internet of things....
HOUSE 3 중화반점(中華飯店) Chinese Restaurant
I am in the middle of an identity crisis as an expatriate from Korea. While having this nostalgic moment of thinking about being surrounded by my people in Korea, and searching for the meaning...
HOUSE 2
I missed home but I knew that I could build a home 6,863 miles away from my old home. It may not feel like home, but I can make it feel like home. I...
HOUSE 2 #02 DIY “Do It Yourself”
How to Build a House in 7 steps. Building your dream home can be one of the most exciting and rewarding projects you can undertake. Getting the opportunity to plan out each step of the...
HOUSE 2 #01 Home Depot Textures
The carpet samples were free. I grabbed many different carpet samples from Home Depot. I took my time and felt each carpet texture carefully. I didn’t have carpets in my house in Korea. I...
HOUSE 1 #04 Relationship with Death
My father was the only son in a big family. Being the only son was the sweetest thing that could happen in a traditional Korean family. If you are the oldest son in your...
HOUSE 1 #02 풍수(風水) Feng Shui and Vagina
Feng Shui, the Chinese Metaphysics idea, is spread out through history and cultures. Japanese people practiced Feng Shui in making beautiful gardens with this idea. Donald Trump made a ton of money by glamorizing...
HOUSE 1 #03 碑文[epitaph, 비문 ]
image source – http://www.historynews.kr/sub_read.html?uid=751§ion=sc7§ion2= A epitaph, written in Chinese character. It was mysterious language my father used to talk to his ancestors back then.