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...
MFA Work
MFA Work Collection
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.
HOUSE 1 #01 Virgin was a scary word.
Sex is great. In traditional Korean society, however, women could have sex only with their husbands. Womens’ rights were oppressed under the Confucianism-based culture. In folklore, if a girl dies before her marriage (usually...
Z-Robot’s Old House Odyssey
I miss my home. It has been 4 years since I left. I am sending the Z-Robot to my home.