PROGRAM
《E》East Asian Experimental Competition5
1 works, 92min.
【TOKYO】Theatre Image Forum：9/20 (SUN) 13:30 , 9/22 (TUE) 16:00
【KYOTO】Demachiza：10/21(WED) 18:00
【NAGOYA】Nagoyakinema Neu：11/12(THU) 17:40
【HIROSHIMA】Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library：11/29(SUN) 11:00
South Korea
Oh, Valentine
HONG Jin-hwon／digital／92min／2025
In February, 2004, PARK Il-soo, a subcontracted worker at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, committed suicide by self-immolation. Amid intensifying labor disputes surrounding increased irregular hiring in the aftermath of an economic crisis, his death led to further conflict. The latest work by an acclaimed filmmaker who was selected for the 2026 Korea Artist Prize and whose Melting Icecream won an award at the Image Forum Festival in 2022.
HONG Jin-hwon
Enjoys observing and intervening in the power dynamics surrounding photographs and images. Works primarily with media such as photography, film, and web programming. Solo exhibitions include melting icecream (d/p, Seoul, 2021) and Random Forest (Art Space Pool, Seoul, 2018). Participated in numerous group exhibitions, including the 11ᵗʰ Seoul Mediacity Biennale Escape from the Everyday (Seoul Museum of Art, 2021), and has co-organized and run several collaborative projects with peers, such as Space Nowhere, The Scrap, and docs.
Originally conceived as a media art piece, melting icecream was re-edited into a documentary film and premiered at the Seoul Independent Film Festival in 2021. The film went on to receive the Beautiful Goose Award at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and the Terayama Shūji Award in the East Asian Experimental Competition section at Image Forum Festival 2022 in Japan.
