William Kentridge "The Refusal of Time"

I went to Metropolitan Museum and watched William Kentridge "The Refusal of Time" few weeks ago. Actually,at that time I went to Met to do other studio class assignment  and found out really curious art work. When I first entered the exhibition room, it was really dark and gave me mysterious mood. I saw images of shadow and clocks and wooden piece at first. Sound was really impressive and draw my attention. It was William Kentridge "The Refusal of Time" exhibition.  William Kentridge is a South African artist. Five screen and sculpture were played .

First of all, sounds pieces really linked videos. There were many layers in sounds and it gave South African mood someway. It was really loud and overwhelm viewers.Also, the moving sculpture really draw attention.It is made of wood and  It moves up and down. It kept moving like machine in 19th century. In screen, people can see various images. Huge metronomes ,shadows,people ,mysterious silver lines ,black dots or strokes appear and disappear in screens.



We can see linear and non linear time in his work.To me,everything seemed linear and non linear at the same time. It felt like I became heroine of some fantasy movie. I really liked the huge metronomes and it's sounds. To be honest, I really could not understand why we have to do sound project at that time. Now I really  understand how sound is important to video. Sound decide mood of videos.I also noticed that he interpreted  time in many ways. He used symbolic objects to show time lap and specific time just like we did. I was surprised that by this movie he wanted to refuse European colonialism. He interpreted time physically but also in very personal and political way. I used wood in the second project 'short and long time' as symbol of that takes long time to change. Therefore, when I saw his wooden piece, I felt similar. Wood needs long time to change but it change anyway in the end. I thought European colonialism may take long time to change but it could be change later.  

Reading responses about Circular Ruins and Library of Babel

Circular Ruins

This short story was so confused at first.Because it felt like there were so many dreams in this story. After I read the story, I could understand why Ken mentioned about  Sisyphus.I just can't understand  Sisyphus. The myth keeps talking about him as really smart parson. However, I think he is really dumb.He just saw just short future he faced. He ends up with legendary pathetic person because of endless  punishment. The punishment is really cruel. The bad situation that keep repeats will drive person crazy.
It really reminds me my favorite movie inception.To me, dream is always interesting subject to talk. I like dream's mysterious unrealistic mood. Also, sometimes unconscious shows what our real inside is. In that aspect I thought the reading was interesting.

Library of Babel

I think the theme is really interesting. The book says there are only 25 character in the world and our life is completely depends on what book we are in. We just live life according to our book is written. Sometimes, I believe we all have fate. No matter how we try, situation just changed by fate. Sometimes I really do feel it. But, I do not want to believe that the fate is limited like this book says. I  do not want to say that I am one of the 25 character.

This book also really reminds me parallel life. Parallel life means people live parallel life with someone just like they are in same book.Many people said Lincoln and Kennedy lived parallel life. There are few evidence that their life is amazingly similar. I thought  it is really interesting and in some aspect the theory is believable. However, I hope not. I think everyone deserve their

Time final project

This video is about Dream. 
The title is "Wonderland Dream" .
When we dream, we just accept awkward circumstances very naturally.
So, I thought dream is good subject to show linear and non linear time.
I tried hard to make mysterious dreamy feeling in this video .
I changed color and gave distort effects. 
Also, I edited Sergei Rachmaninoff piano concerto. I changed order and speed.I added layer sounds too. I used clock ticking sound and bubble sound. 
Because this is about dream, last part,  I used alarm sounds.  

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Process

                                                            New York Aquarium

 My final project is about dream and I wanted to show underwater city.
Therefore , I went to the New York Aquarium to shoot.
 I could find beautiful corals and scenes of underwater.
However, I could not find shark. New York Aquarium said because of typhoon sandy , they had to move shark to other place. It was really embarrassed.
But any way, I enjoyed underwater scenes.

Final storyboard

                                         This is my storyboard. This is about dream.
                                         The video's background is sea. I want to use many clips that
                                         I took in the cancun in this spring.Inception is one of my favorite movie.         Inception scene that a girl making dream really inspired me. 

This is short clip that I will use to show non linear time.

The process of making documentary.

#1

The Unidentified Flying Object is sighted 

#2-3

UFOs appear all around the world, however in Korea, only one record was found in 1609.

# 7

It is documented in “The True Record of the Joseon Dynasty”. The record said in the 20th year of reign of Gwangheagun September 25, the round and shiny object was shown in the sky of hanyang with lightening and thunder in a clear sky. It described, it was fast as arrow and it happened in a flash.

#12-13 

In Seoul 2013, an earthshaking news went into headlines of everyday newspaper.

#14 

A short video clip on Youtube amassed more than two hundred million views in the shortest time without parallel in Youtube history. In the clip that filmed by cellphone in a hospital, a guy disappeared with woman in front of many people. The man came out into the open he is a 30 years old professor.People casted a doubt on his identity as an alien from 400 years ago.

#17

However, it was possible to find several irrefutable evidences. Some people who still believe this video was fabricated, We met an anonymous informant who witnessed his physic powers and interviewed her.

#18 

Are you sure you saw him?

#19

I remember the day just like it was yesterday. 3years ago, I saw him. My car was about to hit him,but he just disappeared in front of my eyes.Everyone said I showed signs of hallucination or it was a drunk driving, but I was not.

나는 그날을 아직도 똑똑히 기억해요. 나는 삼년전에 그를 봤어요. 내가 거의 그를 차로 칠뻔했는데 그가 내 눈앞에서 사라진거에요. 사람들은 내가 환영을 본거라고 생각하거나 내가 음주운전을 했다고 생각했지만 정말 아니었거든요!

#20

She was so confident of what she witnessed that day.

#21

One of his ex-coworker, inflamed that he’d never got old

#22

His name was Park Haejin and he was my ex-coworker. We both worked in hanyang hospital as surgeon. I thought he passed away because he went missing one day in 1970. When I saw photo of him in the news. I was so shocked because his face was exactly the same as 30 years ago.

그사람 이름은 박해진이었구요 제 동료였어요. 우리 같이 한양대학병원에서 외과의로 일했어요. 나는 그사람이 70년대에 갑자기 어느날 사라져서 죽은줄만 알았어요 . 뉴스에서 그사람 얼굴이 70년대와 똑같아서 정말 깜짝 놀랐어요

#23

 I can prove it. Look at this photo.

나는 증거도 있어요 이 사진을 봐요

#26 

Detective in charge accused his suspicious billionaire life 30 years ild average professor with no family can never accumulate such amount of wealth. Because of this doubtful wealth we investigated him but he was freed with out charges. I don’t want to believe but I can’t help saying for such amount of wealth, it must take over four centuries. 

#27

2013.12.28, The greatest meteor shower on Earth happened in 400 years. 

#28

Since then, No one could see him. In the place known as his last residence, we can not find any thing, but only his journal. 

#29

After that accident, I’ve been living this country for about 400 years and it left 5 months on Earth.I am gonna disappear soon.

Memento

Memento 
Although it was confusing and creepy,I really enjoyed the movie. I remember that I watched this movie when I was young. I first saw this movie when my parents were watching it. At that time, I did not get any thing. I just keep asked to my parents what is going on. So, all I remember about this movie is creepy tattoo , a man who forget new memories in every ten minute and dramatic reversal. However, this time, I fully enjoyed the movie.
The movie shows all the event not in time order. The hero kills a man just after the movie starts and audiences can understand the first part in the last scene. The way the director presents the story was really interesting. It made me to concentrate on the movie till it ends. It also makes the ending part more dramatic. Also, I really liked the ending part. The dramatic reversal makes the story really strong and clearly gives message of the director. Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite director because he always makes audience to think. The main character try hard not to distort his memory, he notes facts in the photos and even tattoo the most important facts. He believed his notes and memory but it was all fabricated by himself. Although, memory distortion was exaggerated because of his disease and circumstance, the movie makes me to think about how exact our memory is. All of our memory is actually interpretation of  events but we consider our memory as fact. I think Nolan clearly gives his message by the main character. The fact that what happens to Sammy was actually the memory of himself and the act  he constantly making quiz that can not be solved  was most impressive part to me.