Artist statement

Born into the Korean culture, raised in a western educational system, and living in various places in Asia, between an emotional artist and an objective businessman; where finding balance between two extremes was a major component of my life. I was a jock, and a captain of a sports team; I was an artist who loved to quietly paint and take part in cultural events. I went to school for business returning again to study art. I constantly felt I had to choose between these subjects. It took me awhile to realize that all these, juxta positions, were of a single value. I didn’t have to choose or balance between anything because I had already combined them into a single value that made me who I am. My extreme extroverted and introverted persona, that seems so different to others are unique characteristics that makeup who I am.

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My animated films visually represent these coexisting extremes. Animation is created with images that are still and when joined and layered, they create the illusion of extreme motion and energy. This medium gives me the ability to amplify emotional experiences from a variety of perspectives resulting from my ‘double-sided’ life. I can make personal memoir films that deal with the tense emotional drama between sports teammates without using images of the sport. I am able to share what it feels like to have an anxiety attack during a mundane event. It is a visual representation of an emotion taken to its visceral extreme. My films are an autobiographical expression of my double sided world.