Despair to be Reborn

Overview

A 25-minute single-channel video that considers the psycho-geography of modern cities by tracing literal passageways and routes that link distinct physical sites in the urban landscape as well as the cognitive shortcuts and detours that collectively map the cosmopolitan consciousness. In so doing, Jun interweaves imagery and voices from Korea, Japan and France in a fragmented trajectory that alternates between archival footage from the 1930s and present-day scenes in each country’s capital city.