A Dream of Iron, 2013

Kelvin Kyung Kun Park
A Dream of Iron, 2013
Digital video, colour
96 minutes
Korean with English and Arabic subtitles
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Synopsis

This consideration of modernity and the sublime, features magnificent images of Korea's industrialisation, steel mills and shipyards in the seafaring city of Ulsan, with equally redolent scenes of ancient whales and mystical ritual woven together in a haunting story of failed love and conviction.

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Director

Kelvin Kyung Kun Park is a multimedia artist based in Seoul, Korea, working primarily in the medium of film
& video, photography, and installations. He has screened his highly acclaimed first full-length documentary, Cheonggyecheon Medley, 2010, at various international venues, including the Berlin Film Festival, Busan Inter- national Film Festival, Warsaw Planet Doc Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, among others. Park’s video installation works have been shown at the Ilmin Museum of Art in Seoul and Daegu Art Museum, Arko Art Gallery, Opsis Art Gallery of Seoul, and the 2012 Taipei Biennale.

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