October to June
October to June
FHD, color, sound, 24 minutes 19 seconds, 2019
October to June (2019) is composed of 4 chapters which is the artist’s reinvention of the woodprints in the 15th century alchemy book titled Rosarium Philosophorum*. The metaphor and symbolism charged with one’s own attitude and sentimentality within the story of another cast questions on the inevitable condition of the individual within society, who is unable to easily differentiate or separate oneself from the society. This video juxtaposes the life of a man in a rehabilitation center and symbolizes components based on the explanation using alchemy in Jung’s analytical psychology.
* The 20 woodcut prints in Rosarium Philosophorum can be interpreted in the symbolic meaning in different levels of the black, white, gold and red flowers in alchemy. This process of transition in these levels is relevant to the process of individuation, and is also related to the processes of psychotherapy.
VIDEO CREDIT
Park Ji-yu, Lee Jae-yu, Lee Yong-kil
Do Yeon-woo, Song Daseul, Um Insung, Oh Suk-won, Yi Yunyi, Hyelyeong, H. U.
Camera | Lee Heein, Um Insung, Yi Yunyi
Lighting | Lee Heein
Sound Recording | Um Insung, Yi Yunyi
Production/Costume | Song Daseul, Yi Yunyi
Editing | Lee Heein, Yi Yunyi
DI/CG | Lee Heein
Sound Mixing | Lee Heein
Location | ARABY Studio, SAYA Studio
Music
“Train to Paris”
“Martial D”
“Clam Dreams”
All written and performed by Um Insung
“Listening to strange lullabies / Going to the zoo”
All written and performed by Do Yeon-woo
Quotation
“I talk to myself, thinking about him.
Just like me, he is seeking some happiness for his life.
Just like me, he is trying to avoid suffering in his life.
Just like me, he has known sadness, loneliness and despair.
Just like me, he is seeking to fulfill his needs.
Just like me, he is learning about life."
<The Compassion Exercise> Experience Avatar, Harry Palmer, 1987
“Tension is someone you think you must become. As yourself, you're relaxed.”
<Chinese Proverbs>
Subtitle Translation | Hwang Sunhye
Script/Directing | Yi Yunyi
Supported by DOOSAN Gallery
SCREENING HISTORY
Jan/14/2021 ~ Feb/13/2021, A Son Older Than His Father, DOOSAN Gallery NY, U.S.A
Oct/09/2019 ~ Nov/09/2019, All Survived, DOOSAN Gallery Seoul, Korea
October to June © 2019 YI YUNYI