Through a process of degeneration of both sound and image, Just endows the iconic American flag with new context and implication. The image is repeated by generations, using different processes such as digital video, computer printout and photocopying, and then combined with degenerated sound. Single frames of original digital images are exported, and evolve through the repetition of process, before being metamorphosed back to digital image by scanning and rendering. This working process explores how differently an image can be read when put in a specific context, which separates it from its universal meaning. In Just the process not only conveys the idea but also creates the concept, and the form of Just acts as a clue to decipher the content. Just plays with image, sound and language but breaks down their karma and builds up new combinations of meaning.
Just
Joon Soo Ha
2002 00:06:00 South Korea, United StatesEnglishColorStereoDescription
About Joon Soo Ha
Joon Soo Ha is a video artist, filmmaker, and graphic designer whose work combines abstract concepts of time and space within a cultural context, creating an intuitive metaphoric language. Ha’s works decipher the sociocultural context by representing personal vision and symbolic images. Originally from Korea, he studied filmmaking in U.S. with the support of a Fulbright scholarship.
Joon Soo’s works have screened widely. Awards include the Juror’s Special Prize at the 2nd Seoul International Documentary Film Festival (Seoul, Korea), Gold Prize at the International Computer Art Competition (Beijing, China), Grand Prize at the Ssamzi Music Video Contest (Seoul, Korea), Jury Award at the 36th New York Exposition of Short Film and Video (New York, U.S.), and he was a Golden Reel nominee at the VC FilmFest (Los Angeles, U.S.).