DIAFF 2016

DIAFF 4th (2016)

Media education for Immigrants ¡®Film, So LAN¡¯

¡®Film, So LAN¡¯ is a media education program for immigrants. Just like last year, we have provided media education and filmmaking workshop to the diasporas around the Incheon area. During the five months, the local diasporas of Incheon (families of marriage migrants, Chinese emigrants, international students, etc.) have taken part in a filmmaking workshop. The films will be presented at the premiere screening during the Diaspora Film Festival. In the second year of 'Film, So LAN', five teams have participated; Multiculture Love Society 'New Dream School'; primary students of Overseas Chinese School; secondary students of the same school; team Siren of AIDA Maeul; Vietnamese Art Group Rainbow Hill. Five different short films of heartfelt stories of immigrants-from concerns of youth, the difficulty of communication in Korea, to nostalgia- will be screened. Not only will this be a great opportunity for the immigrants for their voices to be heard, but also a chance for the immigrants and the natives to understand and sympathize through differences and similarities.

Film, So LAN Premiere Screening

  • Date and Time :¡¡Saturday, 3rd September 2016 at 19:30
  • Venue : Incheon Art Platform Open Air Stage
  • Moderator : Kim Young-joo (Programmer at Women's Film Festival in Incheon)
Yeondoo Jung < D¡¯Ici et d¡¯Ailleurs (Here and elsewhere)>
  • Opening Event : Friday, 2nd September 2016 at 18:00
  • Exhibition days : 2016. 09. 02 - 09.30, 10:00 - 8:00
  • Opening hours during the DIAFF week (3rd and 4th of Sept) : 10:00 - 20:00
  • Venue: Incheon Art Platform Building A, first floor

Artist's Words

<D¡¯Ici et d¡¯Ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere) >
I was watching the people on boats; the news on the European migrant crisis. These people had escaped to the sea, to the boundless ocean. What could have been on their mind while floating there? How have they imagined their lives to be? The first eight pieces of work were created while I was in residency in France, through encounters with immigrants that came to live there. But when I came back to Korea, I soon felt deeply embarrassed: That I live in the Republic of Korea but have not made any artwork about North Korean refugees: That I did not pay much interest in North Korean refugees only until after working on a project about European migrant crisis. Since 2015, I have met with North Korean refugees, interviewed them, and recorded their stories. Adding my imagination, I have created a series of photographs under the same title . Mainly it is about the homeland that they had left behind, but also about here, where they now live at. They belong to neither of these places. The places mentioned in their stories are reconstructed with the artist's imagination and shot 'here', at their current residency. Eleven pieces of photographs are meticulously cropped and layered to give a sense of depth. When the captivated audience steps up to admire the artwork, the murmuring voice of the North Korean refugee tells a story. Their stories and the beautiful photographs seem to have a totally different structure of equilibrium or somewhat paradoxical irony. But at some point, the audience will be able to find the point of intersection that the artist hopes to be found. At this exhibition, and will be on display.

Yun Dong-ju Literature House Documentary Special Screening
< Sky, Wind, Star, and Poetry & Yun Dong-ju >, 30min, 2016

The pressurization pump of soul, 'Yun Dong-ju Literature House' has produced a documentary about the poet. will be on a special screening for two days during the Diaspora Film Festival. Poet Yun Dong-ju stayed at a boarding house in Nusang-dong, Jongno-gu during his years at Yeonhui College. His housemate was a fellow writer Jeong Byeong-uk, and the owner of the house was a novelist named Kim Song (1909-1988). Dong-ju would occasionally hike up nearby Inwang mountain and refine his poetry. The beloved poems , , are some of his creations of the time. Such special relationship with the poet had led Jongno-gu to build a museum dedicated to Yun Dong-ju and his literary works. A deserted water pressurization pump at Inwang's mountainside has now been turned into a museum. Just as a pressurization pump helps water to run powerfully again, the poems of Yun Dong-ju give us beautiful inspiration, smoothing out the waterway for our souls.

  • Date : Saturday, 3rd and Sunday, 4th September 2016
  • Time : Between 10:00 - 18:00. Screening begins at every hour
  • Venue : Incheon Art Platform Building H, 1st floor

Lecture

< Why did the witness of Auschwitz commit suicide? In search of Primo Levi >
Subtitle: At the production of a documentary film.

Born in Kyoto, Japan as the second generation Korean Japanese, Seo Gyeong-sik (Professor at Tokyo Keizai University) has lived his whole life between the two countries. As a diasporic existence himself, Professor Seo gives another special lecture at the 4th Diaspora Film Festival. Professor Seo is the original writer and cast of the documentary film , produced by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). While watching the film's highlights, professor Seo will talk about the episodes of filmmaking and the life of Primo Levi, an Auschwitz witness, from a diasporic point of view.

"Primo Levi was a witness for our future. But this side of the world, namely our world has neither listened to his voice nor paid respect to the witness. By throwing his physical body through the pale darkness unto the cold stone floor, he had crushed our superficiality into pieces." an excerpt from by Seo Gyeong-sik

Lecture after the screening of < Why did the witness of Auschwitz commit suicide? In search of Primo Levi >

  • Date and Time : Sunday, 4th September 2016 at 10:30 (screening), 13:00 (lecture)
  • Venue : Incheon Art Platform Building H, multi-purpose room (2nd floor)
  • lecturer : Seo Gyeong-sik (Professor at Tokyo Keizai University, essayist)

Conversation

Conversation between Seo Gyeong-sik and Yeondoo Jung

We invite professor Seo Gyeong-sik and media artist Yeondoo Jung to share a conversation on Jung's artwork . Professor Seo is a diaspora himself and has been studying the history and reality of the Korean Japanese as a human on the border. Media artist Yeondoo Jung is a Korean artist, who has earned prominence with works that defy the border between reality and fiction.

Yeondoo Jung will open the conversation with the why and how behind this project. Professor Seo will then share his thoughts on the artwork from a diasporic point of view. The audience will be able to broaden the speculative field on diaspora and examine the meaning of 'present diaspora'.

  • Date and Time : Saturday, 3 September 2016, 14:00 - 15:30
  • Venue : Incheon Art Platform Building A, 1st floor
  • lecturers : Seo Gyeong-sik (Professor at Tokyo Keizai University, essayist), Yeondoo Jung (Media Artist)
Tabaktabak Diaspora Travelog

The first Korean emigrants left from Incheon in 1902. Since then, Incheon has always been the city closest to immigration; historically and areally. 'Tabaktabak Diaspora Travelog' is an orienteering program where participants travel on foot through the historic sites around the open port area. It was the departure point for Korean emigrants but also the point of arrival for Chinese immigrants. The open port area harbors the history and culture of overseas Chinese immigrants. Jajangmyeon Museum, Overseas Chinese History Museum, and an exotic China Town are some of the venues that you can visit. Due to dispersions, migrations, and travels, Jung-gu became home to many modern architectural heritage and attractions. Travel around and rediscover the identity and history of the diasporas. Experience and witness why Incheon is significant to Korea's modern history.

  • Date and Time :¡¡Saturday, 3 September 2016, 14:00 - 17:00
  • Venue : Around Incheon Art Platform
  • Commentator : Park Cheol-ho
All Nations Market - Odd Market

Odd Market is operated by 'Yoil Shop - All is Right', a famous local life and culture space at Baedari alley. In the Yoil Shop, diverse programs such as craft workshop, theater or painting lesson takes place on each 'yoil', a Korean word for 'the day of the week'. The shop has become a cultural leader in open communication and sharing with the locals.

  • Date and Time : Saturday, 3rd 2016, 11:00 - 18:00
  • Venue : Incheon Art Platform, Open Air Plaza
  • In collaboration with : Yoil Shop - All is Right
Bookshop 'Between'

For two days during the 4th Diaspora Film Festival, 'Rented Bookshop' rents a corner in 'Bookshop Between'. 'Rented Bookshop' is a project run by editor W and designer M. For about a year, they have been renting small venues and setting up corner bookstores. Some of the venues include a cafe around Aegwan Theater in Incheon and a shop in Saetgol alley near Dowon station. Books are personally chosen by the two; ones they have read themselves and wish to recommend to others; or a customized recommendation for the visitors of their newly 'Rented Bookshop'.
At 'Rented Bookshop at Bookshop Between' during the festival week, you will be met with diverse forms of independent publications, including books on diaspora. These are personal selections of editor W, who has been studying diaspora with immense interest.

  • Opening days : Saturday, 3 and Sunday, 4 September 2016
  • Venue : Incheon Art Platform Building H, 2nd floor
All Nations Music Salon
  • Date and Time : Saturday, 3 September 2016, 14:00 - 16:30
  • Venue : Incheon Art Platform, Open Air Plaza
    • 1st performance Nabi:mat (Butterfly Flavor) 14:00 - 14:30
    • 2nd performance Jeong Dan 15:00 - 15:30
    • 3rd performance Kanryumei 16:00 - 16:30