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Kelvin Kyung Kun Park

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Kelvin Kyung Kun Park

Born January 1, 1978 (age 48)

Kelvin Kyung Kun Park is an artist based in Seoul, born in 1978. He works primarily in the mediums of film and video, photography, and installation, with a focus on exploring the unconscious and its relationship with technology and subjectivity. His award-winning works have been exhibited at various international venues, including the Busan International Film Festival, Berlinale, HotDocs, New York…

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Stateless ThingsStateless Things · 2012
Stateless Things
★ 5.32012
MovieDrama
Stateless Things crosscuts between the lives of two young men, one an illegal immigrant from North Korea stuck in dead-end jobs, the other the kept boy of a married businessman stifling in a swanky apartment.
A Dream of IronA Dream of Iron · 2014
A Dream of Iron
★ 6.02014
MovieDocumentary
Korea's past was whale worship; its present is industry. Is the future whales AND industry?
The Bek Show: End of CivilizationThe Bek Show: End of Civilization · 2024
The Bek Show: End of Civilization
2024
MovieComedyMusic
The versatile artist, BEK Hyunjin ventures into theater direction, leaving the actors in a state of confusion. His unconventional direction unfolds into strange scenes on stage. Scenes of people howling, a woman's monologue, another woman lip-syncing a song appear in random order, and BEK Hyunjin himself appears on stage as a primitive man, a singer and a narrator.
What the Land Remembers​​
Sep 12, 2026
What the Land Remembers​​ · 2026
What the Land Remembers​​
2026
MovieDocumentary
ArmyArmy · 2018
Army
2018
MovieDocumentary
"You belong to the country for the next two years." The film describes Woo-cheol's struggles with becoming part of a group while trying to maintain his individuality throughout his military service period. A humorous yet cynical portrait of military groupism.
Invitation to a Peaceful CityInvitation to a Peaceful City · 2005
Invitation to a Peaceful City
2005
MovieDocumentary
Kelvin Kyung Kun Park’s Invitation to a Peaceful City, poetically mediates on the various forms of cultural resistance and simple quotidian ways of making do, that a variety of displaced Korean villagers have made after being first displaced by the Japanese and then the US Air Force. Park’s work sensitively speaks about the conflict that has arisen between the locals who are now tied into the economy of the base and others who still live under its shadow.

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