Im Cheol-min

During 1960-90s, several theaters and public spaces in Seoul and other cities, such as Pagoda theater, Keukdong theater, and Seongdong theater, had been appropriated as the crucial ‘cruising spot’ by male sexual minorities. Now the main stage of cruising has moved from the physical spaces to the virtual fields. It seems there is no spatial validity as the Cruising Spot any longer.

An omnibus film produced by Indie Forum. The directors made a short film of about five minutes under the theme of "self-reliance".

Movements that have lost its original frame keep encircling me. Then, all of a sudden, the grains of long-hidden emotions start to stir. When I let out a long breath, it cuts across every moment and reaches the very end of hallucinations, memories of the future are revealed like treasures. Only then does the world go on.

My moving date was nearing, and my camera stopped working for no apparent reason. On the way back to my hometown where my old camera was kept, I called a few friends. We talked about popular songs, machine life expectancy, and each other’s health. As I cover my blushed cheeks with my hands, the car navigator tells me that it will search for the current location again. Places I saw in my dreams appear and disappear before my eyes, and when I step on a pedal according to signals on the screen, a white ball suddenly comes upon an artificial grass. Heading back home, I imagine a giant hole in the middle of random landscapes passing by.