Gye Joong KIM somanyid@gmail.com (647) 447-3193 169 Vine Ave, Toronto, Ontario, M6P 1V9
INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL ORGNIZER CINEMA EDUCATOR I have 10 years of experience of organizing and running an experimental film and video festival in Seoul, South Korea. I have extensive experience directing and producing alternative films with various types of productions and genres. Since 2003, I have taught high school students in production, history and aesthetics of cinema. I fluently speak and write in English and Korean.
EDUCATION 2000~2002
M.F.A. in Program in Film/Video & Integrated Media (double major), California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, U.S. 1997~1999 B.F.A. in Program in Film/Video, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles,U.S. 1997~1997 Communication Art, Filmmaking Major, New York Institute of Technology, New York, U.S. 1991~1992 Metallurgy Engineering, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, South Korea
PROFESSIONAL CAREER & EXPERIENCE 2003~present Experimental Filmmaker -Directing various genres of experimental films -Writing script for most films -Editing and management of footage for most films 2004~present Co-founder & Programmer, EXiS (Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul), Seoul, South Korea -Administration of running film festival -Funding application -Selecting and films and arranging screenings of film festival 2008~2013 Professor, SungKyul University, Film & Theater Department, Anyang, South Korea -Managing university administration including admission, curriculum -Teaching various courses on cinema production and theory 2009~present Board Member, Moving Image Forum (formerly Diagonal Film Archive) -Funding application for film festivals, screenings and publication on experimental films 2002~2003 Internship, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, U.S. -Digital data management for on-line website 2000 Multimedia designer, Internship, Digiwave, Seoul, South Korea -Web design & multimedia production for promotional web contents
CURATORIAL CAREER EXiS (Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul) 2004~present EXiS, co-founder & programmer, Seoul, South Korea 2012 Korean Experimental Documentary, EX-Choice, programmer 2010 Lecture: Eye Witness Report: Artists’ Video in Canada (Peggy Gale) 1970-2000, coordinator Toronto Special-Auteur/Philip Hoffman, programmer/coordinator Toronto Special-Video Art, programmer/coordinator Toronto Media Arts Network, programmer/coordinator Michael Snow/EX-Retro, programmer/coordinator Indi Visual-Steve Reinke, programmer/coordinator EX-Live/Rafael, programmer/coordinator VIVA Festival, programmer/coordinator Korean Video Art-Changdong Creation Center, programmer 2009 EX-Now (International/Korean competition), programmer Real to Unreal, programmer Korean Micro Waves, programmer Korean Exposure, programmer Asia Forum, EXiS, coordinator Jonas Mekas, EXiS, programmer/coordinator Indi-Visual/Chan-Kyong Park, programmer Indi-Visual/Pip Chodorov, programmer/coordinator EX-Live/Matsunammi Erika & Antonis Anissegos, programmer/coordinator 2008 EX-Now (International/Korean competition), programmer Tribute to John Cage, programmer Tribute to John Cage: Performance, EX-Live, programmer Indi-Visual/Chang-Soo Ko, programmer Helen Hill, coordinator 2007 EX-Now (International/Korean competition), co-programmer Indi-Visual/Michael Brynntrup, programmer Nam June Paik Tribute, coordinator Bruce Baillie, coordinator Indi-Visual/Jon Jost, programmer/coordinator 2005 EX-Now (International/Korean competition), programmer History of Japanese Experimental Film, programmer/coordinator Hollis Frampton, programmer 2004 EX-Now (Korean competition), programmer EX-Retro/Shoot Shoot Shoot, coordinator Freelance Curatorial Experience 2012 Ä ngelholm International Video Festival, Asian Video Art, Ä ngelholm, Sweden 2012 Programs for Cabaret screening series, MOCA Korea, programmer/coordinator, Seoul, South Korea 2011 Festival Cine UC, CalArts & EXiS Korean Shorts, programmer, Santiago, Chile 2010 Programs for MOCA/Spanish Video Arts, MOCA Korea, co-programmer/coordinator, Seoul, South Korea Diagonal Film Archive 2003~2004 Diagonal Film Archive Screening program, programmer, Seoul, South Korea 2004 Light, Reflection, Pattern 2004 Collage Film Night 2004 Absolute Animation Night / Body Film Night
SCREENING/EXHIBITION CAREER Director/Scripwriter/Editor Hyundai Group Project (DV, 10min, 2011) 2012 Hamburg International Short Film Festival, No Budget section, Hamburg, Germany 2011 Jeonju International Film Festival, Stranger Than Cinema section, Jeonju, South Korea Apartment Project (HD, 40min, 2010) 2010 Jeonju International Film Festival, Stranger Than Cinema section, Jeonju, South Korea Memories of Landscape (HD, 5min, 2009) 2009 OAF (Off And Free Film Festival), Seoul, South Korea Ethiopia Project (DV, 31min, 2008) 2008 Jeonju International Film Festival, Stranger Than Cinema section, Jeonju, South Korea Dae-il Project (DV, 62min, 2007) 2007 Jeonju International Film Festival, Korean Cinema on the Move, Jeonju, South Korea January 2006 (DV, 66min, 2006) 2006 EBS International Documentary Film Festival, Korean Independent Documentary section, Seoul, South Korea 2006 Jeonju International Film Festival, Korean Cinema on the Move section, South Korea Love Me Again (DV, 15min, 2012) 2012 Seoul Station Museum, Seoul, South Korea Haesung Project (DV, 18min, 2004) 2010 Mullae Art Festival, Seoul, South Korea 2005 Indie Forum, closing film, Seoul, South Korea 2005 Jeonju International Film Festival, Stranger Than Cinema section, Jeonju, South Korea 2004 New Media Arts Festival, Daum Foundation Grants, Seoul, South Korea Music Video #4 / It's Me (DV, 3min, 2001) 2003 Nouveau Cinema Festival, Montreal, Canada 2001 Chaplin Theatre, Showcase of Film&Video dept. of California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, U.S. Dec.31.1999 (DV, 10min, 1999) 2000 Korean Independent Short Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea Gallery Exhibition
Stone and Earth (single channel video installation) 2012 Gallery Ggul, single channel screening, Seoul, South Korea myfashionshow (theater performance) 2011 Festival BO:M producer, Seoul Art Council Grand Theater, Seoul, South Korea Stealing POV (multimedia installation) 2009 Underground Art Channel, Seoul, South Korea Music Video#6 / Masturbating Machine (video screening) 2004 Ssamzie Space Gallery, single channel video screening, ‘Young Video Show Show Show’ 2001 Gallery 825, Los Angeles, U.S. Garden Piece (video installation) 2002 Garden Exhibition, Video Installation, Los Angeles, U.S. May 2002 (video screening) 2002 Gallery C-Level, Los Angeles, U.S. 11.25.2001 (single channel video Installation) 2002 Chaplin Theatre, Showcase of Film&Video dept. in California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, U.S.
Image/Ine 2000 Gallery Sal, Seoul, Korea, Interactive Multimedia Performance
Lecture presentation 2012 Berlinerpool, Artist & Curator Guest lecture presentation, presenter 2009 Korean Art Council Gallery, Guest lecturer, A Few Currents of Video Art, event of exhibition ‘VIDEO : VIDE&0’ GRANTS RECEIVED 2011 Excellent Art Support Grant, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation 2006 Independent Filmmaking Funds, Korean Film Council 2004 Gasum Visual Development Grant, Daum Foundation
JURY 2013 IMAGES FESTIVAL, Jury of competition sections, Toronto, Canada 2013 Arirang Korea Smartphone Film Festival, Jury of competition, Toronto, Canada 2011 Imaginary Dimension, Jury of competition, Madrid, Spain 2011 Jeonju International Film Festival, Jury of Work-In-Progress Grast, Jeonju, South Korea 2008 Korean Film Council, Jury of Independent Cinema Production Grant, Jeonju, South Korea 2006~2007 KT&G, SangSangMadang, Jury of Short Film online competition, Seoul, South Korea TEACHING EXPERINCE Full-time & contracted 2008~2012 Full-time lecturer, SungKyul University, Theater & Film Department 2006~2008 Visiting Professor, KyungSung University, Film & Theater Department Part-time teaching 2012~2012 Soong-Sil University Advertisement Theory 2010~2013 Konkuk University Documentary, lecture in English 2007~2013 Chung-Ang University Making 30 Seconds Short Films, International Exchange Students Program, Lecture in English 2006~2013 Kyung-Sung University Documentary Film Workshop Filmmaking Foundation Workshop Experimental Film 2005~2008 Seoul Digital University Documentary, On-line cyber teaching Visual Image Studio, team teaching 2005~2013 Konkuk University Scriptwriting Digital Video Workshop Game & Animation Film & Video Technology 2004~2006 Pyong-Taek University Moving Image Grammar Sound Design 2005~2007 Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts Film Directing Music Video & CF Digital Editing
2006~2006
Seo-Won University Documentary Production Film Editing 2005~2006 Kuk-Min University Documentary Workshop 2004~2004 Kyung-Hee University Video Production Scenario Foundation 2003 Woo-Song University Understanding Movie ACADEMIC JOURNAL & PRESENTATION 2012 Documentary Association in Korea, Academic Seminar, debater 2012 The Way the Documentary Sees Its Subjects and Others, and the Truth EBS International Documentary Festival, Documentary Academy Conference Journal 2011 Fundamental Education on Film StyleⅠ: Focusing on Basic Viewing Education Utilizing Sound and Camera The Korea Contents Association, International Journal of Contents, Academic Journal 2010 An Methodological Consideration on Cinema Education in Utilizing Medium-specific Language of Cinema Korean Association of Digital Moving Image, REVIEW, Academic Journal 2009 A Case Study of Asian Experimental Film Journal of Multiculture & Peace, Multiculture & Peace Institute, Academic Journal 2008 The Illusionism of Cinema: Focusing on Cinematic Representation Korean Society of Basic Design & Art, Bulletin of KSBDA, Academic Journal 2006 Notes on the Thesis Work May 2002 Korean Association of Digital Moving Image, REVIEW, Academic Journal 2005 Self-reflexivity of Jean-Luc Godard's films: focusing on Tout Va Bien, Numero Deux, JLG/JLG Korean Association of Digital Moving Image, REVIEW, Academic Journal 2004 Consideration on the Two Types of Digital Cinema : In the Case of Film Festivals in South Korea Academic Journal, REVIEW, Korean Association of Digital Moving Image PUBLICATIONS 2011 A New History of Documentary Film (author Jack. C. Ellis), Vizandbizz Publication. co-translator 2008 Few Perspectives on Structural Film, N’Avant 04, A Diagonal Film Archive, writer/co-editor 2008 Carl. E. Brown: Visual Alchemy, Diagonal Film Archive, co-editor 2008 John Cage: Philosophy and Art of John Cage, Diagonal Film Archive, co-writer 2005 Visionary Film (author P.A. Sitney), co-translation ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIP CAREER 2008~2013 Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, Evaluation Committee Member, Seoul, South Korea 2007~2011 Korean Studies Association of Korea, membership, Seoul, South Korea 2007~2009 Korean Society of Basic & Art, membership, Seoul, South Korea 2006~2013 Korean Digital Moving Images Association, Trustee, Seoul, South Korea 2006~2011 N'Avant, Academic Journal, Editorial Committee Member, Seoul, South Korea