Video Excerpts (please click link to view): Hug Flowers Summer-Swim Waves
I Don't Know Where I've Been
Digital Scratch Films by David Yun
In a new series of short videos entitled, "I Don't Know Where I've Been", San Francisco based artist David Yun explores the aesthetic possibilities of digital video by incorporating elements of the scratch film into his practice. Starting from the techniques and aesthetics that experimental filmmakers such as Stan Brakhage and Carolee Schneemann applied to 16mm film, these works invitee us to think about video making in a similar frame-by-frame manner in which the lines between reality and reproduction are blurred. In this series, Yun begins his pursuit of perfecting digital “scratching" techniques by manipulating original and found video in software such as Photoshop and Final Cut Pro to produce works that aim to both visually stimulate and recall memory, emotion and sensation.
About the Artist
David Yun is an MFA student studying film at San Francisco Art Institute. He grew up in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit that holds the title as "The Whitest Large City in the United States." Yun's work spans a variety of mediums including film/video, photography, and installation. His work often explores the feelings of isolation that plague modern society, unearthing forgotten historical events, and the misunderstandings that arise from our lack of personal, familial, and cross-cultural communication.
Selected Screenings
2008
Oxford Film Festival, Oxford, Mississippi
2007
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Reel Asian Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Terra Incognita III, New Langton Arts/San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, California
Intercity, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Selected Exhibitions
2008
I.O.U., Mission 17 Gallery Annual Juried Show, San Francisco, California
2007
Another Country, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, California
Summer Triangle: Part 1, KGB Gallery, Los Angeles, California
I'm Out, Gray Area Gallery, San Francisco, California
SFAI NOW, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, California
