26 Day Archeology Revised Edition

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Duration: 00:44:31
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Category: Videocreation
Project Type: Documentary, Feature, Experimental
Synopsis: "This Film based on Tran Thanh Lan's diary" Park Kyong Ju has devoted over 17 years to studying the diary of Tran Thanh Lan, a Vietnamese migrant woman who died after moving to Korea through an illegal international marriage involving human trafficking. It is estimated that 24 cases of migrant women who have tragically died in Korea have been reported in the media between 2007 and 2023. Tran Thanh Lan is the only one among them who kept a diary. A single-channel video 26 Day Archeology Revised Edition showing key scenes from Tran Thanh Lan's Diary. The film shows key scenes sequentially, page by page of the diary. These scenes show the truth that the artist discovered while drawing the storyboard one by one. In the spring of 2019, when the statute of limitations for the death case expired after 10 years, the Korean prosecutors and police did not accept the truth that the artist claimed, citing insufficient evidence. The letter X that divides the screen is an expression of mourning for the deceased who did not receive social recognition for his unjust death. At the same time, it is an artist's resistance to public power that ignores the truth. Park's works symbolically demonstrate how the institution of marriage, which should be founded on love, is commodified under the domination of capital. An Immersive experimental experience set to a purely musical soundtrack. (Electronic music by Tri Minh)

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Submitter Biography:
Park Kyong Ju majored in printmaking at Hong Ik University in Seoul, South Korea, and experimental film and photography at University of Fine Arts Braunschweig in Germany. She started to create her artworks based on visual art. Her initial works (use of diverse media such as photography, video, and performance) have evolved through collaborations with immigrants — particularly immigrant women and migrant workers— by taking the form of a musical band and a social innovation-driven art company, and by crossing over into various genres including broadcasting and TV, theatre and musical, and film. Park served as a visiting professor at Daegu Haany University in Gyeongsan-City, South Korea, and as a non-standing member of the Committee of the Arts Council Korea. Since 2009, she has been the CEO of “Salad”, a social innovation-driven art company, producing and distributing content focused on cultural diversity with immigrant artists from Asia living in Korea. She is based in Bad Ems, Germany and Seoul, South Korea.