Youjin Moon
MFA ’13 Fine Arts 2D
My art practice is an integration of various media, encompassing drawing, painting, photography, and film/video. My background in painting informs the textural approach I apply to filmmaking. I explore how visual experiences can cause an individual’s perception of space to oscillate between reality and imagination. I focus on how the interplay of visual and sonic layers can evoke mental images of dreamlike spaces. By incorporating video footage, painting, and computer graphics, I create improvisational structures of uncanny landscapes. The layered environment navigates realms between inner and outer, micro and macro, and natural and constructed. Through an abstract narrative, I compose a form of visual poetry that evokes a sense of wonder. By depicting imperceptible environments, I hope to challenge our usual patterns of perception.
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Youjin Moon is a South Korean artist and experimental filmmaker based in Boston. Moon has shown her works at film festivals and exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and the US, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the deCordova New England Biennial, and the solo film screening at Harvard Film Archive. Moon received the Korean EXiS Award at the 12th and 16th Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Studio Foundation at MassArt.
