Jung-eun Lee, a doctoral student in design history and culture, presented her research outcomes at the 11th annual DMZ International Documentary Film Festival Conference held in Paju in September. The DMZ Film Festival is one of Asia’s biggest documentary film festivals, and the conference was held to expand the scope of academic discourse in conjunction with the film festival. This year’s festival focused on the special characteristics of the demilitarized zone near the border with North Korea. It was called “Cinema, North Korea, and Division of the Nation” and was held under two main themes: “Art of Border” and “Art of North Korea.” Lee presented in “Art of Korea” in Session 2 on “North Korea and the Politics of Cinematic Expressions,” concerning North Korean films and visual culture.
Name of Conference: “CINEMA, NORTH KOREA, AND DIVISION OF NATION”, 11th DMZ International Doc Film Festival Conference
Date: 2019. 9. 22
Venue: Lotte Cinema Paju, Korea
Supervised by: Prof. Kim Min-soo
Participants: Lee Jung Eun(in doctor’s course)
Contents of presentation: Under the theme “Origin, Continuity, and Transition: The Symbolism of North Korea,” Lee examined the origin and continuity of the design of the major national symbols established in the early days of North Korea’s nation-building and explored their relationship with the visualization techniques of national images reproduced in the mass media during the Kim Jong-un era.Presentation Contents: This study explores the relationship between the origins of the key national symbol designs in the nation-building period and the visualizing methods of the public media in Kim Jung-un era.