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15th DMZ Docs(2023)

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The Letter of Blank

LEE Jiyoon

  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 15min
  • 12 +
  • DCP
  • color

World Premiere

Synopsis

It's the story of an entity that one day receives an unusual contact. The symptom seeks the existence, while the existence seeks the symptom. 

Review

 A mask is obtained from the process of adapting to the gaze. A relationship with beings who wear the masks is regulated through others. In this relationship, language is the ability to distinguish and the dynamics create the world of symptoms. This short refers to Seminar 11 of Jacques Lacan and the literature of Paul Auster. It also combines pieces from paintings, natural creatures and minerals, and puns in narration to create a mysterious world where one is not distinguished from others. Such an attempt aims to make an ¡°empty¡± space mediated by gazes of beings without language and gazes of objects without staring for granting names and producing masks.

Director

  • LEE Jiyoon

    Lee employs a diverse range of media, encompassing videos, texts, drawings, and paintings, to gather historical, mythological, and journalistic references. Additionally, Lee undertakes field research to formulate narratives. The Letter of Blank marks Lee's debut as a documentary director.

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