Interpreting Chaekgeori in the Digital Age: A Cinematic Exploration of Global Events at the Turn of the Year
Interpreting Chaekgeori in the Digital Age
by
Jinkyung Her, Youngjun Choi,
and Professor Jinjoon Lee has been accepted as a short paper at ISEA 2025.
[Abstract]
This paper examines the digital transformation of chaekgeori (Korean traditional still-life painting) through Happy New Year (2024), a cinematic installation created by artist Jinjoon Lee and TX Creative Media Lab, that utilizes a game engine. By analyzing how the “digital chaekgeori” remediates and collects concurrent global events during the New Year transition, the study explores how virtual environments transform frozen moments into dynamic and living digital components, enabling new forms of temporal engagement with collected events. At its core, this paper explores the potential of digital archiving and collection beyond technical preservation, while examining how new media art can transcend spatiotemporal boundaries and be revitalized in new contexts.
[Abstract]
This paper examines the digital transformation of chaekgeori (Korean traditional still-life painting) through Happy New Year (2024), a cinematic installation created by artist Jinjoon Lee and TX Creative Media Lab, that utilizes a game engine. By analyzing how the “digital chaekgeori” remediates and collects concurrent global events during the New Year transition, the study explores how virtual environments transform frozen moments into dynamic and living digital components, enabling new forms of temporal engagement with collected events. At its core, this paper explores the potential of digital archiving and collection beyond technical preservation, while examining how new media art can transcend spatiotemporal boundaries and be revitalized in new contexts.