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Evangelist wants $54M jet: “Jesus wouldn't be riding a donkey”
(2023)

Video

Evangelist wants $54M jet: “ Jesus wouldn't be riding a donkey'' uses deepfake technology and family VHS tapes to explore dynamics of faith and power. Through deepfake technology, my father’s face is merged with videos of televangelists who express entitlement for extravagant airplanes.

Yellowfaced Cyborg Terminator
(2022)

3D Animation

Yellowfaced Cyborg Terminator confronts the historical “oriented disorientation” emplored by themes of techno orientalism within science fiction. This video explores the reduction of Asian identities and bodies in science fiction to mere data and landscape. It delves into the comparisons between the 'porcelain body' and 'mesh,' highlighting how this reduction contributes to the hypersexualization of females and the desexualization of males.

Come Inside, Take Your Shoes Off
(2021)

3D Animation

Come Inside, Take Your Shoes Off delves into the complexities of language barriers within my Korean immigrant household. By utilizing AI-generated 3D models crafted from images of my family, I orchestrate a dance that unravels amidst these glitched characters, as they find their unique paths of connection through fractured language.
Using a program driven by artificial intelligence to create 3D models from individual images, I embrace the inherent imperfections and limitations of this technology. The glitches and quirks that emerge in the process become an integral part of the narrative. Come Inside, Take Your Shoes Off shows the intricate interplay between the human and the digital, and how it shapes the evolving language of connection.