Jin-kyung lived in Pocheon, a suburban town in Kyeong-gi Province for twelve years until she totally lost her studio-cum-house by a fire accident. She moved to a mountainous village, Nae-cheon in Kang-won Province and built a new studio mainly with the debt both from her friends and acquaintances. In the following years, she had to work hard to pay back the money she borrowed from numerous people. The position of art director in Ssamzi-gil project(by which an ambitious Kore...more

Jin-kyung lived in Pocheon, a suburban town in Kyeong-gi Province for twelve years until she totally lost her studio-cum-house by a fire accident. She moved to a mountainous village, Nae-cheon in Kang-won Province and built a new studio mainly with the debt both from her friends and acquaintances. In the following years, she had to work hard to pay back the money she borrowed from numerous people. The position of art director in Ssamzi-gil project(by which an ambitious Korean entrepreneur tried to create a space combining pop art and commodity) she thankfully accepted helped her a lot in finally cleaning up the debt while consuming her artistic energy to the point of mental and physical exhaustion. Last year, Jin-kyung, now free from the debt, finally held an exhibition for the first time in last ten years. is a film about the works in that exhibition held under the same title of “The Mountain in the Front.”
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