MEMORIES OF AN ARTISAN | Yéol

THIS FILM PAYS HOMAGE TO THE WORK OF KOREAN CRAFTSMAN SOO-YOUNG KIM, WINNER OF THE YÉOL AWARD FOR CRAFTSMAN OF THE YEAR 2013. THE INTENSE HEAT REQUIRED TO FORGE HIS MATERIALS ARE JUXTAPOSED WITH THE HARSH KOREAN WINTER LANDSCAPE IN WHICH KIM SOO-YOUNG LIVES AND WORKS. YÉOL COMMISSIONED ME AS A DIRECTOR AND CINEMATOGRAPHER TO DOCUMENT THE WORK OF SOO-YOUNG KIM, THE WINNER OF THE YÉOL AWARD FOR CRAFTSMAN 2013. FOR THIS FILM WE SHOT IN THE SEOUL BASED WORKSPACE OF KIM SOO-YOUNG AND AT TAEBAEK MOUNTAIN IN KANGWONDO PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA.

KOREAN FOLK AND ROCK SINGER, DAE-SOO HAHN, RECITES AN ORIGINAL POEM WRITTEN BY JIYEONG YOON THAT HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE FOOTAGE FROM THIS FILM.

THE MUSIC IS A TRACK CALLED “HER SOFT CIRCUMFERENCE” BY OFFTHESKY AND CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH BANDCAMP.

DIRECTOR

NILS CLAUSS

PRODUCTION

A CONTENTED PRODUCTION