LEE Somyi
It has been five years since he got discharged from the military. He has no problem with adapting in both school and society. He smiles a lot and acts like nothing is wrong. However, his past memories suddenly come up when he¡¯s alone or if he hears a group of people chanting what he had learned in the military. Since there is nothing we know, there is nothing we can do. He is living with a trauma of the violence he experienced in the military.
What afterimage is left of this violence that no one else is aware of? Even if we all have similar eyes, noses, and lips, we each have a past that can be different yet alike.
The streets are filled with incomprehensible fighting and violence. How are we supposed to handle mental trauma that leaves no physical evidence? We are going to take a look at the trauma that someone might be having.
LEE Somyi
Lee is based in Seoul, creating work that lies on the boundary between documentary and experimentation.