Go Tell It to the Mountain
2024
4K | single - video installation with sculptures
Color | Stereo
8:23
4K | single - video installation with sculptures
Color | Stereo
8:23
A tale has thrived in a world where whispers carry more weight than truth.
It is a buzz about an enigmatic female alien, cast aside by society,
its possible existence feeding into countless rumors.
Her otherworldly appear- ance spreads fear and mistrust...
It is a buzz about an enigmatic female alien, cast aside by society,
its possible existence feeding into countless rumors.
Her otherworldly appear- ance spreads fear and mistrust...
In Go Tell It to the Mountain, the speculative realms of archaeology and forensics intersect with these rumours. The word-of-mouth stories blur the boundaries between reality and myth, between the presence of human and animal. The video installation invites audiences to explore her intangibility and anonymity in a secret valley where all gossip distorts. Rumors nurture this creature. Different voices guide you. She is ever-changing.
‘Go Tell It to the Mountain’ follows a mystery about a bird-woman living in the deep in the forest. The mountainserves as a backdrop where rumors are shaped, distorted and reborn. Whispers weave a narrative that grows on its own. This sculptural installation invites people into her timeless surroundings. By digging into the earthy surface, We encounter a possible hybrid bird-human in an eternal space, remnants of her existence and gossips perpetually surrounding her.
‘Go Tell It to the Mountain’ follows a mystery about a bird-woman living in the deep in the forest. The mountainserves as a backdrop where rumors are shaped, distorted and reborn. Whispers weave a narrative that grows on its own. This sculptural installation invites people into her timeless surroundings. By digging into the earthy surface, We encounter a possible hybrid bird-human in an eternal space, remnants of her existence and gossips perpetually surrounding her.
속삭임이 진실보다 더 강한 세상에서, 한 이야기가 조용히 퍼지고 있다. 사람들은 사회에서 버려진 수수께끼같은 여성 외계인에 관한 이야기로, 그녀의 존재 가능성은 끝없는 소문을 낳고 있다. 그녀의 모습은 두려움과 불신을 불러오는데...
비디오 설치 작업은 깊은 숲 속에 사는 ‘새-여인’에 관한 신화를 다룬다. 산은 소문이 형성되고 왜곡되며 다시 태어나는 배경이 된다. 유기적인 공간적 특성 때문에 루머는 스스로 자라나며, 새-여인에 대한 이야기를 끊임없이 엮어낸다.
공간에 놓인 조각들은 시간을 초월한 그녀의 공간으로 초대한다. 땅 속으로 파고들며 우리는 영원한 공간 속에서 새와 인간이 뒤섞인 존재와 마주한다. 그녀의 존재의 흔적과 그녀를 둘러싼 소문이 펼쳐진다.
공간에 놓인 조각들은 시간을 초월한 그녀의 공간으로 초대한다. 땅 속으로 파고들며 우리는 영원한 공간 속에서 새와 인간이 뒤섞인 존재와 마주한다. 그녀의 존재의 흔적과 그녀를 둘러싼 소문이 펼쳐진다.
Exhibition / Screening:
2025 New media selection prgram finalists, Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media arts Festival (NeMaf), Seoul
2025 Solo show, 《the time as dusk settles》, TINC, Seoul
2024 Graudation show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2025 Li-ma present, New Art on Screen, in collaboration with CBK ZUIDOOST, Bijlmerbios Amsterdam
2024 Did you miss us?, De Uitkijk, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 VAV - Moving image graduation press screening, Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
2025 Solo show, 《the time as dusk settles》, TINC, Seoul
2024 Graudation show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2025 Li-ma present, New Art on Screen, in collaboration with CBK ZUIDOOST, Bijlmerbios Amsterdam
2024 Did you miss us?, De Uitkijk, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 VAV - Moving image graduation press screening, Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Credits:
Written, Directed and Edited- Izzy Lee
Director of Photography "Bird human"- Yana Khazanovich "Nightvision"- Karolina Hyun Wilting -Hongmin Han
"Landscape"- Izzy Lee
Directing assistance- Karolina Hyun Wilting
Gaffer- Ward Trommelen
Color grading- Izzy Lee
Sound design- Iara de Carvalho Perillo, Izzy Lee
Sound recording- Jaiwon Choi, Izzy Lee
Sound mixing- Rick Haring
Voices- Esther Rzewnicki, Tunde Dawkins, Izzy Lee
SFX production- Izzy Lee
SFX makeup and hair- Yael Dana-Mirhal Schuster
Styling and makeup- Izzy Lee
Special thanks to
Ben Geraerts, Martin Grootenboer, Colette Grootenboer, Gini Grootenboer, Omri Bigetz, Tungsten studio, Nirit Peled, Anja Masling, Maarten de Reus, christopher tym, Simone Bennett, Sylvie Zijlmans
Director of Photography "Bird human"- Yana Khazanovich "Nightvision"- Karolina Hyun Wilting -Hongmin Han
"Landscape"- Izzy Lee
Directing assistance- Karolina Hyun Wilting
Gaffer- Ward Trommelen
Color grading- Izzy Lee
Sound design- Iara de Carvalho Perillo, Izzy Lee
Sound recording- Jaiwon Choi, Izzy Lee
Sound mixing- Rick Haring
Voices- Esther Rzewnicki, Tunde Dawkins, Izzy Lee
SFX production- Izzy Lee
SFX makeup and hair- Yael Dana-Mirhal Schuster
Styling and makeup- Izzy Lee
Special thanks to
Ben Geraerts, Martin Grootenboer, Colette Grootenboer, Gini Grootenboer, Omri Bigetz, Tungsten studio, Nirit Peled, Anja Masling, Maarten de Reus, christopher tym, Simone Bennett, Sylvie Zijlmans
Full video access is available on request. Please contact me via email.
Full video access is available on request. Please contact me via email.