No-da-ji Land 노다지땅2025 | 2K | scanned 16mm analog film | Stereo | 10:20
No-da-ji Land 노다지땅 is an autobiographical fiction in the form of a 16mm analog film. It explores themes of displacement, and the haunting presence of history. The video combines the raw, tactile quality of analog film with digital to show transitions between past and present, and between the real and imagined. These contrasting media reflect how fragmented and transitional can feel.
The film is set in my family’s hometown, an abandoned mining village marked by historic gold rushes and buried money scandals. This place functions as a kind of portal, connecting timelines and generations while carrying a sense of displacement. The film reflects on the effects of extraction and displacement that are still present– visible in the land, in people, and in memory. It links personal ancestry to larger political and environmental histories.
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