Documentary "Jung Ki-yong, Architecture of Sensibility: (Former) Seochang Local Museum" Selected as Official Screening at Film Festival
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Lee ByungJae(2025-08-04 11:26:45)
Architect Go Jung-gi's documentary, "Go Jung-gi, Responsive Architecture: (Former) Seochang Hyangto Museum" (directed by Jung Da-un, 2025), which highlights public buildings in Muju County, has been selected as an official screening at the 22nd EBS International Documentary Film Festival and the 17th Seoul International Architecture Film Festival.
"Go Jung-gi, Responsive Architecture: (Former) Seochang Hyangto Museum" focuses on the (former) Seochang Hyangto Museum (currently the Muju County Rural Village Support Center), which was one of the public architecture projects in Muju that architect Go Jung-gi worked on for about 10 years from 1996 to 2008. The documentary delicately captures his architectural attitude and public spirit, particularly emphasizing how architecture can serve as a mediator connecting humans and nature, as well as the local and contemporary aspects. Director Jung Da-un, who has consistently produced architectural documentaries like "Junya Ishigami, How Small, How Vast, How Architecture" (2019), sheds light on architect Go Jung-gi's philosophy with profound insight.
This film, produced with support from the 2024 Regional Cultural and Arts Development Support Project of the (former) Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Cultural Tourism Foundation, is being recognized as a significant example of cultural and artistic documentation based on regional and public elements. The Muju Mountain Village Film Festival plans to continue the video documentation project related to "Go Jung-gi's Muju Public Architecture," starting with "Go Jung-gi, Responsive Architecture: (Former) Seochang Hyangto Museum," and is currently preparing a documentary on the Muju Deungnamu Sports Park, considered one of the most beautiful sports parks in the country in the latter half of this year.
"Go Jung-gi, Responsive Architecture: (Former) Seochang Hyangto Museum" will meet audiences again at the 22nd EBS International Documentary Film Festival (theatrical screening and TV broadcast) from the 25th to the 31st of this month, and at the 17th Seoul International Architecture Film Festival (theatrical screening) from September 12th to the 25th.