The Memory of San Francisco

The city of San Francisco, where I lived for three years during my MFA study, is recalled in my memory as a ‘virtual existence’, including, among other things; steep hills, Victorian style houses, the Bay Bridge, a bohemian spirit, and unpredictable foggy weather. In the video, the image of the city is constant status of becoming, from an abstract painting to a figurative painting to real film footage. The Memory of San Francisco (10 min 25sec) is the third Documentation Art piece created from the process of Bunche painting. I painted The Memory of San Francisco (Bunche on Korean paper, 46 x 61 cm, 2014), and the Documentation Art piece The Memory of San Francisco was created from 1,030 digital photographs which captured the development of the painting’s process. In addition, I filmed the action of painting, and the painting materials, with a digital camera, and added video clips and San Francisco city video footage to the Documentation Art video. This video shows more of the complexity of the process of painting, rather than revealing chronological multiple layers. In addition, I applied music from two different traditions - Korean Gayagum and Piano - to the Documentation video art.