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Travel of Art Brut Artists

This work is a short documentary film about a variety of art works by nine young Art Brut artists with developmental disabilities, autism spectrum and asperger disorder. These artists with developmental disabilities communicate with the outside world through unique and creative art expressions containing their own inner world, and their works convey calm emotions by achieving artistic achievements beyond professional artists.

  • Seung-il Chon
    Director
  • Seung-il Chon
    Writer
  • Keum
    Producer
  • Chae-min Keum
    Key Cast
  • Ki-jung Kim
    Key Cast
  • Tae-hyun Park
    Key Casr
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Human
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 8, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Korea, Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Korea, Republic of
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Seung-il Chon

Chon Seung-il graduated from College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University, and Graduated from Dongguk University Graduate School. He is an animation and automata director at Automata Factory. Chon Seung-il created the independent animations <Tomorrow Human>(1994), <Pencil Story>(1995), <Circulation>(1996), <We Love You>(1997), <MIMESIS TV>(2000), <Cosmic Tree>(2003), <Cold Blood>(2004), <Memory of May>(2007), <My War>(2013), <Korean GENOCIDE>(2021), <Expanded Coexistence>(2022). <A Boy of May>(2022). His animation has been shown at world-renowned film festivals including the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Tehran International Short Film Festival, Rome Independent Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, International Short Film Festival Berlin, International Festival of Animated Films AniFest Trebon, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Jeonju International Film Festival, Seoul Independent Film Festival, Hong Kong World Film Festival, Japan International Film Festival, Budapest Film Festival, Prague International Film Festival, Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival, Kiez Berlin Film Festival, Roma Short Film Festival, and won several awards.

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Director Statement

Observing their art world, it seems meaningless to divide people into disabilities and non-disabilities in a dichotomy. Perhaps the reason is that their works contain something essential and universal inside humans. Also called Outsider Art, Art Brut art is based on untidy and raw purity that sprouts at a point that is contrary to institutional art education, artificiality, and elitism.