Shon Kim

2026

In a cave situated between the ridges of the fingerprints of a human being, a primordial encounter with matter, light and sound unfolds. The Katabasis, the western mythological descent to the und erworld, is here stripped of its mythical connotations to reveal only its narrative function, the confr ontation with the past and with BOOKANIMA, a compound word of ‘Book’ and ‘Anima’, is an Experimental Animation project to give new cinematic life to books. It aims ‘Book Cinema’ in the third scope between Book and Cinema by Chronophotography Animation, paying homage to Edward Muybridge and Entienne Jules-Marey.

It experiments locomotion of Martial Arts along with its stream: Jeet Kune Do-Tai Chi-Tang Lang Quan-Shaolin Quan-Chinese Kick-Nunchaku-Karate-Judo-Gon-Sib Pal Gi-Taekyun-TaekwondoMuay Thai-Kickboxing-Boxing-Fencing-Jiu jitsu-Krav Maga-Kali-MMA.

Filmmaker
Country
Year
Duration
PREMIERE

Shon Kim
USA, South Korea
2026
17 min
World Premiere

Encounter: The Modern Art Association
1957–1960 (2025)
The memory of the hairy Yoon Sang & Mu-se (2025)
Quantum Sonic: From Auditive Perceptions to
Ephemeral Aspects (2024)
Mung (2023)
Naya Sahasrabhuja Avalokiteshvara (2022–)
Boeing's Fatal Flaw (2021)
BOOKOLORBAR (2020–)
the Ascension (2020)
Baleset (2019)
BOOKANIMA (2018–)
Cali Ball (2018–)
Song Am Ji Gyung (2017)
Red Fwadu (2016)
oloc Boloc (2013)
Stan Brakhage’s Liberation (2012)
The Message from Ashtar (2011)
Ceci n’est pas ceci (2011)
Hemorrhage (2009)
Latent Sorrow (2005)
im.Mortal 불.필사 (2003)
Painting is Film (2001)
Sunflower (2001)

Shon Kim is a filmmaker and visual artist, born in Seoul, S. Korea He holds BA in Law from Hanyang University, BFA transfer in Film & Video from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts, and Ph. D in Animation Theory from Chung-Ang University. He works in New York.