Melting Fire Iceman
International Premiere
HeeSue Kwon South Korea 2024 60 min PG
This expanded cinema explores the hypnotic grip of film and questions its role in shaping our memories and perceptions long after the credits roll.
In Undercurrent’s first-ever expanded cinema piece, performer-director HeeSue Kwon reimagines the filmic experience. The projector extends itself beyond a mechanical device: it transforms into a living entity, reanimating the collective memories of its audience. Through Kwon’s live manipulation of flickers and intervals, the cinematic apparatus gains autonomy, continuously looping and coming alive.
Using a reverse diffusion model, Melting Fire Iceman employs AI to portray the fluid, shifting nature of cinema’s core memories. Early films, drawn from online repositories and the Korean Film Archive, are dissolved and reimagined by AI, seemingly in an infinite cycle of rebirth. In this mesmerising process, the boundaries between memory, spectatorship and the cinematic experience are redefined
Please note that our Opening Acts contain live performances and will be priced at $20 per performance. For more ticketing information, click here.
Q&A with Filmmaker(s)
1 Dec, Sun 4:30PM / 60 min
Lasalle Creative Cube
AT THE FEST!
All screenings are on a free seating, first-come, first-served basis. We kindly ask all ticket holders to arrive on time. Latecomers may not be guaranteed entry.
RUSH QUEUE:
For last-minute attendees, good news. Our Rush Queue is back this year!
Melting Fire Iceman
HeeSue Kwon
South Korea
2024
English
60 min
PG
International Premiere
HeeSue Kwon
Kwon HeeSue is an audiovisual and performance artist whose work explores the interplay between optical media devices, sonic machines and the body’s sensory system. Her films, video installations and live performances have been featured in festivals and exhibitions across South Korea, New York, London and Jakarta.
HeeSue Kwon
