SOO HONG

Jupiter Channel, 2025

20 min 8 sec, Experimental film

Directed by Soo Hong. Sound from copyright-free sources.

Recycled footage from the past 15 years is transformed into an experimental dialogue between sound and image. Exploring how distortions of time, image, and sound affect the viewer’s unconscious, the film invites you to look again and reconsider perception.

Mono-Chameleon, 2025

2 min 55 sec, Experimental film

Direction and sound by Soo Hong

Mono-Chameleon observes urban identity and the evolving landscapes of city life, viewed through the lens of cosmopolitan street cultures and universal systems. I am particularly drawn to the language of the streets—bridges, windows, and roads—where graffiti and signs emerge as raw expressions of human presence and interaction. These shared public spaces serve as a canvas for examining how individuals leave their marks and navigate the complexities of identity within urban settings.

Liquid World, 2025

3 min 11 sec, Experimental film

Direction and sound by Soo Hong

Liquid Modernity, a concept by Zygmunt Bauman, captures the drifting, unstable feeling I often experience in today’s world. What once felt adaptable now seems fragmented, marked by fleeting connections and a longing for belonging. This film is a short trilogy that explores fluid states and the search for stability amid constant change.

Monsoon, 2025

3 min 43 sec, Music Video

Song by s é h e e, Direction by Soo Hong

Monsoon is a quiet portrait of emotional estrangement and the uneasy comfort of melancholia. Through fragmented gestures and overlapping imagery, a woman moves through a blurred inner landscape, where language falters, beauty feels distant, and rain becomes both shelter and companion.

Inspired by the song’s exploration of fear, longing, and the desire to remain in sorrow’s embrace, the film lingers in a fleeting emotional state, where stillness holds weight, and the monsoon season reflects a phase of quiet unraveling.

Mix Tape, 2021

4 min 15 sec, Animation

Direction by Soo Hong, Sound credited at end of film

In the ’90s, we made and exchanged mixtapes as a way to communicate through music instead of letters. This film is a reflection of that nostalgia. It weaves together clips from my daily life into a glowing, kinetic mix of abstract digital painting, photographic imagery, texture, and vibrant color, where form and pattern move in rhythmic motion.

Screening at Local Sightings 2021 – Coloring Beyond the Lines: Animated Shorts.

Visiting Rain Village, 2020

1 min 40 sec, Loop animation, Silent

Direction by Soo Hong, animated by Ian Nacke

The Rain Village project is a ritual to emotionally embrace the Pacific Northwest, specifically the Greater Seattle Area, as my new home. Rain symbolizes Seattle, with each droplet representing an individual. Community members contributed by drawing raindrop shapes on paper, which were then transformed into 3D renderings to create this seamless loop animation. This project was developed in collaboration with Ian Nacke, a student at Lakeside Upper School, during my residency there.

I See, 2009-2019

5 min 42 sec, 16mm film transferred to digital animation

Direction, hand painted on film and sound by Soo Hong

After having my child, my vision shifted—faces became blurred and harder to define. To explore this, I drew with ink on 16mm film. Some images stayed within the frame while others extended beyond it. When projected, certain faces appeared clearly while others remained abstract, reflecting how perception depends on framing.