Eduardo de Jesus Analyzes Jiwon Choi's 'Parallel' in Videobrasil's Commented Archive

Curator and professor Eduardo de Jesus provides commentary on South Korean artist Jiwon Choi's 2017 film essay 'Parallel' for the new episode of Acervo Comentado Videobrasil. The work, originally presented at the 20th Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, examines contemporary South Korean social life by drawing parallels between the artist's grandfather's experiences in the Korean War and current media processes. Jesus notes the film powerfully uses the ambiguity of the word 'shot'—meaning both to fire a gun and to take a photograph—to reflect on excessive image production and South Korea's ongoing militarization. The title 'Parallel' itself references the division between North and South Korea and the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The episode launches alongside the collective online exhibition 'Anthropocene: Korea x Brazil 2019-2021' on the VB Online platform, curated by Juhyun Cho and featuring six South Korean artists. The Acervo Comentado Videobrasil is a partnership between arte!brasileiros and Associação Cultural Videobrasil, publishing segments of its 30-year archive every two weeks.