Aileen Yujeong Min
Daily Fragments: Visual Diary & Personal Archive
This is an ongoing visual diary project that brings together iPhone photography and digital fragments of my daily life—typed-out thoughts, conversations with friends, screenshots of film scenes that moved me, lines from books that resonated, and lyrics from songs that captivated me in the moment. This personal collection evolves alongside my everyday experiences, weaving images and reflections into layered collages. Each piece offers a glimpse into moments lived and remembered, creating a continuous dialogue between images and text.
Desire (2023)
Desire, light, darkness, and shadow
An intimate experimental film navigating the liminal space between "being" and "becoming" through the interplay of light and darkness, and the shadows that naturally emerge between them. Within these natural contrasts lies a meditation on desire – the perpetual space between reaching and attaining. This solo work serves as my personal investigation into how longing itself exists in these in-between states, where presence and absence shift and blur.
Film Projects
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Elsewhere (2024)
Elsewhere, dreams, reality, and blinking
A short experimental film that navigates the liminal space between dreams and reality. Through rhythmic eye blinks that reinterpret ma (間, generative intervals) and layered digital imagery, the film transports us through a series of dreamscapes, blurring the boundaries between the real and the imagined. The film's non-linear structure and overlaid visuals reflect the "borderless" convergence of time and space in the digital age, inviting viewers to contemplate the increasingly fluid nature of memory, fantasy, and perception in both contemporary media art and the ever-shifting landscape of the mind.
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13 Memos (2022)
Collaborative Film Project at Yonsei University Digital Storytelling
13 Memos is a collaborative project created at Yonsei University, blending horror and comedy in the style of silent film. In this production, made for Professor Emeritus Jeong-taek Lim’s Digital Storytelling Practice course, I took on roles as cinematographer, editor, and scenario revisionist. The project challenged me to convey complex narratives solely through body language, and I focused on crafting each frame intentionally, experimenting with camera movement and editing rhythm to express emotion and propel the story without dialogue. Professor Lim, Professor Emeritus and founder of Yonsei’s Institute of Media Arts, praised it as one of the most memorable student projects of his career.
New Media Projects
Dear My Loved Ones (Twine Project with Poem)
Dear My Loved Ones, an interactive non-fiction narrative created in Twine, weaves together poetry and personal memories to explore family intimacy across geographical boundaries. Inspired by Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson, the project uses hyperlinked text to craft a personal documentary about my family in Korea as I navigate life overseas. The narrative unfolds through a heart-shaped structure, guiding readers through five interconnected poems and an epilogue. Rather than employing traditional gaming mechanics, the project focuses on emotional resonance through carefully crafted textual bridges that connect each segment. These transitions serve both as narrative links and moments of reflection, creating an intimate space where readers can engage with my personal memories and experience the delicate mechanics of family bonds through interactive storytelling.
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A Magical Christmas Adventure
A Magical Christmas Adventure reimagines classic Christmas narratives through AI collaboration, blending storytelling and technology into an interactive choose-your-own-adventure experience. Inspired by Zylinska and du Sautoy’s vision of human-AI creativity, the project explores how AI generates novel, surprising ideas that transform traditional holiday tales into dynamic, player-driven stories.
Using Wardrip-Fruin’s concept of textual instruments, the narrative becomes a playable system where readers interact with language and shape the story in expressive ways. The story itself is crafted using the Texture Writer platform, where users' choices dynamically connect key verbs in the text to specific keywords in each chapter, driving the plot in personalized directions. Presented on an interactive Miro board, the project integrates these narrative interactions with DALL-E 2-generated visuals and an adaptive playlist, creating a cohesive multi-platform experience. This approach aligns with Jenkins' transmedia storytelling principles by fostering worldbuilding, seriality, and subjectivity as players engage with perspectives from beloved Christmas characters.
Spanning 16 chapters, the narrative incorporates song lyrics and imagery that adapt to user decisions, illustrating how AI-driven technology breathes new life into familiar traditions, reshaping creativity as a collaborative process between human imagination and machine intelligence.
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Wasted Wonderland is an innovative, interactive exhibition designed to transform children's perceptions of e-waste from mere discarded items to sources of creative potential, while simultaneously educating them about the environmental impacts of electronic waste in our digital age. This immersive experience features a series of engaging installations and hands-on activities crafted from repurposed electronic materials, targeting children aged 6-12 who have grown up in a technology-dominated world. The exhibition includes several captivating areas:
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The "E-Waste Zoo," where discarded electronics are reimagined as whimsical creatures, complete with AR experiences accessed via QR codes.
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An "Electronic Life Gallery" that showcases the lifecycle of electronic devices, highlighting concepts like planned obsolescence and sustainable practices.
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An "E-Waste Showroom" that uses clever lighting and projection techniques to illustrate the human and environmental costs of e-waste.
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Interactive workshops where children can engage in circuit bending and creative repurposing of old electronics.
Through these experiences, Wasted Wonderland aims to empower children to become "planet heroes," fostering environmental awareness, creativity, and responsible e-waste management habits. The exhibition not only educates about the harmful impacts of e-waste but also inspires participants to see the artistic and cultural potential in these discarded materials, encouraging a shift towards more sustainable practices in our increasingly digital world.
World Building Projects
World Building Project 1 - Childhood Canvas
Childhood Canvas creates an interactive cloudscape where memory, imagination, and inner-child reconnection converge. A central cloud formation transforms seasonally based on emotional states and collective interactions, shifting from summer waves to winter hills, while playful elements populate the responsive environment. The project integrates VR, interactive theater, and mobile experiences: visitors capture memories through a specialized camera interface, contributing to a collective digital album that shapes the virtual landscape. The installation's collaborative features include motion-based musical interactions and dynamic weather systems that reflect participants' emotional states. By weaving individual memories into shared experiences through coordinated live responses, Childhood Canvas examines themes of curiosity, spontaneity, and connection while fostering an immersive space for collective inner-child exploration.
World Building Project 2 - Symphony of Colors
Symphony of Colors, created for the collaborative world-building project The World of Synesthesia, examines the intersection of auditory and visual perception. The piece creates a contemplative environment where participants translate musical elements into visual expression through color painting, investigating the phenomenological relationship between sound and sight. Through this ritualized process of sensory translation, the installation explores how structured engagement with cross-modal perception can transform individual sensory experiences into collective meaning-making. The work serves as a critical framework for examining synesthetic phenomena, offering a meditative space that questions traditional boundaries between discrete sensory modes while fostering shared perceptual experiences.