琴仙姫

　 금선희

Dark room with people watching a large screen showing a cityscape at night, and a small lit screen in the corner.

Person dancing in front of a blue forest backdrop

Silhouette of a person reading a book with a cloudy sky and power lines in the background.

Three-panel display in a dark room showing a landscape and a person. Left and right panels depict a lake with mountains and clouds. Center panel features a person in traditional attire against a lake and snowy mountains.

Three screens displaying images in a dark room: the left and right screens show the back view of a woman looking at a projected painting, and the center screen shows a frontal view of her face.

Three video screens in a dark room display scenes of a person in uniform crawling, a hand holding a grenade, and a close-up of the person's thoughtful face set against a red background.

Person in a uniformed hat looking surprised against a red background.

Silhouette of a person looking at a cityscape at night from a high vantage point.

Morning Dew: The Stigma of Being “Brainwashed” (2020)

Morning Dew:The Stigma of Being “Brainwashed”
FEB 1, 2023–JUN 11, 2023
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

Morning Dew: The Experience

This documentary aims to convey the essence of a multi-media exhibit focusing on the lives of Zainichi Koreans (ethnic Koreans resident in Japan). It was installed at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Cornell in the spring of 2023. Titled, "Morning Dew: the Stigma of Being Brainwashed," it was a collaborative three-part installation by Soni Kum, Hiroki Yamamoto and Kazuya Takagawa, and Nobuaki Takekawa. The documentary was produced by two Cornell undergraduate film students, Shania Gumbac Bravo ('23) and Shuqian Lyu ('25) and funded by the Cornell Council on the Arts.

With special thanks to

Ellen Avril, Chief Curator and the Judith H. Stoikov Curator of Asian Art, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Brett de Bary, Professor Emeritus, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University
Matt Conway, Registrar, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Amala Lane, Program Initiatives and Media Coordinator, East Asia Program, Cornell University
Andrea Potochniak, Editorial Manager, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
William J. Woodams, Chief Preparator, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
T. Joshua Young, Administrative Manager, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University

Financial support provided by
Kawamura Arts and Cultural Foundation, Socially Engaged Art Support Grant
The Pola Art Foundation
The Jarett F. Wait, Class of 1980, and Younghee Kim-Wait Endowment for Korean Arts at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
East Asia Program, Cornell University
Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA)

Morning Dew: The Stigma of Being “Brainwashed” (2020)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University