[KMDb] - Cinematic VR: A voluntary exile into the pain of others
VR director Gina Kim explores how virtual reality breaks down the boundaries between viewer and subject, making true empathy possible. Through her VR trilogy on the subject of U.S. military “comfort women,” she asserts that empathy does not come from simply watching—but from the experience of becoming.
[KMDb] - Heavenly Homecoming of Poor Things
In this essay, director Gina Kim examines the archetype of the "fallen woman" as portrayed in Korean cinema—from the tragic sex workers of 1970s melodramas to the childlike female figures that emerged in postwar films. She contrasts these depictions with the character of Bella in POOR THINGS, highlighting a woman who rejects shame, reclaims her body, and walks a path of radical self-determination beyond guilt and social control.