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  Ye Won Cho
2006-2007 Production Fellows:
>Jeff Crouse
>Chris Sugrue
 
2006-2007 Senior Production Fellows:
>Evan Harper
>Geraldine Juarez
 
2005-2006 Production Fellows:
>Morgan Barnard
>Veronica Skogberg
>Theodore Watson
 
2004-2005 Production Fellows:
>Zee Myers
>Chihcheng Peng
>Eric Socolofsky
 
2003-2004 Production Fellows:
>Andreas Berner
>James Clar
>Brett McConnell
 
2002-2003 Production Fellows:
 Ye Won Cho  >
>Jonathan Dorfman
>Geraldine Juarez
>Albert Yu
 
2001-2002 Production Fellows:
>James Fisher
>Rob O'Neill
>James Parks
>Wendy Klein
   The Desert in the City
"The Desert in the City" explores the conflict between a subject and outward reality in the contemporary world. The narrative of this project examines the possibility of the agency of the subject to react against outward reality which is powerful enough to shape and even manipulate human spirit itself. This wish is deeply related to the desire to keep one���������s control over oneself intact, so that one can avoid being entirely subordinated by the rules and norms of the world. In this project, this possibility of the agency of the subject is presented by tracing two "processes of quest": firstly, a girl's search for a desert in the city, and secondly, this girl's yearning for love. The desert symbolizes the space in which a subject can have control over oneself, one step outside of society. A dry and lifeless desert is "re- conceptualized" in this project as a source of plentitude and possibility. In this sense, the juxtaposition of the contrasting imageries of surreal landscape of city to cactus in desert forms the key image of this project, visualizing the conflict between the subject and society. This girl's spatial quest for desert is closely connected with her spiritual quest for love. For her, love, an ultimate form of human spirit, is meaningful as a means through which she can articulate her identity without being entirely subordinated to rules and norms of society In this sense, the desert symbolizes a material and geographical site for the fulfilment of self, while love stands for a spiritual act for achieving this goal. In other words, the desert provides a space for love, while love is the main power which enables the girl to continue her quest. However, whether this quest can be successful is not clear.

Artist Bio:
Born in and grew up in Seoul, Korea. She earned her BFA in sculpture, and a BFA and MFA in Visual Communication design, from Seoul National University and studied time-based moving images in School of Visual Art's Computer Art Program. Her animation, Trilemma was nominated in Student Academy Award and was aired in PBS's Reel New York and was screened at a variety of venues including International Animation Festival Hiroshima, SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, New York Exposition of short film and video, Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia in Spain, Clark Theater in Lincoln Center, American Museum of Moving Image in New York, Anima Mundi in Rio de Janeiro.