From experimental to feature-length films and video installations, Chris Chong works on the border between traditional technique and new media. His work starts with realistically capturing personal space and as it develops, human activity is revealed in a natural way as stories. His latest work HEAVENHELL was produced in Koganecho, the model for the “hell” in director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film, Heaven and Hell. Chong referred to scenes shot on set at the time to create images of the Koganecho of the past and the present. Sound designer, Yasuhiro Morinaga was in charge of sound. This co-production by Chong and a Japanese production team explores the memories of Koganecho through visual and audial elements as it intermingles scenes from imagination and reality.
Photo : Yasuyuki Kasagi
