MOKYA SHIN
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Mokya Shin (b.1995) is a Seoul-based filmmaker and artist currently pursuing an MFA in Documentary at the Korea National University of Arts (K-ARTS). Transitioning from a six-year career as a journalist and experience as a Creative Producer at Vice Media, Shin’s practice operates at the intersection of documentary, experimental film, and media art.Shin’s work focuses on the "restoration of omitted time," tracking the lives of liminal beings—such as sexual minorities and social outcasts—who have been systematically erased from mainstream history. By navigating the fissures between virtual and real networks, the artist transposes the temporal and sensual dissonance of technology-mediated societies onto the screen.Through the subversion of traditional mythologies and binary structures, Shin seeks to reconstruct the narratives of unrecorded bodies and probe the formation of modern digital affect. Ultimately, the work aims to translate existential tremors into a multi-layered sensory experience, establishing a new ontological archive for those living on the fringes of society.
Films
- <EASTER> (2026)
- Role: Director, Producer
- Genre: Hybrid Feature Documentary (87 min)
- Description: A hybrid narrative following Sekja, a 70-year-old transgender woman, as she navigates a post-apocalyptic world through a mythological lens.
- <Footprints of an Invisible Man Walking on Sand> (2024)
- Role: Director
- Genre: Documentary (20 min)
- Achievements:
- Official Selection, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival 2024
- Broadcast on ThaiPBS (Public Broadcasting Service)
- Description: An observation of the invisible tracks left by those living on the fringes of society, exploring themes of disappearance and presence.
- <Archiving Men> (2023)
- Role: Director, Editor
- Genre: Experimental Narrative Film (21 min)
- Achievements:
- Short Film Competition, 2023 Seoul International Pride Film Festival (SIPFF)
- Official Selection, 2024 Amsterdam Porn Film Festival (APFF)
- Description: A frame-narrative inquiry into the human desire for absolute preservation and the limitations of the photographic medium.
Exhibitions
- 2026Cult Baby! / Gallery MOS, Seoul
Books
- 2023Graphic Novel Project: <RRR (Recipes of Recollected Rubbishes)>
- An expansion of the <Archiving Men> universe into the medium of books and fiction.
MOKYA SHIN PROJECTS
PROFILE WITH LEE KYUHYUN, 2026
EASTER, 87min, ‘HYBBRID DOCUMENTARY’, 2026
GRAPHIC NOVEL PROJECT : <RRR (Recipes of Recollected Rubbishes)>, WITH KANG JIUNG, 2023
Footprints Of an Invisible Man Walking on Sand, 20min, ‘DOCUMENTARY’ 2024
MOKYA SHIN PHOTOGRAPHHS KEDAGORO
