Ahn Jae-huun’s visit is cosponsored by Ohio State’s Office of Academic Affairs; Department of East Asian Languages and Literature; Department of Art; Department of Design; Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts; Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design; East Asian Studies Center; Institute for Korean Studies; and Wexner Center for the Arts. This event is also supported by an Office of Academic Affairs Visiting Artist Grant.
Join us for a talk featuring Ahn Jae-huun, a master of hand-drawn 2D animation, as he discusses his craft and career in conjunction with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus.
Acclaimed Korean animator Ahn Jae-huun joins Kyoung Lee Swearingen, Ohio State associate professor of Design and Moving Image Production, for an informal conversation about Ahn’s remarkable body of work and his animation studio, Meditation with a Pencil. Samples of Ahn’s past and upcoming work will be shown, with ample time for audience questions. (60 mins.)
Set in the late 1970s, Green Days is a coming-of-age story of three Korean high schoolers. Aspiring runner Yi-rang gives up the sport after taking an intentional fall to avoid the embarrassment of losing. Soon she meets Cheol-soo, who dreams of becoming an astronaut, and Soo-min, a transfer student from Seoul. Together, they navigate friendship, romance, hopes, aspirations, and growing pains. A Q&A with the director follows the screening. In Korean with English subtitles. (98 mins., DCP)
Join us for a reception at 6 PM in the Wexner Center lobby following the talk and before the screening of Ahn’s film Green Days at 7 PM. The day’s events are presented in conjunction with the annual, citywide Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival. Get free tickets here. Download a PDF flyer here.
This event is supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.