ellie koo 𓆝⋆. ellie koo 𓆝⋆.
Ellie Yaejin Koo (b. Incheon, 2002) is a filmmaker, educator, and artist based on Lenapehoking land (Philadelphia, PA).
Their work explores the Korean-American identity, Diasporic Ecologies, Personal Memory, and Language. They currently attend Temple University for an MFA in Film and Media Arts.
Their tea of choice at the moment is sweet jeju tangerine with honey. Best enjoyed with a savory pastry, something buttery. serve iced.
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elliekoo78@gmail.com
Pa-do (Waves) | 2026
4-Channel Video, Audio, Bojagi Cloth, TC2 Weaving
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SCREENINGS / EXHIBITIONS
- Diamond Screen Media Arts and Film Festival / Philadelphia, PA - April 2026 | Award for Best Grad Media Arts Project
- Screening Scholarship Media Festival, CAMRA @ UPenn, “Aquatic Portals” / Philadelphia, PA - March 2026
DESCRIPTION
Pa-Do (Waves) combines quilted and experimental filmic storytelling to conjure a countermemory to popular American narratives of the Korean people’s autonomy. As the archive and scratched writing emerges from waves framed in the windows of the fabric’s form, the piece transforms the sea into a landscape of history, memory, and dreams of a liberated Korean state from US Military control.
Audio Description: Korean trot music plays from a distance
between the sound of crashing waves. An asserting voice announces in intervals phrases referring to violence, sourced from a news report about hurricanes.