The Posthuman Hospital

The Posthuman Hospital (포스트휴먼 병동)

USA, South Korea / 2023 / Color / Sound / 6m 54s / Digital

The Posthuman Hospital is an experimental animation project that delves into the blurred boundaries between the human and the non-human in the age of technological advancements. Inspired by Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto, this work explores the evolving relationship between the human body and technology. The piece envisions an imaginary hospital where various "posthuman" patients are observed, offering a critical look into the integration and hybridization of the human and the technological, challenging the traditional binary of human versus machine. The animation utilizes a variety of digital techniques, such as 3D scanning of everyday objects and the overlay of Super 8mm film scans onto 3D-rendered imagery. This approach creates a distinctive visual texture that feels both familiar and otherworldly, emphasizing the uncanny and the grotesque. Through these experimental visual effects, the work seeks to provoke questions about the future of techno-humanity and the concept of identity in an increasingly hybrid world.

Film | Junha Kim

Music | Squash&Biscuit

This Film has been made with the support of the:

- Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Korea

- CalArts Student Union

Distributed by:

씨앗 (AniSEED)

Selected Screenings / Awards:

Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Special Mention, Student Competition, 2024

Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF), Taichung, Taiwan

Jury Distinction, Student Competition, 2024

Hiroshima Animation Season, Hiroshima, Japan

Koyo Yamashita Jury Prize, Official Competition: the Pan-Pacific and Asia Youth Competition, 2024

Jeonbuk Independent Film Festival, Jeonju, South Korea

Technical Achievement Award (기술상), Official Competition, 2024

ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art) Exhibition, Group Show

Seoul National University Museum of Art (SNU MoA), Seoul, South Korea, 2025

Experimentations: Imag(In)ing Knowledge in Film, LA Film Forum, CA, USA

Screening Series: Rethinking Bodies, Rethinking Gender: Biology's Expansive Otherworlds, 2024

PÖFF (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival), Tallinn, Estonia

Official Competition: Rebels With A Cause, 2024

Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Beijing, China

Short Film Competition, 2024

New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Sapporo, Japan

Official Selection in Competition: Student, 2024

ANIWOW! China International Student Animation Festival, Beijing, China

Official Competition, 2024

Ivano-Frankivsk International Short Film Festival 4:3, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Experimental Competition Program: Will there be a place for us in the frame, 2024

Currents New Media, Santa Fe, USA

Selected Artwork, 2024

Stop Trik International Film Festival, Maribor, Slovenia

Retrospective program: Stopmotion and transhumanism, 2024

L'Étrange Festival, Paris, France

Short Film Competition, 2024

Filmifest Dresden, Dresden, Germany

International Competition, 2024

Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Official Selection, 2024

Clermont Ferrand Short Film Market, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Official Selection, 2024

Leiden Shorts, Leiden, Netherlands

Official Selection, 2024

Rooftop Films, NY, USA

Official Selection: Summer Series, 2024

Student Academy Awards, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, LA, USA

Finalist, 2023

Indie Ani Theater with Animation Awards, Seoul, South Korea

Winner - Artwork Awards, 2023

Ars Electronica 2023 - Animation Festival, Linz, Austria

Curated Screening: Bodies, Data, Space, 2023

Seoul Indie Ani-Fest, Seoul, South Korea

Official Selection, 2023

New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana

Official Selection, 2023

Interfilm Berlin (International Short Film Festival Berlin), Berlin, Germany

Official Competition: eject _XXXVI - The Long Night of Weird Shorts, 2023

Cutout Fest - International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Mexico

Official Selection, 2023

Mimesis, Group Show

Millepiani, Rome, Italy, Jun 5-15, 2023