About
Jeong Sehyeok is a South Korea-born creative currently studying at LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore.
He spent part of his early education in the Philippines before returning to Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he focused on portfolio development and English proficiency in preparation for higher education.
He gained industry experience in creative production as a part-timer at Studio03's editorial team. In 2023, he took a two-year leave of absence to fulfil his mandatory military service in the Republic of Korea Navy, during which he was deployed to the Somalia region and participated in a six-month escort mission.
Jeong Sehyeok consistently embraces challenges, pushing through difficult situations to build resilience and strengthen his personal growth. He remains open to learning and adapting to new environments.
PARAN
This work is inspired by amnesia, a central theme within the project PARAN. Drawing on narcolepsy as a metaphor, it reflects how many young Koreans today drift through life with a diminished sense of purpose and direction, simply following paths shaped by others.
They eventually encounter burnout, frustration and collapse, yet are compelled to rise again in order to keep living. Within this repetitive cycle of exhaustion and survival, identity and direction are continuously destabilised and reconstructed. This fashion film visualises the ongoing state of loss and forced continuation.
PARAN is a fashion media project that explores the transformation of collective pain—rooted in survival and duty in post-Korean War society—into internalised emotions shaped by competition and psychological expectations in the present.
It investigates how emotional states, turbulence and masculinity are expressed across generations, while cinematically visualising the inner emotional landscape of contemporary youth.
Using fashion media as a cultural device—integrating black-and-white photography, narration and performance—the project documents the emotional experiences of men. It further reveals the complex emotional conditions shaped by rapid national development, positioning itself as a cultural archive that seeks to bridge generational dialogue within contemporary Korean society.
Venus Chai Xin Ying
Sanjana Jain
Jiao Hongying
Diya Aratti
Yuvika Taneja
Shylaa Chahal
