Catalogue > At random

"I Was There" is a trilogy of experimental documentary films that explores the problem of radiation, our society's fading collective memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the unresolved debate between ethics and science. These series concern the immediate effects of weaponized nuclear technology, as invisible poison, on the human body.

An award-winning experimental filmmaker with expertise in media and cinema studies, Chi Jang Yin's work investigates the gaps in history that are invisible to others. Yin’s expertise in Experimental Cinema, VR Documentary, Cinéma Vérité, and media literacy informs a diverse body of award-winning work that has been recognized internationally in galleries, exhibitions, and film festivals. Yin’s films have been shown at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany; European Media Arts Festival in Osnabrouck, Germany; Kasseler Dokumentarfilm-und Videofest, Germany; Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden; Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic; Toronto International Film Festival, Canada; Manchester Arts Centre, United Kingdom; The Lazniz Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland; Festival Film Dokumenter, Indonesia; The Pacific Film Archive, The University of California-Berkeley; Los Angeles Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, IDFA, The Netherlands.