biyang: Legend of Seocheon Flower Field (2024-2025)

Jeju Island, South Korea

Filmed off the coast of Biyang Island, Biyang unfolds as an underwater ritual of breath, endurance, and passage. At its center, a triangular gate—constructed from wood and hand-peeled acrylic flowers—rests on the ocean floor, forming a threshold between worlds. Suspended between surface and seabed, it holds a space where body, light, and water converge.

Within this structure, the Flower Maiden moves in slow, suspended gestures, guiding the young haenyeo, Biyang, through a field shaped by tide, depth, and time. Extending the language of painting into the sea, the work transforms pigment into a living surface—where paint skins become organism and image dissolves into water.

Developed in collaboration with dancers, divers, and underwater cinematographers, Biyang traces a shared condition of breath, situating the body within an ecology of fragility, resilience, and interdependence.

Production Credits

Directed by Hyo Jung Bea
In collaboration with Kate Bae
July 2024 – November 2025

Cast
Hyo Jung Bea — Biyang
Sookyung Min — Samshin
Haeyeon Hyun — Flower Maiden
Yoon Hee Huh — Water Companion

Crew
Kate Bae — Art Direction, Composition, Installation
Sookyung Min — Choreography
Cheonbeom Heo — Underwater Cinematography
Sora Kang — Costume
Jihun Hyun — Production Lead
Minkyung Jung — Production Assistant
Choong Kwon Ko — Underwater Training, Consulting & Safety
Taewan Kwon — Underwater Safety
Ho Jun Kim — Making Film & Photography
Jaedeok Kim — Music