Draft:David Hodge and Hi-Jin Kang Hodge
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David Hodge and Hi-Jin Hodge are American filmmakers and video artists. They are known for experimental multimedia installations that combine video technology with documentary elements, as well as their feature length documentary films Life on Wheels and Walk With Me.
Career and notable works
[edit]Impermanence: The Time of Man
David and Hi-Jin Hodge contributed to The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, a multi-venue exhibition that opened at the UCLA Fowler Museum in 2006.[1] Their contribution, titled 'Impermanence: The Time of Man', was a video installation exploring the concept of change, based on interviews with over 100 individuals. The project originated from the artists' encounter with Tibetan monks creating a sand mandala in Half Moon Bay, which led them to explore impermanence as both a personal and universal theme. The work was displayed using video iPods arranged in a circular installation.[2][3]
What began as a few interviews expanded to 122 conversations with a diverse array of people ranging from a maharaja, a Jamaican window washer, a webmaster, a 12-year-old boy, a Trappist monk, a former gang member, and a Presbyterian minister.[3]
Chicago Tribune art critic Alan Artner praised their iPod installation as one of the works in the exhibition for which the artists "'use their materials most inventively and poetically."[4] Sara Wykes noted in a Mercury News review that the installation was, "one of the show's most popular" artworks, and "an appropriate visual wallop for our gadget-culture weary eyes."[5]
The exhibition and David and Hi-Jin Hodge's installation also received coverage in Weekend America, a national radio program on American Public Media.[6]
They published a companion book, Impermanence: Embracing Change (Snow Lion Publications, 2006), based on the installation.[7][8]
Life on Wheels
In 2020, they released the documentary film Life on Wheels, which explores long standing issues and presents new visions regarding urban transportation and mobility. Themes prevalent in the film are automobile dependency and emerging transportation technologies that conceptualize smart city planning and solutions for more accessible mobility in the future.[9]
The documentary features interviews with experts and examines how cities and roadway infrastructure impact daily life while exploring the rise of alternative transportation options including scooters and bicycles. The film asks viewers to seriously rethink the futurescape of transportation and consider shifting from auto-centric to human-centric urban design.[10]
Forbes columnist and AI scientist Lance Eliot describes the documentary as, "a fast-paced, easy-to-view, and thought-provoking analysis of the mobility revolution that is underway," noting the filmmakers' use of "quick video cuts, coupled with shrewdly chosen experts that offer memorable quips and insights about the mobility chores of today and the possible options of greater innovative mobility in the future."[10]
Walk With Me
In 2025, they released Walk With Me, a documentary film that examines the intersection of urban design and pedestrian accessibility. The film addresses how walkable neighborhoods contribute to community health, environmental sustainability, and social connection, while identifying ways that cities can potentially become more walkable. The documentary follows filmmaker David Hodge as he acclimates from a car-reliant American city to a walkable Scandinavian one. On his journey , he connects with a former mayor, a physician, a neuroscientist, urban planners, and a wildlife tracker. Each encounter and experience focuses on the personal, societal, and political impacts of walking and its ability to transform lives.[11]
Exhibitions
[edit]David and Hi-Jin Hodge have had their work exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in the United States,Europe and Asia. Their video installation, Impermanence: The Time of Man was included alongside work by other leading contemporary artists in the exhibition The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, which opened at the UCLA Fowler Museum in 2006 and traveled to the Loyola University Museum of Art (Chicago, IL),[12] and San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, TX).[13]
Impermanence: The Time of Man was also featured in the 2018 Divine Bodies exhibition at the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, CA).[14]
Their piece for the Legacy exhibition at the Nobel Prize Museum was a multimedia installation that interpreted the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize, and its multicultural impact on society.[15]
Their work has also been displayed at Fotografiska Stockholm.[16]
Collections
[edit]Impermanence: The Time of Man is in the permanent collections at the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, CA) and the RISD Museum (Providence, RI).[17] Another piece called Watertime, is in the collection of the Fowler Museum at UCLA.[citation needed]
Awards and recognition
[edit]David and Hi-Jin Hodge's documentary films have received recognition at several international film festivals. Life on Wheels took first place in the Long Format Films category at the Sustainable Stories Film Fest (SSFF) in 2022.[18] In 2025, Walk With Me won Best International Documentary Short at the Austin International Art Festival,[19] and Best Japanese Documentary Film at the Kyoto Independent Film Festival.[20]
Additional reading
[edit]- Rosenberg, Randy. The Missing Peace: Artists and the Dalai Lama. San Rafael, CA: Earth Aware Editions, 2006. ISBN 9781932771445.
- Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas (Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2008)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama | Fowler Museum at UCLA". fowler.ucla.edu/. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Poplawska, Anna (2014-03-11). "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama". Yoga Chicago. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ a b Larson, Kay (2006-06-11). "The Dalai Lama's Many Auras, at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Artner, Alan (2006-11-02). "Art of Peace: 88 Views on the Dalai Lama". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Wykes, Sara (2007-12-11). "Expressions of peace". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Ketenjian, Tania (2006-01-21). "Impermanence". Weekend America (American Public Media).
- ^ "'Impermanence' by David Hodge, Hi-Jin Kang Hodge. Penguin Random House". Penguin Random House.
- ^ Brussat, Frederic; Brussat, Mary Ann. "Impermanence by David Hodge, Hi-Jin Kang Hodge | Review | Spirituality & Practice". Spirituality & Practice. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "Life on Wheels - Transportation For a New Urban Century". Traditional Building Magazine Online. 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ a b Eliot, Lance (2020-05-09). "New Film 'Life On Wheels" Provides Timely And Telling Look At The Mobility Revolution Afoot". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Eliot, Lance. "Exciting 'Walk With Me' Documentary Rouses The Tremendous Power Of Intelligent Walking". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2025-06-03. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "Exhibition: The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama". Loyola University Chicago - LUMA. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "Past exhibition: The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama". www.samuseum.org. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "Exhibition: Divine Bodies". Asian Art Museum. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "Nobels riktiga testamente visas för första gången". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2015-03-12. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "David Hodge & Hi-Jin Hodge". Fotografiska Stockholm. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "Online collections record, RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "2022 Sustainable Stories Film Fest". sustainable-stories. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "Austin International Art Festival Winners, February 2025". Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ "Kyoto Independent Film Festival Winners, March 2025". 2025-04-12. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
External links
[edit]- David Hodge at IMDb