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A Decade of Rest
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The Cleanroom Paradox

essay-film, installation, research
Vienna, 2021

How are labor, health, and sacrifice imprinted in the very devices we use every day?





PROJECT BY


VIDEO-DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR

VIDEO CO-DIRECTORS &
STORY EDITORS

SOUND DESIGN & MIX

VOICE EDITORS


INTERVIEWEES



INTERPRETER

SCREEN PRINTING SPECIALIST


PHOTOGRAPHY Felix Lenz, Angela Ying Neubauer, Eszter Zwickl


Felix Lenz


Angela Neubauer, Eszter Zwickl


Lisa-Maria Hollaus

Ganael Dumreicher, Lorenz Embacher

Jin [name altered], Seong-Ho Jeon, Seung-Gyu Jo, Dr. Richard Clapp


Semi Kwon

Ute Huber Leierer


Felix Lenz, Angela Neubauer

Initiated at Design Investigations, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Special thanks to SHARPS




Dismantling the deceptively pristine image of the high-tech industry, The Cleanroom Paradox is an 11-minute essay film that exposes the systemic suppression of information about occupational and toxic hazards at semiconductor production sites.

Jin, a former Samsung factory worker, was exposed to unsafe working conditions without adequate health precautions. Her employer failed to acknowledge these risks, leaving her to face the devastating consequences—a kidney cancer diagnosis.

The film features a gradually disintegrating custom print of Jin, accompanied by a video documenting its creation. This video essay overlays her personal account with expert testimonies, shedding light on the industry’s concealed dangers.








Interweaving stories and fibers, the ink used for the print is made from chemically dissolved smartphones. Mirroring the semiconductor industry’s etching processes, this toxic ink will slowly corrode the image over time, peeling away layers to reveal Jin’s story already inscribed beneath the surface.

But this is more than just bodily exposure—the film investigates the hidden toxicity behind semiconductor manufacturing, tracing the labor required to shape high-tech products. It shifts focus toward the industry’s key players in the Middle West, calling for accountability.

Fates like Jin’s are not isolated cases and can be traced across the industry in the Eastern as well as Western Hemisphere.













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 EXHIBITIONS Angewandte Festival 23
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Vienna, 2023

Vienna Shorts - Pixel, Bytes + Film
Vienna, 2023

Biennale Warszawa
Warsaw, 2022

Angewandte Festival 22
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Vienna, 2022

Young Curators Club - Projection
Never at Home
Vienna, 2022

Paadmaan Video Event
Paadmaan art space
Tehran, 2021

DA-Z, Digital Art Festival
Kunstraum Walcheturm
Zurich, 2021

Ars Electronica Festival - Cyber Arts
Offenes Kulturhaus
Linz, 2021

Angewandte Festival 21
University of Applied Arts
Vienna, 2021