Experience Exhibition · Oct 2026
THE BOARD : Manseokjung Nori (Shadow Play)
- BroadcastFeatured on KBS Jeonju's 〈Today Jeonbuk〉
An immersive experience built on the real history of Seonjacheong in Jeonju and the traditional shadow puppet play Manseokjung Nori
- Visitors become a secret royal inspector and search for clues
- Choices and deduction uncover the corruption at Seonjacheong
- Traditional play and history reinterpreted as games and media art
- Participatory content where visitors complete the story by playing
An interactive mystery that reinterprets the traditional shadow play ‘Manseokjung Nori’ through contemporary media art and participatory games. Set in Seonjacheong, the fan-making office of the Jeolla provincial government in Jeonju in the late Joseon period, it traces corruption in the making of fans sent as royal tribute. Visitors become a secret royal inspector, gather evidence hidden in hanji paper screens using motion recognition and depth cameras, and work out the culprit. Different findings lead to different endings, offering a new way to experience Jeonju's stories and local cultural assets such as hanji and fans.
Making of
Investigating Seonjacheong as a royal inspector
As a secret royal inspector, visitors investigate corruption at Seonjacheong in Jeonju. There are four suspects.
The exhibition space at Palbok Art Factory
A 3D video of the full exhibition layout.
Finding evidence in hanji with phone AR
Video is projected from behind a 7m hanji screen, and visitors scan a QR code to open the evidence website, with no app to install. When they point their phone camera at a hanji drawing, AR recognizes it and the culprit's shadow evidence appears on the spot. The evidence they find is collected in a notebook.
Your shadow names the culprit
Manseokjung Nori is a traditional shadow play that tells its story with shadows. In the final room, visitors become the hero of that shadow play. The four suspects are projection-mapped onto the wall, and when a visitor stands in front of it, a motion camera follows their movements and casts the inspector's shadow. Point at the culprit and hold still, and the inspector, now your shadow, names the culprit.
