Nils
Clauss
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Overview

As a documentary filmmaker Korean DMZ, I was commissioned by the Goethe-Institut Korea to make a short film about an annual artists residency in Cheorwon, a rural area close to the Demilitarised Zone.

Each year, international artists spend time in a small farming village within sight of the border. They arrive with their own ideas and working methods, and suddenly find themselves in a place shaped by military history, agriculture and a strong local community. The distance between everyday village life and contemporary art practice becomes immediately visible.

The film follows these encounters without forcing a narrative onto them. Conversations unfold slowly. Misunderstandings sit next to moments of curiosity and openness. The presence of the Korean DMZ is constant, but it remains in the background – less spectacle, more atmosphere.

Art Attack is a quiet observation of how cultural values meet in a very specific place. It looks at what happens when different perspectives share the same space, even if only for a limited time.

DIRECTOR

NILS CLAUSS

PRODUCTION

A CONTENTED PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE GOETHE INSTITUT

VIDEO

SCREENSHOTS

Two soldiers near DMZ close to Cherwon in Kangwando Province, South Korea, one adjusting helmet of younger comrade in short film ART ATTACK.
Young farmer from small village Yangjiri near Cherwon, Kangwando Province, overlooks rice fields, skeptical of foreign artist residents putting up Jesus crosses in short film ART ATTACK.
Soldiers marching in line next to DMZ dividing South Korea from North, close to Cherwon in Kangwando Province in short film ART ATTACK.
Artists in residency at small village Yangjiri near Cherwon, Kangwando Province, creating art by nailing Jesus figures to crosses in short film ART ATTACK.
Artists from residency in small village Yangjiri near Cherwon, Kangwando Province, lying over cross with Jesus figure in back of car in short film ART ATTACK.
Two artists from residency in small village Yangjiri near Cherwon, Kangwando Province, holding up cross with Jesus figure nailed to it on road between rice fields in short film ART ATTACK.
Foreign visitor at exhibition near small village Yangjiri, Cherwon, Kangwando Province, closes her ears during noise performance by foreign artist resident in short film ART ATTACK.
Mountain landscape overlooking DMZ near small village Yangjiri, Cherwon, Kangwando Province, facing North Korean territory in short film ART ATTACK.
Two soldiers near DMZ close to Cherwon, Kangwando Province, South Korea, holding machine gun in both hands on guard in short film ART ATTACK.
Orange-bathed mountain landscape at sunset overlooking DMZ near small village Yangjiri, Cherwon, Kangwando Province, facing North Korean territory in short film ART ATTACK.

PRODUCTION TEAM

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER


STEFAN DREYER & REIMER VOLKER

PRODUCER

HAN SONG HILTMANN

DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR

NILS CLAUSS

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

MELANIE LYN

SOUND RECORDIST

MJ LEE, JOHN YEW, YONG-IK SON

SOUND EDITOR

UDO LEE

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

IN-AH SHIN

SUBTITLES

DEBORA PAIK, SEONBEOM LEE, MINI KIM, NEIL DOWLING

VERY SPECIAL THANKS

JAY HUBERT

SPECIAL THANKS TO

ABRAHAM LIM, ADAM HOBBS, ALEXANDER BUKH, ANTHONY SEABOYER, ART SONJE, BAYA KHODJA, HYEJIN KIM, HYUN-JEONG KIM, JEAN-JULIEN POUS, JOHN YEW, KUIOCK PARK, LEVI PATEL, MANUEL BAUER, MINI KIM, MJ LEE, NAMHUI PARK, NEIL DOWLING, TIM WALTER, UDO LEE, ROSS WHITAKER, STUART HOWE, SANDY GILBERT, SEOK-GYU KANG, THE CURATORS OF THE REAL DMZ PROJECT, THE GOETHE INSTITUT, THE RESIDENT ARTISTS OF THE REAL DMZ PROJECT, THE RESIDENTS OF YANGJIRI, WOLFGANG WIDERHOFER, YOUNGSOOK KIM

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