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BORDERLINE | Road Trip along DMZ

AFTER TRAVELING TO NORTH KOREA WHERE I SHOT THE DOCUMENTARY ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE NORTH, I BECAME MORE INTERESTED IN ISSUES RELATED TO THE DIVIDE OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS I DID SEVERAL TRIP TO THE KOREAN DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ), WHICH SEPARATES THE TWO COUNTRIES. IN CHEORWON COUNTY I MADE THE SHORT FILM ART ATTACK, WHICH PORTRAYS A CLASH IN CULTURAL VALUES WHEN EACH YEAR A RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TAKE PART IN A RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN A SMALL SOUTH KOREAN VILLAGE WITHIN SPITTING DISTANCE OF THE DMZ.

THE BORDERLINE PHOTO PROJECT HAS BEEN PART OF A BICYCLE TRIP LEAVING SEOUL AND TRAVELING FROM WEST TO EAST ALONG THE OLD CIVILIAN CONTROL LINE (CCL), WHICH SHOWS REMAINING FRAGMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE THAT ILLUSTRATE THE DIVIDE OF THE TWO COUNTRIES ON SOUTH KOREAN GROUND. THIS PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT HAS BEEN PART OF MY BORDER SCOPE OF ARCHITECTURAL WORK RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF SPACES OF DISAPPEARANCE.

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Military storage depots nestled in the South Korean countryside, located within the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Two South Korean men pose in front of a camouflage-patterned checkpoint, while another man pushes his bike across a rural road along the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
A painted portrait of Kim Jong-il and his father Kim Il-sung poses them against a backdrop of a scenic North Korean landscape.
Demolition barriers positioned on either side of a rural road that runs along the former civilian control line in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, South Korea.
Demolition barriers flanking both sides of a countryside road along the former civilian control line at the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea.
Tires stacked beside demolition barriers flanking a rural road that runs along the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea.
A dugout for military operations along the former civilian control line at the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea.
A watchtower beside a fenced dry riverbed along the former civilian control line at the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea.
Demolition barriers line both sides of a rural road beside a small stream, situated along the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea.
Autumn-colored bushes flourish beside demolition barriers lining a rural road along the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea.
Demolition barriers with a camouflage pattern line both sides of a rural road situated along the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea during autumn.
Autumn-colored bushes thrive atop a camouflage-painted wall along the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea.
A group of four older Korean men pose in front of camouflage-patterned demolition barriers that line a rural road along the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Camouflage-patterned demolition barriers frame both sides of a rural road that runs alongside the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in South Korea during autumn.
A dugout for military operations blends seamlessly into the autumn mountain landscape of South Korea along the former civilian control line at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Two elderly South Korean women, dressed in traditional countryside attire, pose in front of camouflage-patterned demolition barriers lining a rural road alongside the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Two elderly South Korean men pose in front of camouflage-patterned demolition barriers lining a rural road alongside the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Two elderly South Korean men pose in front of a watchtower, flanked by camouflage-patterned demolition barriers along a rural road by the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
A painted portrait of a young Kim Jong-il and his father, Kim Il-sung, accompanied by three smaller children, set against a scenic North Korean mountain landscape.
A Korean grandfather, his son, and two grandchildren pose in the early evening in front of camouflage-patterned demolition barriers lining a rural road along the former civilian control line near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.