OVERVIEW

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK IS A PHOTO SERIES THAT IS BASED ON URBAN ISLAND, A MUSIC VIDEO I DID IN COLLABORATION WITH NAMHUI PARK FOR THE SONG VARÚÐ BY ICELANDIC BAND SIGUR RÓS. URBAN ISLAND IS A PORTRAIT OF A HOMELESS MAN IN HIS FORTIES, WHO HAS LIVED ON THE STREETS OF SEOUL FOR MORE THAN 8 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN PART OF A SMALL HOMELESS COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WHICH CAMPS OUT IN A LITTLE PARK NEXT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS OF YONGSAN STATION UB SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. IN GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK I WENT PACK AS A PHOTOGRAPHER TO DOCUMENT THE HOMELESS CAMP DURING THE HARSH COLD KOREAN WINTER. THE PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATE THE SPACIAL ISOLATION OF A HOMELESS COMMUNITY WHICH CAMPS OUT IN A LITTLE PARK NEXT TO YONGSAN STATION. THE IMAGES SHOW HOW THIS PARK HAS TRANSFORMED INTO A SPACE OF ESCAPE AND SHELTER. BUT IT ALSO SHOWS HOW THE COMMUNITY IS EXCLUDED AND FENCED AWAY FROM GENERAL SOCIETY. NOT ONLY VISUALLY, BUT ALSO IN REALITY THIS LITTLE PARK IS LIKE A SMALL ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE URBAN CENTER OF SEOUL. IT IS FOR THE AUDIENCE TO DECIDE, IF IT IS ISLAND OF REFUGEE OR EXILE.