Peacefully mist-shrouded, the mountains draw boundaries to the both sides; the tension merges into the innocent landscape. The DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) of the Korean Peninsula was born from the war that never ends, leaving its nature as it was. Reunion or recurrence, while its future is unpredictable, the proposal for a memorial focuses on the message of the history.
The memorial is simply a thick and tall gilded wall shaped in solemn language, including a narrow passage and temporary use as an exhibition area. However, the leading actor of the image is the environment which is fairly pictorial, instead of the memorial that is materialized in strictly conventional expression. The composition emphasizes the contrast between the nature and the artificial, creating an emotional torsion by reminding the uninhabitable land and the human fault.
A simple painting could call an unexpected feeling when its covered message appears through that kind of antithesis. The image of the memorial exposes a narrative, not to celebrate or encourage, but to remember and transfer the message from the harsh reality; that’s the potential of the image and the power of the suggestion.
J-W.H/A+U&D 
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