DECADES  APARTS

Produced by commission from the Fondation Cartier, Decades Apart is a work of 3D images and immersive 3D sound. It shows a 3D version of the Panmunjeom open set from Park Chan-wook’s film Joint Security Area (2000), with three-dimensional sound producing a perceptual effect that seems to envelop the viewer. The film was made in 2017, a year when inter-Korean tensions reached their zenith with North Korea’s missile launches. In contrast, the mood between North and South Korea at the time Joint Security Area was released was one of unprecedented reconciliation. As if to illustrate this difference over the years, the realistic model of Panmunjeom built for the film’s production has transformed into a desolate landscape. Through a montage of 3D images of the Joint Security Area set and music from its soundtrack, viewers are placed in a phantom house that seems both realistic and dreamlike, left to wander somewhere between today and 17 years ago. PARKing CHANce is a team of directors formed by Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-Kyong. 

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2018  PARKing CHANce 2010-2018, Asia Culture Center, Kwang-ju, Korea

2017  Highlights, The Collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Korea