Hein-kuhn Oh, 〈A laughing sergeant and a private E-2 at attention, October 2010〉, 2010. ©the artist.

The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) announces 《Negotiating Borders》, a new exhibition from the Real DMZ Project featuring artists Heinkuhn Oh, Kyungah Ham, Lee Bul, Minouk Lim, Suntag Noh, with more to be announced. Founded in 2012 by curator Sunjung Kim, the Real DMZ Project is an ongoing contemporary art project centered around research conducted on the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between South and North Korea. Engaging with this unique and complex territory, artists present new commissions and recent works across installation, sculpture, and film, confronting the sensitivities, perceptions and realities of a divided Korean peninsula. Since its establishment in 1953, the DMZ has been regarded, paradoxically, as one of the world's most heavily militarised areas. With border tensions easing and unprecedented progress in inter-Korean relations, recent measures – including the demolishing of twenty guard posts in December 2018 – can be seen as the first step towards disarmament. Positioned within this context, the exhibition at the KCCUK is built around two conceptual pillars of time and space to link the past, present, and future of the DMZ. Whilst the exhibition offers a unique insight into the complexities of the Korean peninsula, research and archival material offer alternative views of the DMZ’s surroundings, encompassing themes such as landscapes, villages, military, and natural bio-environment.

Further information:
https://kccuk.org.uk/en/programmes/partnership-programme/negotiating-borders/