Slideshow

A slideshow movie made in preparation for writing an essay for 'critical transformations'. It aims to capture the temporal nature of the apatu in Seoul from their introduction in the early 1960s. At first, they were a sign of modernisation, used by the illegitimate military regime as visual proof of their economic agenda for growth. As their footprint repeated over Seoul's marsh land and mountains, they became a symbol of middle class aspiration. Now, the early buildings face demolition, the sites are being 'eroded' by the landscape, a reversal of the process that occurred during their construction.