How nice it would be, if we could live like now together forever?

Video/Sound Installation, 2005

We live in the age of code. Codes are used to deliver information or prevent a leakage of information. However simple the code may be, communication cannot be accomplished without encoding.

“Wherever you live, North or South, we are brothers
Wherever you live, East or West, we are sisters
High mountain and clear water Korea my country my love…”
-“My Love Korea” words and music by No Gwang-uk

This song of simple, right and earnest contents has never been interpreted for a long time though we wish unification of North and South keenly. I expect that the lyrics of this song and reunion of dispersed families are good signs that we can read, listen and see now. Above story is projected to the screen for propaganda to North, which is now removed, like a light code message. The moments of reunion of dispersed families are reedited and connected with the sound of scopsowl and the lyrics of “My Love Korea” coded words by word.

The effort for reunion of dispersed families was the first step to actual unification and recovery from scars left by war. Nature in the DMZ is a symbol of hope for our life as a biological treasure house and it is the typical case of restoration. As nature shows us, we should learn how to return to nature regardless of political ideology or economic profit, preserving nature through of North and South.
Isn’t that a real unification?

“How nice it would be, if we could live like now together forever?”
I wish the question mark will disappear.