Gyeonggi Tourism Organization Hosts 'Passage' Themed DMZ Exhibition at Imjingak Pyeonghwa Nuri

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization will hold the ‘DMZ OPEN Exhibition: Passage’ as part of the ‘DMZ OPEN Festival’ from August 30 to November 16 around the Paju Imjingak Peace Nuri area.

‘DMZ OPEN Exhibition: Passage’ will be conducted in a way that artists’ works naturally blend into the wooden booths along the path from Peace Nuri and the Peace Gondola to the rooftop of the northern platform across the Imjin River, and the Gallery Grieves space. This exhibition focuses on reflecting on the meaning of the DMZ and expanding its spatiality through the concept of ‘passage.’

The term ‘passage,’ meaning ‘an open path allowing direct movement without obstruction,’ is distinguished from a completely ‘open space’ in that it is located between other spaces but enclosed within a structure. On either side of the passage, there may be open spaces or closed spaces. In this respect, this structure closely resembles the DMZ.

The exhibition highlights the DMZ not as a halted or forgotten space but as a connected and living space. The exhibition features works that reinterpret the DMZ as a closed boundary and a connecting passage, as well as an open place where life continues. The DMZ sheds its symbolism as a closed circuit boundary and opens one or both sides of the story as either the beginning or the endpoint of a connected space.

Meanwhile, the ‘DMZ OPEN Festival,’ hosted by Gyeonggi Province and organized by the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization, will be held across the DMZ area in Gyeonggi Province until November 16, featuring forums, concerts, sports, and more under the theme ‘Open DMZ, Greater Peace.’

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