[K-ART FOCUS] Lee Ye-eun finds meaning and life in ordinary objects
A rice bowl, a pair of scissors and a notebook with vehicle numbers might seem ordinary. In Lee Ye-eun’s photographs, however, they became the faces of a border village between the two Koreas. Her outdoor exhibition, “People of Baegyeon-ri,” presented as part of “DMZ Open Exhibition: Staging,” brings together belongings lent by residents of a village in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. Also known as…
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Rice bowls, scissors, and notebooks with license plates may appear mundane, but to photographer Lee Ye-eun, they are the faces of a border village between North and South Korea. Her outdoor exhibition, "People of Baegyeon-ri," part of the "DMZ Open Exhibition: Staging," showcases belongings donated by villagers in Paju, Gyeonggi Province.
Situated just south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Baegyeon-ri, also called Tongil-chon or Unification Village, was created in 1973 to display South Korean agriculture to the North. Despite its unique geopolitical location, Lee aims to focus on the people who inhabit and labor within the village - cultivating crops, cooking meals, and caring for gardens.
In a conversation with The Korea Times, Lee expressed her admiration for the village's simplicity, stating: "These aren't extraordinary people. They're ordinary people working hard to make."
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