Spatial desiring Machine
As a neutral space between two hostile nations, the DMZ is perhaps one of the most inaccessible place on Earth. This project delve into how the DMZ generates a sense of distance and separation, aiming to translate these experiences into spatial conditions that emulate and intensify their impact.
While the desire for inaccessible spaces may seem discouraging to some who believe desires are fueled by lack, particularly when the lack is attributed to the nature of intentionally restricted spaces, I contend that such desire is self-sustainable. It originates not from lack, but from an individual’s will to produce and experience. The goal was to create conditions that spark and sustain these desires continuously—thus, the Spatial Desiring Machine.
The machine is made of types of basic structures connected by tunnels. The structure varies on size, elevation, accessibility to natural light and the positions of tunnel entrance and exits.
As South Koreans enter from one side of the tunnel. North Koreans enters from the other. Their paths intertwine, but never touch. Within the cramp rooms, they yearn for open space, when looking up from the well, they yearn for the aboveground and the skies, and when entering the large atrium, they encounter each other - in different paths, inaccessible to one another. Will they yearn to connect with each other then? Or will they prefer the delicately thin lines of separation?
At the end, the tension converges literally into a spiral. The visitors slowly closing the distance towards each other - where as before they were safe in the comfort of distance, now they are almost touching.
