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MullaedongwherethevideowashadbeentakentextileindustrydistrictduringtheJapanesecolonialperiodin1910-45andisknowntobenamedafterMulle(‘spinningwheel’inKorean)ofthetextilefactoryarea.Whileitthrivedunderthemilitaryregimeinthe1970s-80s,MullaedongisbarelysurvivingasthelaststeelindustrydistrictinSeoulbynow.Sincethe1990swhenthedomesticindustrywasrestructuredandtheneighborhoodwasdevelopedintohigh-riseapartment,manyfactorieshaveleftSeoulduetothehighrentandthebuildingshavebeenemptied.Andyet,theabandonedspacehasbeengraduallyoccupiedbyartistssothatMullaedongisbecomingaspaceoflaborersandartistswhereapproximately50ofateliersand300ofironworksarejuxtaposedwitheachother.MullaedonghasalsoaspecialmeaningintherecenthistoryofSouthKorea.NeartheMullaesteelindustrydistrict,thereisaMullaePublicGardenandthesitehadbeenoriginallythe6thmilitarydistrictcommandwhereformerpresidentParkChung-heeplottedamilitarycouptooverthrowthegovernment.ActuallythereyoucanseethebunkerwhereParkmadetheplanforpoliticalupheavalandamonumentalbustofPark,whichwaserectedafterhewasassassinatedtohonorhimandhissuccessfulcouponMay16,1961.Butforme,thesculpturealsoseemstocommemoratePark’sfoundationalcontributiontothesteelindustryinSouthKorea—includingtheMullaesteelindustrydistrict.Whileitapparentlylookslikeawonderfulspacewherelaborersandartistscoexisttogether,Mullaedonghasbeendeeplymarkedbythemilitaryregime.ItwasacradleofthemilitaryculturethatKoreansarestillstrugglingagainstandnowitisatombthatpreservesthetraumafromthepast. The3-channelvideoinstallationMulleisdividedintothreevideosInterview,Landscape,andMulle,eachofwhichisanindividualsymbolandworksasapartoftheorganictriptych-stylemocumentarytotheaudience.First,InterviewasksgeneralquestionsaboutMullaedongtointervieweeswithvarioussociopoliticalstances,soastospontaneouslydisclosediversehistoricalperspectivesonthemilitaryregimeoriginatedfromMullaedong.Second,LandscapeshowstheviewsofMullaedongcrowdedwithmodernandvernaculararchitectureaswellastheimagesaboutsublimityandhomogeneityofartandlabor.Andthird,MullestagestwoactorsplayinganepisodebasedonmyownexperienceaboutPark’sspecterandhissculptureinMullaedong.