Bokjari – Demultiple
As architects, we always pretended that art and architecture, without being the same discipline, had so much overlap it would sometimes difficult to draw a clear line that separated it. What was missing was for us to explore that zone where you don’t know in which side you are standing.
In 2013, after experiencing a serious burnout from the construction of our first public building, the Chang Ucchin Museum in Yangju, we got several proposals for medium scale installations. It allowed us to commit to an architecture of a simpler, purer form, free from the weight that comes with making buildings. Although they have different context and subjects, they have a common conceptual direction.
Bokjari – Demultiple was made for a week of celebration for the Architecture Week in October 2013, at the feet of the Seoul City Hall, in the very center of the old city. Our aim was to create a new field of perception, but rather than force experiencing subjects into a overwhelming art piece, allow city flaneurs and passer-by to casually sit, check their hair, take pictures, but also experiencing an ambiguous demultiplication of their own image, revealing new qualities of light and city perspectives.
The four mirrors created a strong effect of reversing directions; one could see anew the very landscape that was the everyday environment. Some people also ate a sandwich, waiting for a friend.