Tang People. 2006.
bachelor's thesis project.
poster. board game. video. story book. making book.
2007 Seoul International Book Arts Awards. Finalist.
The 10th Output International Awards. Winners.
Koreans go freely naked in public bath houses,
and I wanted to explore their inner world regarding this matter.
The nation of Tang(Tang means "tub" in Korean)
is in shape of a person,
constructed with body parts and mentality of the people
I met from 15 public bath houses in 12 cities during 8 days in Korea.
Poster: 594x841mm.
Scrubbing off the dirts from their body...
What I saw was the unremoved dirts in their heart.
Board game: 488x380mm.
The contents of the story book is combined to a traditional
Korean boardgame, playing yut.
In this way, people can find the story interesting,
and easy to understand.
Video: 26sec.
Music by Baekhasuki.
(click to play)
Story book: 122x190mm. 110pages.
Traveling with Seo, donghee.
The bathing process of The nation of Tang
is connected to mental, physical forms Koreans have.
The two main character finds out the inner dirt of the Koreans
as they travel through this nation.
Making book: 122x190mm. 94pages.
Photography by Koon.
Through this project, I intended to know who naked Koreans are.
But at last, what I saw was my inner dirts.
I have become barenaked.
(click to enlarge)
