#cheongna-dong

[cromlechs]

청라호수공원 / 청라신도시

[kanghyuklee]

NIGHTGLOW{prototype} 2014-2015

* Incheon's Seobu Industrial Complex is a large scale industrial complex erected over reclaimed land. It is surrounded by Cheongna International City to the west, Cheolma Mountain to the east, Asian Games Stadium and Gyeongin Ara Waterway to the north, and Incheon's central metropolitan area and Songdo International City to the south.

Currently in 2015, Incheon city's total debt amounts to thirteen trillion won because of immoderate business ventures initiated by poor estimation of demands. 2014's Asian Games hosted in Incheon is an example of this. Despite the estimation that the hosting of the Asian Games would yield twenty trillion won in profit, the city's debt only grew by one trillion won after the Asian Games had ended while the stadiums built for the Asian Games cost a hundred and fifty billion won per year to maintain because of its shoddy construction. It was also rumored that sales rate of land lots in the newly built international cities were a measly 10% due to recession while Incheon Airport became privatized because of its financial deficit. Gyeongin Ara Waterway, which cost two trillion and seven hundred billion won to build, saw only 9% container traffic following its opening.

Seobu Industrial Complex not very well known even by Incheon residents because of its isolated geopolitical location. It is a place of rare and unique aesthetics. [nightglow] is a part of a project that photographs the residential areas of Seobu Industrial Complex(from Gajeong Ogeori to Gajwa-dong) at night. Kanghyuk Lee.