We developed a concept of how we could approach the collateral for the campaign in terms of atleast 3 different (poster?) responses for the chosen culture.Along the lines of a poster for
- Past - analogue process/ ref to history
- Present - illustration based, digital, animated?
- Future - C4D futuristic style
The first possible couple of concepts included ... Music
North Korea
- How their government portray and perceive - heaven
- How the insiders perceive it - famine, have to obey, etc
- How outsiders see it - secretive, conspiracies
Research into the secrecy and stories
Populated by 24.9 million people under the leadership of Kim-Jong-Un. The country has a lot of different perceptions and unknown information. There is a lot of information that we don't know and there's a lot of intrigue in North Korea, it's heavily been perceived as a very secretive country with a strict regime.
- The interest in looking at this as the topic of interest is the different perceptions in which North Korea has been represented in media and the limited information that we've been allowed to see.
It would be interesting to explore this and represent a culture in which is purely has negative perceptions.
If the Kim family had their way, the entire world would think North Korea was a beautiful paradise and that every one of its leaders was a blessing sent straight from heaven. Thanks to their strict tourism policy, it’s difficult to get a firm grasp on what actually goes on inside the borders of this closed, totalitarian state. But thanks to a few daring undercover journalists who snuck in, along with gruesome reports from defected North Koreans who snuck out, we’re getting a better picture of how the cogs turn behind the veil of this great propaganda machine. And it’s not pretty.
1. Labour Camps
North Korea currently operates about 16 labor camps—massive compounds scattered across the mountainous terrain and enclosed by electrified barbed wire fences. It’s estimated that somewhere around 200,000 prisoners are held in these camps at any given time.
2. Three Generations of PunishmentNorth Korean law dictates a “three generations of punishment” policy: If you commit a crime, your children and grandchildren will carry the stains of your sin and be punished accordingly.
3. Insurance Fraud
The North Korean economy is, in all measurable aspects, completely failing. Exports are virtually nonexistent due to their reluctance to interact with foreign markets, as well as the fact that they struggle to feed everyone living within their own borders.
To supplement their ailing economy and bring in more money, North Korea has been known to turn to international crime. One of these crimes is global insurance fraud: They’ve conned Western insurance companies out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Brought to light in 2009, it turns out that the North Korean government had been taking out huge insurance policies on property and equipment, then claiming that it had been destroyed.3. Insurance Fraud
The North Korean economy is, in all measurable aspects, completely failing. Exports are virtually nonexistent due to their reluctance to interact with foreign markets, as well as the fact that they struggle to feed everyone living within their own borders.
4. Arms Dealing
Insurance fraud aside, the United Nations has also accused North Korea of selling illegal weapons and nuclear technology to the highest bidder, which usually means countries in Africa and the Middle East. For example, in 2012, the UN seized a North Korean shipment heading to Syria which contained nearly 450 graphite cylinders meant for use in ballistic missiles.
5. Electricity
To date, very few people have escaped from North Korea’s labor camps and lived to tell the tale. And of these refugees, only one known person has escaped from the dreaded Camp 14, widely considered to be the most brutal labor camp in the country and reserved for only the most serious political criminals. That person was Shin Dong-hyuk, whose story is told in the incredible book Escape From Camp 14.
North Korea has suffered another embarrassing setback on the world scene after a major leak gave the world a look into its online capabilities.
Only 28 websites are registered in the country, according to researchers who jumped on a rare lapse in the country's online infrastructure.
The collection offers a rare look into life in North Korea, with propaganda sites and news and tourist information libraries also featuring prominently.
The full list of registered sites, includes Air Koryo, a flight booking site, Korean Dishes (a website offering a collection of local specialities) and Friend, which appears to be some copy of Facebook.
Tattoos in North Korea :
The capital city of North Korea, Pyongyang, is something of a self-styled utopia reserved for the population’s elite. Armed guards patrol the borders to keep the lower classes from entering, and most of the residents of Pyongyang live in something approaching luxury—with a given value of “luxury” (maybe they don’t get enough food, but they at least get more than everyone else in the country). Yet even the three million upper-class citizens aren’t given electricity for more than an hour or two a day.
6. Three-caste System
In 1957, when Kim Il Sung was struggling to retain control over North Korea, he launched a massive investigation into the populace of the country. The end result of that investigation was a completely changed social system that separated everybody into three classes: “hostiles,” “wavering,” and “core.” The designations were based not on the person, but on their family history.
Those with a history of loyalty to the government were put into the “core” class and given the best opportunities. These are now the politicians and people closely associated with the government. The people in the middle are the “wavering,” or neutral class. There’s nothing really going for or against them, and it’s possible, though unlikely, that they can move up to the core class. Usually though, people move down through the system rather than up. The “hostiles” are people with a family history of such crimes against the state as Christianity and land ownership. They’re the subversives, and according to Kim Il Sung, pose the greatest threat to the government. Because of this, they are denied education, are not allowed to live in or near Pyongyang, and are forced into abject poverty.
Those with a history of loyalty to the government were put into the “core” class and given the best opportunities. These are now the politicians and people closely associated with the government. The people in the middle are the “wavering,” or neutral class. There’s nothing really going for or against them, and it’s possible, though unlikely, that they can move up to the core class. Usually though, people move down through the system rather than up. The “hostiles” are people with a family history of such crimes against the state as Christianity and land ownership. They’re the subversives, and according to Kim Il Sung, pose the greatest threat to the government. Because of this, they are denied education, are not allowed to live in or near Pyongyang, and are forced into abject poverty.
7. Human Feces Fertilizer
North Korea’s geography is mountainous and arid, with long, frigid winters and short, monsoon-filled summers. About 80 percent of the country is located either on the side of a mountain or at the top of one, which means most of the land is terrible for farming.
South Korea stopped sending fertilizer in 2008, and farmers had to turn to a new source: human waste. It went so far as to become a government program. Factories were required to turn over their feces to meet a quota of two tons. Recently, illegal shops have capitalised on the demand for human waste, which is now considered a commodity.
North Korea’s geography is mountainous and arid, with long, frigid winters and short, monsoon-filled summers. About 80 percent of the country is located either on the side of a mountain or at the top of one, which means most of the land is terrible for farming.
South Korea stopped sending fertilizer in 2008, and farmers had to turn to a new source: human waste. It went so far as to become a government program. Factories were required to turn over their feces to meet a quota of two tons. Recently, illegal shops have capitalised on the demand for human waste, which is now considered a commodity.
8. Famine
A crippling famine struck North Korea between 1994 and 1998. Widespread flooding left most of the farm land unusable. When that was combined with an ever-increasing debt to the Soviet Union that prevented any importing of food, entire cities drifted into a twilight of death. It’s estimated that close to 3.5 million people died of starvation during that time—more than 10 percent of the population.
With what little food they had being confiscated by the military in compliance with the Songun policy, North Koreans turned first to their pets for sustenance, then crickets and tree bark, and finally, children. It became a saying: “Don’t buy meat if you don’t know where it came from.
9. Torture PrisonsWith what little food they had being confiscated by the military in compliance with the Songun policy, North Koreans turned first to their pets for sustenance, then crickets and tree bark, and finally, children. It became a saying: “Don’t buy meat if you don’t know where it came from.
To date, very few people have escaped from North Korea’s labor camps and lived to tell the tale. And of these refugees, only one known person has escaped from the dreaded Camp 14, widely considered to be the most brutal labor camp in the country and reserved for only the most serious political criminals. That person was Shin Dong-hyuk, whose story is told in the incredible book Escape From Camp 14.
North Korea has suffered another embarrassing setback on the world scene after a major leak gave the world a look into its online capabilities.
Only 28 websites are registered in the country, according to researchers who jumped on a rare lapse in the country's online infrastructure.
The collection offers a rare look into life in North Korea, with propaganda sites and news and tourist information libraries also featuring prominently.
The full list of registered sites, includes Air Koryo, a flight booking site, Korean Dishes (a website offering a collection of local specialities) and Friend, which appears to be some copy of Facebook.
Past
There is no law in place that ban tattoos in North Korea
“In my father’s generation it used to be really popular to get tattoos of a North Korean soldier killing an American invader,” says Kim Shin-woo, who arrived in South Korea from the DPRK, also known as North Korea, in 2007.
In terms of the war phrases to choose from came as followed. Defend the Fatherland! Victory! and Battle!
"One against one hundred" was to show how they could kill a hundred enemies in battle.
Present
There is the belief in North Korea that if a woman in North Korea has a tattoo it is assumed she comes from a bad family.
There is a struggle in tattoos within North Korea with the limitations that arise. Since exports to North Korea were banned by Japan. Japan banned imports after the North's first nuclear test in 2006 making accessibility to Ink and medical swabs a lot more difficult.
Defectors of North Korea who now reside in South Korea have had tattoos removed in accordance with the beauty standards in South Korea.
Also according to defectors of North Korea the growing popularity of tattoos written in English also reflects changes in the economic, political, and cultural landscape.
Design is limited to the people “In North Korea, tattoos must carry praise of the Kim family or carry a teaching of the state,” said Hyun Namhyuk, who escaped North Korea and recently settled in South Korea.
Future
Liberty within North Korea, what the people who have escaped have to say about their experiences of what the country was like
What innovative and new ways is type being used and how can that relate to expressing freedom?
Is the way in which symbol and imagery used could be used to
How do tattoos reflect a culture? Socio economic political society in general?
On The Run In North Korea - KORYO COLLECTIVE
A behind-the-scenes view of the world's most secretive country!
"On the Run" is an exhibit of photographs taken in North Korea by three Yorkshire photographers - with contrasting perspectives on the experience of travelling, photographing, and running a half-marathon in a country under total state control.
Their gallery of photos don't reflect the stories told of North Korea, but more of this picture-esc land that their government try to depict to the rest of the world - and this intrigued us. We emailed them and they have agreed to answer a series of questions regarding their time in North Korea.
There is no law in place that ban tattoos in North Korea
“In my father’s generation it used to be really popular to get tattoos of a North Korean soldier killing an American invader,” says Kim Shin-woo, who arrived in South Korea from the DPRK, also known as North Korea, in 2007.
In terms of the war phrases to choose from came as followed. Defend the Fatherland! Victory! and Battle!
"One against one hundred" was to show how they could kill a hundred enemies in battle.
Present
There is the belief in North Korea that if a woman in North Korea has a tattoo it is assumed she comes from a bad family.
There is a struggle in tattoos within North Korea with the limitations that arise. Since exports to North Korea were banned by Japan. Japan banned imports after the North's first nuclear test in 2006 making accessibility to Ink and medical swabs a lot more difficult.
Defectors of North Korea who now reside in South Korea have had tattoos removed in accordance with the beauty standards in South Korea.
Also according to defectors of North Korea the growing popularity of tattoos written in English also reflects changes in the economic, political, and cultural landscape.
Design is limited to the people “In North Korea, tattoos must carry praise of the Kim family or carry a teaching of the state,” said Hyun Namhyuk, who escaped North Korea and recently settled in South Korea.
Future
Liberty within North Korea, what the people who have escaped have to say about their experiences of what the country was like
What innovative and new ways is type being used and how can that relate to expressing freedom?
Is the way in which symbol and imagery used could be used to
How do tattoos reflect a culture? Socio economic political society in general?
On The Run In North Korea - KORYO COLLECTIVE
A behind-the-scenes view of the world's most secretive country!
"On the Run" is an exhibit of photographs taken in North Korea by three Yorkshire photographers - with contrasting perspectives on the experience of travelling, photographing, and running a half-marathon in a country under total state control.
Their gallery of photos don't reflect the stories told of North Korea, but more of this picture-esc land that their government try to depict to the rest of the world - and this intrigued us. We emailed them and they have agreed to answer a series of questions regarding their time in North Korea.
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