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I visited the Museum Hanmi construction site for two years and documented the entire process of the museum construction. During that time, I hesitated looking at the blue prints or talking to the architect about the building concept, because each week’s changes not only visually excited my senses, but I felt like I was on the treasure hunt. I got excited when thousands of heavy steel rods slowly began to shape the building’s outer forms, and when hundreds of workers, each with their own specialized skill set, slowly assembled walls and stairs, and laid beautiful wooden floors that, like magic, finally formed a building that spoke eloquently with sense of wonderment. From my work on the “Left Behind” series, I learned to have conversations with the empty houses that were deserted for some time in redevelopment housing areas. The traces of abandoned furniture and stained wall paper all spoke to me eloquently. I wanted do the same with the Hanmi contruction site, slowing telling stories of what building is all about. Architect Min Hyeong-sik, who designed the building said, “The core of a museum is that all spaces continue to circulate like water flows.” I have another thought. I believe that ‘Museum Hanmi’ will continue to make endless progress without staying at the Korean Photography Museum.