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I first discovered the district of Mullae Dong, rather bizarrely, thanks to Donald Trump. After his inane imposition of steel tariffs on South Korea, a photo of steel rods was used to illustrate a news report I was reading. This photo was remarkably similar to one I myself had taken, at a small workshop in the hand made shoe district. The photo had been taken not in Seongsu, but in Mullae Dong - where was this? It turned out that it was just south of the Han river, on Seoul’s equivalent of the Circle Line. If you took Exit 7 and turned left after about 100 metres, you would come across an “Art Village”. So, off I went…
Michael Howarth is a photographer and house husband. He used to be a lecturer in French literature at University College London. In collaboration with the artist and writer, Brian Williams, he has made two films based on the work of Robert Pinget.
