Saturday 18 June 2011

Korea -

spending several days in Seoul, the prospect of heading 2 hours or so out to the coast to record the one lighthouse that I had intended to record suddenly seems a strange thing to do when one considers my own way of enjoying the act of field recording & exploration. The momentary, the detail of moments is what inspires me. So, as with Japan (but for different reasons) I found myself drawn not to marine lighthouses but to urban beacons - lights that guide people moving around Seoul or that act as markers for small boats along the Han river....

....for the young couples in the parks the illuminations of each massive bridge spanning the river act as a kind of electric sunset as they wait for them to be turned off at around 11pm - a signal for the time they should begin to leave & find their way home....

....the north Seoul tower is perhaps the single most visible light in the landscape of Seoul & attracts thousands of visitors each week....I shall go there too, but right now it is the smaller light bearing structures that seems to be drawing me in....

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