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[Radio chatter]

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Narrator: How do we deal with
a country like North Korea?

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Isolation? Threats?
Or dialogue?

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♪♪

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Norwegian artist Morten Traavik

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has worked
with the regime for years.

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Now, he's here to propose
a risky project --

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a modern art academy inside the
world's most secluded country.

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[Man speaking Korean]

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Okay.
So, you visited my country

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more than 11 or 12
or something.

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It's a good thing because then
you came here not as a tourist,

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but you came here
as a cultural exchange

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and mutual understanding
between the countries.

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So, I sure appreciate
your visit,

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but you should
welcome our troops, as well,

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to other countries.

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You should be
the introducer,

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introducing the Korean culture
to the others.

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Traavik:
I am the introducer.

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This is the reason
why we are here,

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why we are
having this meeting.

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You are aware that,
in our part of the world,

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there is a lot of political
negativity towards the DPRK.

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So, for each of the projects
that we do together,

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we are like the drop

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that hollows out the stone,
as they say.

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How to deal with it?
What is your plan?

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The idea for this
DMZ Academy is that

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by inviting artists from many
countries and many continents,

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we are creating more
and more understanding

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and more and more people realize
that the DPRK is open.

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[Speaking Korean]

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Okay. So, according to
these plans, step-by-step,

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that I hope to develop,

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improve and facilitate
our cultural exchange

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between your country
and my country.

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[Speaking Korean]

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[Speaking Korean]

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♪♪

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♪♪

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Reporter:
Our top story this morning,

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the dangerous situation
on the Korean Peninsula

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is getting more intense.

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Reporter #2:
War of words between the U.S.
and North Korea is intensifying.

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Reporter #3: President Trump
says Kim Jong-un

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will be tested
like never before.

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Host:
So, who will flinch first?

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Narrator: After more than
two years of planning,

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Morten arrives
in North Korea

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with a select group
of international artists.

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The group is invited to spend
a week

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in the capital, Pyongyang,

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producing art and meeting
North Korean colleagues

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who rarely get input
from the outside world.

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[Camera shutter clicking]

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♪♪

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Traavik: The DMZ Academy is
the first-ever

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contemporary art seminar
in North Korea.

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For me, the scenery here
is very similar

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to some small part
in China, you know.

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-Mm-hmm. Yeah.
-I mean, you know,

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all the people.
-The whole landscape.

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People riding bicycles.

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Narrator: Morten has hand-picked
the foreign artists

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who all represent art forms not
known or allowed in North Korea.

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His idea is to use modern art
as a Trojan Horse

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inside the totalitarian regime.

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Traavik: It's not to bring peace
and democracy to North Korea.

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I mean, they have to sort
that out themselves.

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But it is to question the way we
and they look at the world.

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To rage within the machine
instead of raging against it.

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[Laughter]

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You can see how there's still
some, you know, happy people.

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They're pretty...
pretty happy.

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Narrator:
The Academy is hosted

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by the Committee
for Cultural Relations.

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Traavik: Chocolate Eskimo?
Ice cream, anyone?

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Their goal is to
turn the artists

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into North Korean allies.

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Delicious.

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An invitation they might regret.

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Are you walking
or staying here?

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No, I think we are
going back in the bus,

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but if you want to have a walk,
it should be fine.

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Just go?

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[Horn honks]

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Oh. Oh. Oh!

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-Now he'll go to jail.
-Yeah.

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-He violate the traffic.
-Yeah.

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The regulation also.

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Of course, it's not my fault,
but it's his.

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Please, please.

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I warn you a time.

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Please don't leave
the tour group again.

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Okay?

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He's just hoping
to be arrested

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by one of the beautiful
traffic ladies.

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-Okay. And being tortured.
-Yes, being tortured.

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So, being tortured
by the beautiful officer.

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-Very intimately, yes.
-No problem.

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[Laughs]

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If our people see him
just crossing the road,

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they will say, "Oh, you,
why are you crossing the road?"

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So, that is why.
Avoid that.

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[ Speaking indistinctly ]
Stop him.

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She was actually showing him
what not to do.

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Nowak: I started building
sound systems.

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When I finished one,
I would start another one...

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and that became
like an addiction.

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♪♪

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I can't bring physical artworks
to North Korea,

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but I can bring a soundscape

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and talk about perception
of reality.

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Traavik: Alright, guys.

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The idea behind
this whole enterprise

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is actually to expose you

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to North Korea and vice versa

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and see what happens,
basically.

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Man: We probably can jump
into the questions

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about how to produce and...

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You will be sharing studios
with Korean artists.

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When we get to the situation
where we can present ourselves,

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I think we should just try to
engage them in an inviting way.

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It will be, like,
in one of the studios

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or in a meeting room
at the Pyongyang University

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of Fine Arts.

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But the Committee asks
to review the contents

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of your presentations...

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Mm-hmm.

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...just to make sure that
you will not be too naughty.

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[Laughter]

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Is it something naughty?

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Oh, it's very,
very naughty.

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Is it very French?

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It's very universal,
I must say.

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I hope it's not too rotten.

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I kept it
in the fridge, but...

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-So, it's--
-Oh, it's kind of...

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a bit like...
[Sniffs]

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But --
No, it still smells okay.

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This is my blood.

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It's your own blood?

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It's my own blood, yes.

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I have, like, a bottle
in my freezer at home,

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and I just took
a sample of it.

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What do you use it for?

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-What?
-What do you use it for?

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Uh, I took into --
for a presentation

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because I printed a poster
with human blood, as well.

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So, I use this.
This little tool.

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You know,
I spike my finger.

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[Click]

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Really? Oh, shit.

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And I sign my books.

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-Like this?
-Yeah.

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Valnoir: What inspires me
is what is negative

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in the human mind?

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Right now, I'm crushing
bones to create ink.

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It comes from this piece of hip,

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a human hip that will be
used then for printing.

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So, maybe you can see that
the texture is very abrasive.

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North Korea triggers
my curiosities a lot.

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I'm very curious
to see what happens

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when you confront our vision
of art

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and their vision of art.

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Can I sit?

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-Yeah.
-Here, you mean?

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Narrator: A censorship screening
is set up by Mr. Ham.

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He wants to make sure
that North Korean artists

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will not be contaminated
by their visitors.

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I am removing
what has been rejected.

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[Giggles]

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They don't want this,
this, this, this or this.

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So, I work with
the music industry,

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and I design cover artworks
for bands.

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So, this is like a jacket,

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a rock jacket,
but with the patches

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stitched on the back
of the guitar player.

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Yeah.
[Speaking indistinctly]

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So, this I will show
and I will explain.

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Me, I cannot get
the point.

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Please give me the message
you want to convey.

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So, look. This is blood.
We made ink with the blood,

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and we printed 100 copies
of this poster with my blood.

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[Laughs]

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Traavik: If I can interject,
as an artist,

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if you want to show people

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that I am willing
to do anything for my art,

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you use your own blood.
It's like your own heart,

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your own feelings,
into your art.

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I understand that you
extracted your own blood

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and you used coffins.

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It's really,
you know, kind of...

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-Horrifying.
-It's bizarre...

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-Bizarre, yeah.
-...printing,

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but just showing them
this is bizarre printing.

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I don't think that's the kind
of message that inspires people.

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At the moment,
I would say you are not ready.

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Who will be the next?

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Man:
Oh, I can. Yeah.

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Ms. Yun.

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This is for you.

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Okay, thank you.

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But I need to sign it
before --

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No! No, no!Man: What he is doing?

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That is...

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-Forever.
-Oh.

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To my future wife,
Ms. Y...

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-Y-U-N.
-Y-U-N.

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♪♪

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This is called
the "Permafrost."

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[Speaking indistinctly]

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Yeah.

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Do you have some painting
related to people's life?

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Everyday life, you mean?

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Nothing related to politics.
Just, you know, mood.

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Yes.

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[Blows]

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You have to let it dry
for a few minutes.

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Yeah. Thank you.

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Kiss me.

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[Both giggle]

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Do you have any women...?

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Just to my girlfriends.

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Okay.

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I think Mr. Ham,
he will kill you.

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Why?

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Because you give him
this extremely hard task.

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No. Soft task.

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Soft task? Come on!

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Alright.
So, see you tomorrow then, eh?

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♪♪

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I think
it will be fine.

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Beautiful.
I love this clash of cultures.

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[Whistle blows]

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Pres. Donald Trump:
No-one has shown more contempt

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for other nations
and for the well-being

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of their own people

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than the depraved regime
in North Korea.

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If the righteous many
do not confront the wicked few,

261
00:13:17,037 --> 00:13:21,007
then evil will triumph.

262
00:13:21,110 --> 00:13:23,423
It is time for all nations
to work together

263
00:13:23,526 --> 00:13:25,218
to isolate the Kim regime

264
00:13:25,321 --> 00:13:29,015
until it ceases
its hostile behavior.

265
00:13:29,118 --> 00:13:33,571
♪♪

266
00:13:39,301 --> 00:13:40,716
Narrator: Every morning,

267
00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:43,167
flag ceremonies
take place to motivate people

268
00:13:43,270 --> 00:13:44,927
on their way to work.

269
00:13:45,031 --> 00:13:48,068
♪♪

270
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German sound artist Nik
has made an appointment

271
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with Mr. Ham
to record the performance.

272
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♪♪

273
00:14:00,494 --> 00:14:01,530
Morning.

274
00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:04,119
But when Mr. Ham
does not show up,

275
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Nik faces a dilemma.

276
00:14:06,397 --> 00:14:07,743
Here's the wall.

277
00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:11,057
We can't get through here
without Mr. Ham.

278
00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:21,274
I'm worried that Mr. Ham is not
amused when we go without him,

279
00:14:21,377 --> 00:14:24,070
but we could also just go.

280
00:14:25,554 --> 00:14:32,250
♪♪

281
00:14:32,354 --> 00:14:39,085
♪♪

282
00:14:39,188 --> 00:14:45,885
♪♪

283
00:14:45,988 --> 00:14:52,615
♪♪

284
00:14:52,719 --> 00:14:59,415
♪♪

285
00:14:59,519 --> 00:15:06,215
♪♪

286
00:15:06,319 --> 00:15:13,050
♪♪

287
00:15:13,153 --> 00:15:19,815
♪♪

288
00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:21,230
[Music stops]

289
00:15:21,334 --> 00:15:22,749
You are in our country.

290
00:15:22,852 --> 00:15:24,475
Yeah, I know.

291
00:15:24,578 --> 00:15:27,685
Then acting alone
with all the gears,

292
00:15:27,788 --> 00:15:31,102
especially with camera,
with microphone,

293
00:15:31,206 --> 00:15:32,448
pointing like this,

294
00:15:32,552 --> 00:15:35,244
it looks suspicious
without explanation.

295
00:15:35,348 --> 00:15:39,939
And without me, you cannot
explain it to the local people.

296
00:15:40,042 --> 00:15:41,112
Okay.

297
00:15:41,216 --> 00:15:42,665
That's what
I'm worried about.

298
00:15:42,769 --> 00:15:46,773
You can be mistaken
for something else you are not.

299
00:15:46,876 --> 00:15:48,706
-Okay.
-That's why I'm here.

300
00:15:48,809 --> 00:15:51,191
I thought because it's just
a few meters, it's okay

301
00:15:51,295 --> 00:15:53,745
because you knew that I'm here
and that I'm going.

302
00:15:53,849 --> 00:15:55,920
I thought it's okay
if I already start.

303
00:15:56,024 --> 00:15:58,060
Without explanation,
it looks suspicious

304
00:15:58,164 --> 00:15:59,544
without authority.

305
00:15:59,648 --> 00:16:01,788
It looks like --
-It's not supposed to be there.

306
00:16:01,891 --> 00:16:03,928
It looks like...suspicious.

307
00:16:04,032 --> 00:16:05,481
Okay. Alright.

308
00:16:05,585 --> 00:16:06,793
It's okay.

309
00:16:06,896 --> 00:16:08,174
No hard feelings,
but, you know.

310
00:16:08,277 --> 00:16:11,798
I'm sorry and I apologize.

311
00:16:11,901 --> 00:16:14,283
You could be better.

312
00:16:14,387 --> 00:16:15,836
-Yeah.
-What's up?

313
00:16:15,940 --> 00:16:17,493
What have you done now?

314
00:16:17,597 --> 00:16:20,013
I have done
very nice photographs.

315
00:16:22,602 --> 00:16:27,607
Narrator:
The hosts are personally
responsible for their guests.

316
00:16:27,710 --> 00:16:31,680
Their job is to stay
with them at all times

317
00:16:31,783 --> 00:16:34,614
and, of course,
make them fall in love

318
00:16:34,717 --> 00:16:36,996
with Korean art and culture.

319
00:16:37,099 --> 00:16:40,585
♪♪

320
00:16:40,689 --> 00:16:42,035
Look at that.

321
00:16:42,139 --> 00:16:48,110
♪♪

322
00:16:48,214 --> 00:16:50,906
Traavik: I think you will
struggle to find any society,

323
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,528
anywhere in the world,

324
00:16:52,632 --> 00:16:59,018
where art is used to promote
the state ideology

325
00:16:59,121 --> 00:17:03,332
to such an extent
as you will see in North Korea.

326
00:17:03,436 --> 00:17:04,989
You see art everywhere.

327
00:17:05,093 --> 00:17:09,442
♪♪

328
00:17:09,545 --> 00:17:14,619
♪♪

329
00:17:14,723 --> 00:17:18,313
But all of that art
is tailor-made for once purpose.

330
00:17:18,416 --> 00:17:20,660
One purpose only.

331
00:17:20,763 --> 00:17:26,355
♪♪

332
00:17:26,459 --> 00:17:28,461
So, our President
Kim Il-sung said

333
00:17:28,564 --> 00:17:33,190
it is actually the way
that painters should paint.

334
00:17:33,293 --> 00:17:34,812
Look at this.

335
00:17:34,915 --> 00:17:39,058
It's crazy good quality.

336
00:17:39,161 --> 00:17:43,062
We have to keep in mind
that the history of modern art,

337
00:17:43,165 --> 00:17:47,583
to a North Korean,
stops around 100 years ago

338
00:17:47,687 --> 00:17:51,691
when Picasso started making
naughty experiments.

339
00:17:51,794 --> 00:17:55,833
If you teach the students
about the development

340
00:17:55,936 --> 00:18:01,045
of the European
classical painting history,

341
00:18:01,149 --> 00:18:04,704
do you also go further,
like the Romantic era,

342
00:18:04,807 --> 00:18:09,364
Impressionists, Cubism
and the modern artistry,

343
00:18:09,467 --> 00:18:10,917
or where do you stop?

344
00:18:11,020 --> 00:18:13,057
The important thing is
that we have to be

345
00:18:13,161 --> 00:18:15,439
critical
about the pieces.

346
00:18:15,542 --> 00:18:20,547
We take only something
we really need and apply it.

347
00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:33,181
♪♪

348
00:18:33,284 --> 00:18:37,806
Placht:
I have no idea how it's going
to look like before I start.

349
00:18:37,909 --> 00:18:40,671
It's a really big mystery
each time.

350
00:18:40,774 --> 00:18:42,949
♪♪

351
00:18:43,052 --> 00:18:47,195
Of course, there is always
hidden information in artworks

352
00:18:47,298 --> 00:18:48,851
because it's a language.

353
00:18:48,955 --> 00:18:50,957
So, if you want
to understand a language,

354
00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:53,235
you also have
to give the effort.

355
00:18:53,339 --> 00:18:57,308
♪♪

356
00:18:57,412 --> 00:18:59,931
My strategy for being
in North Korea

357
00:19:00,035 --> 00:19:04,522
is to remember, at all times,
that I am a guest there.

358
00:19:04,626 --> 00:19:06,559
I'm there to become friends.

359
00:19:06,662 --> 00:19:09,527
Any new person you meet
is a potential friend

360
00:19:09,631 --> 00:19:13,082
and so is also North Korea.

361
00:19:13,186 --> 00:19:14,774
The U.S.

362
00:19:14,877 --> 00:19:19,572
The U.S.
is under our target.

363
00:19:19,675 --> 00:19:22,851
Understand?
-Yeah.

364
00:19:22,954 --> 00:19:25,164
And these are the weapons,
as you see.

365
00:19:25,267 --> 00:19:26,579
Yeah.

366
00:19:26,682 --> 00:19:29,892
-Simple.
-Very simple. Mm.

367
00:19:29,996 --> 00:19:31,722
-Anything more?
-Yeah. This?

368
00:19:31,825 --> 00:19:33,620
Because
we have the war here.

369
00:19:33,724 --> 00:19:38,177
-Mm-hmm.
-And here's the peace stuff.

370
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:42,733
The peace is being defended
by our strong armies.

371
00:19:42,836 --> 00:19:44,493
-Hmm.
-That's all.

372
00:19:44,597 --> 00:19:48,014
So,
let's hope for peace.

373
00:19:48,117 --> 00:19:49,705
Yeah.
Let's hope for it.

374
00:19:49,809 --> 00:19:51,224
Yeah. Let's work on it.

375
00:19:51,328 --> 00:19:52,915
[Both chuckle]

376
00:19:53,019 --> 00:19:56,367
♪♪

377
00:19:56,471 --> 00:20:01,476
Can we ask the artist, in the
55 years he's worked here,

378
00:20:01,579 --> 00:20:04,686
what has been
his favorite moment?

379
00:20:04,789 --> 00:20:07,206
[Speaking Korean]

380
00:20:13,350 --> 00:20:15,386
So, there is
a specific moment.

381
00:20:15,490 --> 00:20:18,320
Actually, he consider
the moments

382
00:20:18,424 --> 00:20:25,051
whenever our great leader sees
works of his and appreciate him.

383
00:20:25,154 --> 00:20:27,536
He consider it
to be the happiest moment.

384
00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,746
Very lucky.
Happy man.

385
00:20:30,850 --> 00:20:32,921
He's painting it from
the photo of a painting.

386
00:20:33,024 --> 00:20:37,684
That's why.
-[Speaking Korean]

387
00:20:37,788 --> 00:20:41,688
This is what she drew
many years before.

388
00:20:41,792 --> 00:20:45,347
He is trying to complete,
perfect the picture.

389
00:20:45,451 --> 00:20:47,315
[Speaking indistinctly]

390
00:20:47,418 --> 00:20:49,800
Boyd: They're not painting
from their minds.

391
00:20:49,903 --> 00:20:53,217
They're not painting
with an idea.

392
00:20:53,321 --> 00:20:55,737
They're painting
from a copy.

393
00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:01,018
♪♪

394
00:21:01,121 --> 00:21:07,024
♪♪

395
00:21:07,127 --> 00:21:08,957
Well, this is
the second edition

396
00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:10,372
of Sonic In London.

397
00:21:10,476 --> 00:21:12,236
Two days, taking over
the entire venue

398
00:21:12,340 --> 00:21:15,860
and it's music which is visual
or visual art which is sonic.

399
00:21:15,964 --> 00:21:18,794
Let's go.
Let's go, let's go.

400
00:21:18,898 --> 00:21:21,901
I spent 20 years
directing opera, orchestras,

401
00:21:22,004 --> 00:21:24,317
and visualizing music.

402
00:21:24,421 --> 00:21:27,147
I just want to wish you luck
for the performance

403
00:21:27,251 --> 00:21:29,564
because I know it's
the first time you do it

404
00:21:29,667 --> 00:21:33,809
and you're probably
very, very nervous.

405
00:21:35,363 --> 00:21:37,813
♪♪

406
00:21:37,917 --> 00:21:39,263
I'm especially inspired

407
00:21:39,367 --> 00:21:43,267
by presenting unknown artists
from cultures

408
00:21:43,371 --> 00:21:46,857
we in the U.K. may not know of.

409
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:52,552
♪♪

410
00:21:52,656 --> 00:21:59,145
♪♪

411
00:21:59,248 --> 00:22:01,734
So, during this trip,
I hope that I meet people

412
00:22:01,837 --> 00:22:04,944
and can find out,
can I work with these people?

413
00:22:05,047 --> 00:22:09,914
♪♪

414
00:22:10,018 --> 00:22:15,541
♪♪

415
00:22:15,644 --> 00:22:17,163
Wow!

416
00:22:17,266 --> 00:22:19,821
[Applause]

417
00:22:19,924 --> 00:22:21,961
[Conversing indistinctly]

418
00:22:24,032 --> 00:22:25,654
Narrator:
At the music conservatory,

419
00:22:25,758 --> 00:22:28,761
the group is given a traditional
tour by the director.

420
00:22:28,864 --> 00:22:32,558
[Students singing]

421
00:22:36,009 --> 00:22:40,911
Nik and Cathie are supposed to
give lectures to students here,

422
00:22:41,014 --> 00:22:42,533
but when the tour ends,

423
00:22:42,637 --> 00:22:46,295
those plans have obviously
been changed.

424
00:22:46,399 --> 00:22:49,091
Traavik: We are now going to
have a little talk, yes,

425
00:22:49,195 --> 00:22:51,646
about Mr. Nik,
to do the presentation?

426
00:22:51,749 --> 00:22:54,442
What the presentation
looks like?

427
00:22:54,545 --> 00:22:56,685
What? Come on, we already
agreed on this.

428
00:22:56,789 --> 00:22:57,755
-Okay.
-Yeah?

429
00:22:57,859 --> 00:22:59,067
[Speaking Korean]

430
00:22:59,170 --> 00:23:01,241
Nowak: I made recordings,
sound recordings,

431
00:23:01,345 --> 00:23:03,278
from the unaudible spectrum.

432
00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:06,143
They are above and below
what we can hear,

433
00:23:06,246 --> 00:23:09,215
but I have transferred
them into the audible.

434
00:23:09,318 --> 00:23:12,805
[Speaking Korean]

435
00:23:12,908 --> 00:23:16,636
Will here be any people that
would hear it, other than us?

436
00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:18,397
[Speaking Korean]

437
00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:20,847
No?
Then I won't do it.

438
00:23:20,951 --> 00:23:24,437
It doesn't make any sense.
-He will hear.

439
00:23:24,541 --> 00:23:25,749
-What?
-He will hear it.

440
00:23:25,852 --> 00:23:28,199
He will hear it?
Yeah, that's true.

441
00:23:28,303 --> 00:23:30,305
Okay. Let's do it.

442
00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:35,137
And Mr. Ri, about me
being able to present

443
00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:39,383
to a small group of musicians,
as was planned?

444
00:23:39,487 --> 00:23:41,420
The plan, please?

445
00:23:43,525 --> 00:23:48,599
We will take it, but now we will
just getting Nik's thing going.

446
00:23:48,703 --> 00:23:51,291
So, we will
get there but...

447
00:23:54,467 --> 00:23:57,919
[Chirping]

448
00:24:02,613 --> 00:24:06,237
[Warbling]

449
00:24:06,341 --> 00:24:08,550
He is not interested
or...?

450
00:24:08,654 --> 00:24:10,863
No.
-[Speaking Korean]

451
00:24:10,966 --> 00:24:12,830
Hold a sec.

452
00:24:15,039 --> 00:24:16,765
He heard already.

453
00:24:16,869 --> 00:24:18,457
He heard it already?

454
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,978
But he can't because it's from
the upper ultrasonic.

455
00:24:23,082 --> 00:24:26,223
That's bats and insects
that you can't hear,

456
00:24:26,326 --> 00:24:28,812
so he hasn't heard
it before.

457
00:24:28,915 --> 00:24:34,127
Because these are 40 kilohertz
and 60 kilohertz,

458
00:24:34,231 --> 00:24:37,130
and we can only hear
to 20 kilohertz maximum,

459
00:24:37,234 --> 00:24:39,616
if he has the best ears
on the planet.

460
00:24:43,136 --> 00:24:46,174
[Speaking Korean]

461
00:24:55,666 --> 00:25:02,190
♪♪

462
00:25:02,293 --> 00:25:08,852
♪♪

463
00:25:08,955 --> 00:25:15,514
♪♪

464
00:25:15,617 --> 00:25:22,141
♪♪

465
00:25:22,244 --> 00:25:28,803
♪♪

466
00:25:28,906 --> 00:25:35,464
♪♪

467
00:25:35,568 --> 00:25:42,126
♪♪

468
00:25:42,230 --> 00:25:46,372
♪♪

469
00:25:48,892 --> 00:25:53,034
Right now, even I have to say
it's not very easy.

470
00:25:53,137 --> 00:25:57,348
Alright? And I beg you
to respect that opinion.

471
00:25:57,452 --> 00:25:59,212
You are really keeping us,
the whole group,

472
00:25:59,316 --> 00:26:02,526
on a very, very tight leash,
as we say.

473
00:26:02,630 --> 00:26:04,183
You know the dog?
-Yeah.

474
00:26:04,286 --> 00:26:08,601
When you walk the dog, you are
keeping the dog on the leash.

475
00:26:08,705 --> 00:26:10,499
Right?
-We did that?

476
00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:12,122
It's an expression.

477
00:26:12,225 --> 00:26:14,365
Maybe we go out
somewhere and just...

478
00:26:14,469 --> 00:26:18,024
But you see, it's even a problem
to go out somewhere

479
00:26:18,128 --> 00:26:20,544
because then, somebody would
want to do something

480
00:26:20,648 --> 00:26:22,339
and they will be told off,

481
00:26:22,442 --> 00:26:27,413
and we are just making even
stronger the negative here.

482
00:26:27,516 --> 00:26:29,518
So then, I would say
it's actually better

483
00:26:29,622 --> 00:26:31,693
that we just stay in the hotel,
we don't go anywhere,

484
00:26:31,797 --> 00:26:37,009
because it always is a problem
because you are not trusting us.

485
00:26:37,112 --> 00:26:41,427
-Yeah, I understand.
-Maybe we talk off the camera?

486
00:26:41,530 --> 00:26:44,775
You come here and you see that
the people are really happy.

487
00:26:44,879 --> 00:26:46,225
They're genuinely happy.

488
00:26:46,328 --> 00:26:49,435
There is really
something functioning.

489
00:26:49,538 --> 00:26:53,128
-Yeah.
-But then, it shows you later,

490
00:26:53,232 --> 00:26:56,097
when you, kind of,
come to the limits,

491
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,927
it shows how it feels like,

492
00:26:59,031 --> 00:27:04,968
when you just step
a little bit out of the frame,

493
00:27:05,071 --> 00:27:07,073
and then it becomes
really terrible.

494
00:27:07,177 --> 00:27:08,937
You know what I heard
about what some guys

495
00:27:09,041 --> 00:27:10,352
on the Committee
said about you?

496
00:27:10,456 --> 00:27:13,217
That you were like
a Chinese journalist

497
00:27:13,321 --> 00:27:15,012
and that you are not
an artist

498
00:27:15,116 --> 00:27:16,496
because you are
just a photographer

499
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,878
and that you are not
important for the project.

500
00:27:18,982 --> 00:27:21,122
Okay. I'm fine because,
in this country,

501
00:27:21,225 --> 00:27:25,091
people don't see photography
as a form of art.

502
00:27:25,195 --> 00:27:26,506
-Yeah.
-That's very, you know...

503
00:27:26,610 --> 00:27:27,922
I know it's a very...

504
00:27:28,025 --> 00:27:31,235
It's a complicated topic,
you know. Enhh!

505
00:27:31,339 --> 00:27:32,996
But I'm okay.

506
00:27:33,099 --> 00:27:37,103
They see me as, you know,
like a fucking photojournalist.

507
00:27:37,207 --> 00:27:39,036
That'll be fine for me.

508
00:27:39,140 --> 00:27:45,802
♪♪

509
00:27:45,905 --> 00:27:51,117
Shih: I'm a photographer
and also a filmmaker.

510
00:27:51,221 --> 00:27:54,983
I'm doing my own work
as well as commercial work.

511
00:27:55,087 --> 00:27:58,504
♪♪

512
00:27:58,607 --> 00:28:00,126
I think China
and North Korea,

513
00:28:00,230 --> 00:28:02,957
we are very cultural
close country

514
00:28:03,060 --> 00:28:07,375
because we used to have
the same political system.

515
00:28:07,478 --> 00:28:13,001
Our cultures were both
influenced by a Soviet culture.

516
00:28:13,105 --> 00:28:16,591
I was, like, "Okay, let's take
a time machine to my past."

517
00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:19,283
♪♪

518
00:28:23,978 --> 00:28:26,532
[Television playing
indistinctly]

519
00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,365
[Cheers and applause]

520
00:28:34,782 --> 00:28:36,853
It's always a bit hard
to distinguish,

521
00:28:36,956 --> 00:28:42,686
when you're here, between
you being uptight and paranoid

522
00:28:42,790 --> 00:28:46,897
and real difficulties.

523
00:28:47,001 --> 00:28:51,039
So, I think what this project,
and the outcome so far, shows

524
00:28:51,143 --> 00:28:55,906
is the dilemma that North
Koreans find themselves in.

525
00:28:56,010 --> 00:28:59,116
The wish for some kind
of controlled interaction

526
00:28:59,220 --> 00:29:02,775
with the outside world,

527
00:29:02,879 --> 00:29:09,609
but it's impossible to interact
without getting influenced.

528
00:29:09,713 --> 00:29:13,130
They have been trying
to completely dictate the terms,

529
00:29:13,234 --> 00:29:15,339
and that simply doesn't work,

530
00:29:15,443 --> 00:29:18,066
and, deep down,
they do understand it.

531
00:29:18,170 --> 00:29:22,761
♪♪

532
00:29:22,864 --> 00:29:28,111
♪♪

533
00:29:32,874 --> 00:29:36,636
Narrator: Morten's confrontation
with the hosts had an effect

534
00:29:36,740 --> 00:29:39,916
and the artists are now
given more freedom

535
00:29:40,019 --> 00:29:42,125
to do what they came for.

536
00:29:50,616 --> 00:29:52,273
Okay.

537
00:29:52,376 --> 00:29:56,725
It's a nice color, I think.

538
00:29:56,829 --> 00:29:58,693
Ooh, this is a beautiful green.

539
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:03,905
♪♪

540
00:30:04,009 --> 00:30:06,149
Woman:
Yeah, quite strange.

541
00:30:06,252 --> 00:30:09,428
It's very different
from yours,

542
00:30:09,531 --> 00:30:14,329
but this is how it can look
like in the beginning.

543
00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:15,883
So, what do you think?
I mean...

544
00:30:15,986 --> 00:30:17,988
Yeah?
-It means nothing.

545
00:30:20,439 --> 00:30:22,613
It doesn't
represent anything,

546
00:30:22,717 --> 00:30:25,962
but it's a very open way
of working.

547
00:30:26,065 --> 00:30:29,517
It's like poetry.
Like music, almost.

548
00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:34,142
♪♪

549
00:30:34,246 --> 00:30:38,837
♪♪

550
00:30:38,940 --> 00:30:43,462
♪♪

551
00:30:43,565 --> 00:30:48,122
♪♪

552
00:30:48,225 --> 00:30:49,330
Your name?

553
00:30:49,433 --> 00:30:52,367
[Conversing in Korean]

554
00:30:52,471 --> 00:30:54,749
Mr...

555
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:56,371
Mr. Hendrik.

556
00:30:56,475 --> 00:30:57,821
Yes.

557
00:30:57,925 --> 00:30:59,823
And you are?
What's your name?

558
00:30:59,927 --> 00:31:02,584
My name...

559
00:31:02,688 --> 00:31:04,103
[Conversing in Korean]

560
00:31:04,207 --> 00:31:08,763
Mr...

561
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,489
The trio. The trio.

562
00:31:10,592 --> 00:31:13,906
Yeah, it's nice.
The three knights.

563
00:31:14,010 --> 00:31:18,635
The three musketeers
of watercolors.

564
00:31:18,738 --> 00:31:20,879
Okay. [Groans]

565
00:31:20,982 --> 00:31:22,259
[Laughs]

566
00:31:22,363 --> 00:31:25,849
[Babbling]

567
00:31:30,026 --> 00:31:33,236
[Sighs]

568
00:31:33,339 --> 00:31:36,032
You like it? Yeah?
You like? It's okay?

569
00:31:37,067 --> 00:31:39,069
[Sighs]

570
00:31:39,173 --> 00:31:46,076
♪♪

571
00:31:46,180 --> 00:31:47,836
Could you look at camera,
please?

572
00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:51,461
Like this. That's great.
-[Speaking Korean]

573
00:31:51,564 --> 00:31:54,257
[Camera shutter clicks]

574
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:55,879
Beautiful.

575
00:31:55,983 --> 00:31:58,330
[Camera shutter clicks]

576
00:31:58,433 --> 00:32:03,576
♪♪

577
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,613
Shih: That's okay.
Don't be nervous.

578
00:32:05,716 --> 00:32:09,168
♪♪

579
00:32:09,272 --> 00:32:10,652
[Camera shutter clicks]

580
00:32:10,756 --> 00:32:14,760
♪♪

581
00:32:30,741 --> 00:32:32,674
You live your family?

582
00:32:32,778 --> 00:32:34,021
Yeah, I live
with my family.

583
00:32:34,124 --> 00:32:36,747
-Okay.
-That's better.

584
00:32:36,851 --> 00:32:40,682
When I was your age,
I came to Beijing.

585
00:32:40,786 --> 00:32:43,823
I used to live myself
because my parents,

586
00:32:43,927 --> 00:32:45,894
they were in another city.

587
00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:51,038
I mean, if you have boyfriend
or girlfriend, life will change.

588
00:32:51,141 --> 00:32:54,869
It will feel much better.
-Yeah, definitely.

589
00:32:54,973 --> 00:32:57,699
They also say when you get
married, you know, life change.

590
00:32:57,803 --> 00:32:59,460
Marriage is, kind of,

591
00:32:59,563 --> 00:33:04,534
we call it the most
important thing in life.

592
00:33:04,637 --> 00:33:08,814
Yeah. Yesterday,
I saw two boys walking.

593
00:33:08,917 --> 00:33:11,196
They're not young, they're 18
years old, like, hand-in-hand.

594
00:33:11,299 --> 00:33:14,406
Also, like...

595
00:33:14,509 --> 00:33:17,547
you know, in the West,
they look like a gay couple.

596
00:33:19,066 --> 00:33:20,791
You know.

597
00:33:20,895 --> 00:33:23,760
Do you think there is
any gay here in North Korea?

598
00:33:23,863 --> 00:33:25,520
No?

599
00:33:25,624 --> 00:33:28,454
You know,
I think this gay thing

600
00:33:28,558 --> 00:33:30,836
and all these
lesbian things

601
00:33:30,939 --> 00:33:34,150
are, kind of, production
of capitalist system.

602
00:33:34,253 --> 00:33:36,635
Exactly. Yeah.

603
00:33:36,738 --> 00:33:38,085
Yeah.

604
00:33:38,188 --> 00:33:40,501
We educate people
the only good things,

605
00:33:40,604 --> 00:33:45,609
so they can't even imagine
about this gay or lesbian

606
00:33:45,713 --> 00:33:47,232
or something like that,
you know.

607
00:33:47,335 --> 00:33:49,924
They just walk hand-in-hand
because they are friends.

608
00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:51,167
I know. I understand.

609
00:33:51,270 --> 00:33:54,308
I'm from the same kind
of political system.

610
00:33:54,411 --> 00:33:58,105
But in China now, you know,
gay, it's not illegal.

611
00:33:58,208 --> 00:34:00,590
You can't get married,
but there are some gay scenes.

612
00:34:00,693 --> 00:34:03,110
Gay bar. Yeah.

613
00:34:03,213 --> 00:34:04,697
China change
like other country.

614
00:34:04,801 --> 00:34:06,354
Not your country, yeah.

615
00:34:09,978 --> 00:34:11,601
So, what's your next dream?

616
00:34:11,704 --> 00:34:13,430
-My next dream?
-Yeah.

617
00:34:14,569 --> 00:34:16,813
[Chuckles]

618
00:34:16,916 --> 00:34:18,815
To have a nice apartment?

619
00:34:18,918 --> 00:34:21,231
No.

620
00:34:21,335 --> 00:34:23,199
In our country,
if you ask about dream,

621
00:34:23,302 --> 00:34:25,201
it's not about
material things.

622
00:34:25,304 --> 00:34:26,305
It's about, you know...

623
00:34:26,409 --> 00:34:28,514
Oh. Yeah.

624
00:34:28,618 --> 00:34:32,139
The wisdom of --
dream for your destiny.

625
00:34:32,242 --> 00:34:35,694
Yeah, we Chinese have changed
to another kind of person,

626
00:34:35,797 --> 00:34:37,834
you know.

627
00:34:37,937 --> 00:34:40,561
Some kind of bad person.

628
00:34:40,664 --> 00:34:43,253
A lot of young Chinese, when
they're talking about dreams,

629
00:34:43,357 --> 00:34:46,325
they're always about, you know,
"I want to be a boss.

630
00:34:46,429 --> 00:34:50,226
I want a new apartment.
I want a new car." Like this.

631
00:34:51,434 --> 00:34:56,232
Nobody talking about,
you know, your kind of dream.

632
00:34:56,335 --> 00:34:57,957
My dream.

633
00:35:01,168 --> 00:35:05,724
My dream would be...

634
00:35:05,827 --> 00:35:10,832
to become very...

635
00:35:10,936 --> 00:35:13,490
just a simple dream that...

636
00:35:13,594 --> 00:35:17,356
My dream would be
to become, you know,

637
00:35:17,460 --> 00:35:22,154
a person which my name
would be remembered

638
00:35:22,258 --> 00:35:24,018
by the next generation.

639
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:25,295
Mm!

640
00:35:25,399 --> 00:35:26,434
Do you understand
what I mean?

641
00:35:26,538 --> 00:35:28,022
Yeah.

642
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,269
I feel time here
is very slow

643
00:35:33,372 --> 00:35:35,788
and very good.

644
00:35:37,618 --> 00:35:39,965
And the air is very fresh.

645
00:35:44,003 --> 00:35:50,424
♪♪

646
00:35:50,527 --> 00:35:56,982
♪♪

647
00:35:57,085 --> 00:36:03,506
♪♪

648
00:36:03,609 --> 00:36:10,029
♪♪

649
00:36:10,133 --> 00:36:16,588
♪♪

650
00:36:16,691 --> 00:36:23,111
♪♪

651
00:36:23,215 --> 00:36:29,670
♪♪

652
00:36:29,773 --> 00:36:36,297
♪♪

653
00:36:39,956 --> 00:36:43,235
We are really proud
of having a great leader.

654
00:36:43,339 --> 00:36:47,135
We consider ourselves
very lucky.

655
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,138
Even if the foreign
people don't understand it.

656
00:36:50,242 --> 00:36:51,761
What do you feel?

657
00:36:51,864 --> 00:36:55,454
What thoughts or emotions
do you feel when you see him?

658
00:36:55,558 --> 00:36:59,803
I feel absolute
happiness and honor.

659
00:36:59,907 --> 00:37:02,150
Give me more than that.
Expand on that for me.

660
00:37:02,254 --> 00:37:05,326
It's what you feel
when you meet a great person,

661
00:37:05,430 --> 00:37:07,294
like a great man.

662
00:37:09,468 --> 00:37:12,954
Have you ever
wept in awe?

663
00:37:13,058 --> 00:37:14,232
Yes, of course.

664
00:37:14,335 --> 00:37:15,474
Mm-hmm.

665
00:37:17,580 --> 00:37:19,720
I can't forget being sad
the moment

666
00:37:19,823 --> 00:37:22,826
when our glorious
Kim Jong-il passed away.

667
00:37:24,759 --> 00:37:27,417
Yeah.

668
00:37:33,596 --> 00:37:35,287
Sorry, I didn't mean --
-This is one of --

669
00:37:35,391 --> 00:37:36,806
No, no, it's alright.

670
00:37:36,909 --> 00:37:42,398
This is one of
the power source...

671
00:37:42,501 --> 00:37:45,608
that the foreign...
don't understand.

672
00:37:45,711 --> 00:37:47,955
You're right,
we don't understand.

673
00:37:48,058 --> 00:37:50,302
-This unity.
-Yeah.

674
00:37:50,406 --> 00:37:51,614
This mood.

675
00:37:51,717 --> 00:37:55,307
This kind of philosophy.
Spirit.

676
00:37:55,411 --> 00:37:57,930
We consider it to be the most
powerful weapon

677
00:37:58,034 --> 00:38:02,521
for our nation,
which is unique to our nation.

678
00:38:02,625 --> 00:38:07,423
No, it's true. You have a unity
that we don't have.

679
00:38:12,462 --> 00:38:16,466
Narrator: With political
tensions already running high,

680
00:38:16,570 --> 00:38:19,676
North Korea taunts the world.

681
00:38:19,780 --> 00:38:22,990
They detonate
their first hydrogen bomb

682
00:38:23,093 --> 00:38:25,958
just north of Pyongyang.

683
00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:30,342
[Birds chirping]

684
00:38:35,623 --> 00:38:37,729
Traavik:
Did you notice the ground?

685
00:38:37,832 --> 00:38:40,939
My bed was shaking and it felt
like a small earthquake.

686
00:38:41,042 --> 00:38:44,287
And the light posts outside
were vibrating.

687
00:38:44,391 --> 00:38:46,185
-Oy, oy, oy.
-Yeah.

688
00:38:46,289 --> 00:38:49,568
Well, let's go out there now,
and I'll put my laptop up.

689
00:38:49,672 --> 00:38:51,190
Please.

690
00:38:51,294 --> 00:38:53,400
[Indistinct conversations]

691
00:38:53,503 --> 00:38:57,127
"North Korea underground
nuclear test feared."

692
00:38:57,231 --> 00:38:59,475
South Korea calls
national security meeting

693
00:38:59,578 --> 00:39:02,029
after earthquake
of magnitude 6.3

694
00:39:02,132 --> 00:39:04,859
detected near a North Korean
testing area.

695
00:39:04,963 --> 00:39:08,380
Did you notice the earthquake
that was at 12:00?

696
00:39:08,484 --> 00:39:10,451
Boyd: They don't know yet.
Tell them.

697
00:39:10,555 --> 00:39:14,731
In the world news right now
is that your country

698
00:39:14,835 --> 00:39:19,149
has conducted another
nuclear test

699
00:39:19,253 --> 00:39:21,945
and that there will be
a press conference.

700
00:39:22,049 --> 00:39:26,329
We very strongly request that we
can see this press conference.

701
00:39:28,124 --> 00:39:33,888
♪♪

702
00:39:33,992 --> 00:39:39,756
♪♪

703
00:39:39,860 --> 00:39:45,659
♪♪

704
00:39:45,762 --> 00:39:48,420
[Applause]

705
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:55,289
[Speaking Korean]

706
00:40:15,585 --> 00:40:19,417
[Applause]

707
00:40:24,629 --> 00:40:26,838
Why were you
applauding?

708
00:40:26,941 --> 00:40:29,841
-The successful test.
-Of the nuclear bomb?

709
00:40:29,944 --> 00:40:32,015
-Yeah, yeah.
-H-bomb.

710
00:40:32,119 --> 00:40:37,296
♪♪

711
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:42,543
♪♪

712
00:40:42,647 --> 00:40:48,446
♪♪

713
00:40:48,549 --> 00:40:52,104
Did she say anything
where it was? Do you know?

714
00:40:52,208 --> 00:40:56,730
I just spoke to her
and they are fully armed.

715
00:40:56,833 --> 00:40:58,835
Mm-hmm.

716
00:40:58,939 --> 00:41:01,631
I mean, we are
one of the world powers now

717
00:41:01,735 --> 00:41:02,977
which the U.S. --

718
00:41:03,081 --> 00:41:04,945
You are one
of the world's...

719
00:41:05,048 --> 00:41:07,706
...most powerful country
with the most powerful weapon

720
00:41:07,810 --> 00:41:11,538
which the U.S. should be
very well aware of.

721
00:41:11,641 --> 00:41:14,989
So they should be careful
about what they speak to us now.

722
00:41:17,233 --> 00:41:18,993
Wow. You're very brave
saying that, Mr. Ham,

723
00:41:19,097 --> 00:41:22,065
because my fear is that
America

724
00:41:22,169 --> 00:41:24,516
will wipe out
this country in seconds.

725
00:41:24,620 --> 00:41:27,174
You know, the provocations
by Trump,

726
00:41:27,277 --> 00:41:31,040
what kind of aggressive words

727
00:41:31,143 --> 00:41:33,249
addressed to us
and coming out.

728
00:41:33,352 --> 00:41:36,804
We have to defend
our sovereignty, our identity.

729
00:41:36,908 --> 00:41:38,737
I mean, this is serious,
you know.

730
00:41:38,841 --> 00:41:41,084
Your leader is
a very powerful man

731
00:41:41,188 --> 00:41:42,465
and is very strong-minded

732
00:41:42,569 --> 00:41:46,504
and we have another man
in the West

733
00:41:46,607 --> 00:41:49,817
who is equally as crazy
at hitting the button.

734
00:41:49,921 --> 00:41:51,681
They are both obsessed
with hitting the button.

735
00:41:51,785 --> 00:41:53,200
So, the choice
depends on him.

736
00:41:53,303 --> 00:41:55,892
He hits the button,
he is to blame, not us.

737
00:41:55,996 --> 00:41:57,273
I know,
but we'll all be gone.

738
00:41:57,376 --> 00:41:58,895
Poof!
We won't even know.

739
00:41:58,999 --> 00:42:00,310
But it's because of him,
not because of us.

740
00:42:00,414 --> 00:42:01,415
No, no, no.

741
00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,244
We are living
under these sanctions

742
00:42:03,348 --> 00:42:05,039
and everything for
so many years.

743
00:42:05,143 --> 00:42:06,558
We have
nothing more to give.

744
00:42:06,662 --> 00:42:09,354
Do you know initially
who divided your country?

745
00:42:09,457 --> 00:42:11,011
Who divided North
and South Korea?

746
00:42:11,114 --> 00:42:13,910
-It's the U.S.
-Yeah, exactly.

747
00:42:14,014 --> 00:42:16,188
That's the shame.

748
00:42:16,292 --> 00:42:18,259
They divided you
in the first place.

749
00:42:18,363 --> 00:42:21,090
They made this nation two,
which you should not be.

750
00:42:21,193 --> 00:42:23,161
You know, being someone
from Ireland,

751
00:42:23,264 --> 00:42:24,749
I have a country
that's divided.

752
00:42:24,852 --> 00:42:26,992
I hate this. Our countries
should not be divided.

753
00:42:27,096 --> 00:42:29,650
Ireland should be one.
Yes, exactly the same.

754
00:42:29,754 --> 00:42:31,721
You know,
it should not be two --

755
00:42:31,825 --> 00:42:33,620
-One nation.
-It should not be divided.

756
00:42:33,723 --> 00:42:34,828
Yeah.

757
00:42:34,931 --> 00:42:37,934
So, yeah.
I just popped a Xanax.

758
00:42:38,038 --> 00:42:41,766
I'm waiting for it to kick in

759
00:42:41,869 --> 00:42:44,251
and we'll see what happens,
basically.

760
00:42:46,736 --> 00:42:49,636
But yeah, it seems that we are
in for some...now, so...

761
00:42:49,739 --> 00:42:54,123
♪♪

762
00:42:54,226 --> 00:42:59,300
♪♪

763
00:42:59,404 --> 00:43:00,992
Sorry, I'm just curious.

764
00:43:01,095 --> 00:43:04,547
There was a test
which you may know about.

765
00:43:04,651 --> 00:43:06,204
You know?
We had the H-bomb test?

766
00:43:06,307 --> 00:43:08,931
Did you feel
the shaking in the tower?

767
00:43:09,034 --> 00:43:10,173
No.

768
00:43:10,277 --> 00:43:12,728
What was your view
of the test?

769
00:43:12,831 --> 00:43:14,971
I am feeling
very proud of that

770
00:43:15,075 --> 00:43:18,837
because I'm a citizen of
a great population.

771
00:43:18,941 --> 00:43:21,737
Yeah, that's my opinion.

772
00:43:23,877 --> 00:43:27,432
No more weak country
we are.

773
00:43:32,955 --> 00:43:36,441
We have a good view
on the end of mankind here.

774
00:43:38,892 --> 00:43:40,376
What a beautiful day.

775
00:43:40,479 --> 00:43:45,001
♪♪

776
00:43:45,105 --> 00:43:49,661
♪♪

777
00:43:49,765 --> 00:43:54,252
♪♪

778
00:43:54,355 --> 00:43:58,912
♪♪

779
00:43:59,015 --> 00:44:00,707
Pres. Donald Trump:
Rocket Man

780
00:44:00,810 --> 00:44:04,745
is on a suicide
mission for himself

781
00:44:04,849 --> 00:44:06,574
and for his regime.

782
00:44:06,678 --> 00:44:12,753
♪♪

783
00:44:12,857 --> 00:44:15,929
Now, North Korea's reckless
pursuit of nuclear weapons

784
00:44:16,032 --> 00:44:21,451
threatens the entire world with
unthinkable loss of human life.

785
00:44:21,555 --> 00:44:24,765
♪♪

786
00:44:24,869 --> 00:44:28,769
The United States has
great strength and patience,

787
00:44:28,873 --> 00:44:32,290
but if it is forced
to defend itself or its allies,

788
00:44:32,393 --> 00:44:34,292
we will have no choice

789
00:44:34,395 --> 00:44:38,123
but to totally destroy
North Korea.

790
00:45:02,182 --> 00:45:03,873
Oh.

791
00:45:03,977 --> 00:45:06,600
I'm tired.

792
00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:11,087
♪♪

793
00:45:11,191 --> 00:45:16,334
♪♪

794
00:45:16,437 --> 00:45:21,166
Narrator:
While the world worries
about a potential nuclear war,

795
00:45:21,270 --> 00:45:24,307
the artists are ready
for the conclusion

796
00:45:24,411 --> 00:45:26,551
of a cultural stand-off.

797
00:45:26,654 --> 00:45:28,311
-Nice to meet you.
-Hi.

798
00:45:28,415 --> 00:45:30,348
Hi!

799
00:45:30,451 --> 00:45:32,626
[Both chuckle]

800
00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:38,839
♪♪

801
00:45:38,943 --> 00:45:45,259
It is my great pleasure to see
all of us gathered here at last.

802
00:45:45,363 --> 00:45:52,301
Many of us have to overcome our
own fears to be able to meet.

803
00:45:52,404 --> 00:45:57,789
We also feel that it is a very,
very important time

804
00:45:57,893 --> 00:46:03,139
to visit the DPRK now that
the tensions are so high.

805
00:46:04,209 --> 00:46:06,280
[ Applause ]

806
00:46:09,490 --> 00:46:11,976
So, good morning, everyone.
My name is Jean.

807
00:46:12,079 --> 00:46:15,980
I come from Paris and I'm
a visual artist and designer.

808
00:46:16,083 --> 00:46:19,362
So, the name of this project
is called "Single Heart Unity."

809
00:46:19,466 --> 00:46:21,951
I took photography
of someone walking --

810
00:46:22,055 --> 00:46:23,573
tac, tac, tac, tac, tac --

811
00:46:23,677 --> 00:46:28,682
and then I duplicated
those people to make this crowd.

812
00:46:28,786 --> 00:46:32,582
It's a group made out
of one single heart.

813
00:46:38,105 --> 00:46:40,970
[Conversing in Korean]

814
00:46:41,074 --> 00:46:45,181
I wish you to produce
more of this kind of artworks.

815
00:46:45,285 --> 00:46:46,700
-Thank you very much.
-Yeah.

816
00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:49,151
This is reflecting
the...

817
00:46:49,254 --> 00:46:53,465
[Conversing in Korean]

818
00:46:53,569 --> 00:46:55,433
[Laughter]

819
00:46:55,536 --> 00:46:58,298
[Applause]

820
00:46:58,401 --> 00:47:00,990
Ah, no, no, no, no.

821
00:47:01,094 --> 00:47:03,372
-I tried.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

822
00:47:03,475 --> 00:47:05,132
I'm an independent artist.

823
00:47:05,236 --> 00:47:07,238
That means I'm a freelancer.

824
00:47:07,341 --> 00:47:12,484
So I make a living by
doing commercial job

825
00:47:12,588 --> 00:47:16,074
and also I can selling
my work in gallery.

826
00:47:16,178 --> 00:47:19,215
Light and color is my weapon.

827
00:47:19,319 --> 00:47:22,011
It's all about the light.

828
00:47:28,155 --> 00:47:29,847
[ Applause ]

829
00:47:29,950 --> 00:47:31,987
Thank you.

830
00:47:33,298 --> 00:47:35,680
Thank you.
-Yeah, yeah.

831
00:47:35,783 --> 00:47:38,234
-Is this your own works?
-Yeah, yeah.

832
00:47:38,338 --> 00:47:40,167
It's all my paintings.
-It's oil painting?

833
00:47:40,271 --> 00:47:42,860
Yeah, all of them
are oil painting, yeah.

834
00:47:42,963 --> 00:47:44,447
Ah.

835
00:47:44,551 --> 00:47:45,621
Very nice.

836
00:47:45,724 --> 00:47:46,967
Thank you.

837
00:47:58,047 --> 00:47:59,462
[Feedback]

838
00:48:07,781 --> 00:48:11,681
[Warbles and chirps]

839
00:48:24,936 --> 00:48:27,042
Nowak: At least, like,
talking to each other,

840
00:48:27,145 --> 00:48:31,632
looking at each other's eyes,
there was a exchange.

841
00:48:31,736 --> 00:48:34,394
[Noises continue]

842
00:48:34,497 --> 00:48:38,156
The artists themselves,
they're friendly.

843
00:48:38,260 --> 00:48:40,296
It's also not clear
what they really think

844
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:43,506
about their own regime.

845
00:48:43,610 --> 00:48:46,233
Boyd: I would have liked to have
heard more from them,

846
00:48:46,337 --> 00:48:49,788
to talk more
about their work,

847
00:48:49,892 --> 00:48:53,033
but I'm not sure they have
the language yet here.

848
00:48:53,137 --> 00:48:56,278
So, of course, we are living
in a different country,

849
00:48:56,381 --> 00:48:58,452
different culture.

850
00:48:58,556 --> 00:49:00,247
But all I can understand,

851
00:49:00,351 --> 00:49:04,872
we are living in
the same world of art.

852
00:49:04,976 --> 00:49:08,531
[Applause]

853
00:49:08,635 --> 00:49:12,156
Traavik: It was not like a huge
lecture in a stadium,

854
00:49:12,259 --> 00:49:14,158
but still, I mean,
we had an exchange.

855
00:49:14,261 --> 00:49:16,574
A real one.

856
00:49:16,677 --> 00:49:19,784
So, what is, "See you again,"
in Korean?

857
00:49:19,887 --> 00:49:21,234
[Speaking Korean]

858
00:49:21,337 --> 00:49:23,822
[Speaking Korean]
Yeah?

859
00:49:23,926 --> 00:49:25,997
[Applause]

860
00:49:32,555 --> 00:49:34,902
Narrator: After a week
where both sides

861
00:49:35,006 --> 00:49:38,320
might feel
they sacrificed too much,

862
00:49:38,423 --> 00:49:43,946
the artists are ready to return
to the outside world.

863
00:49:46,742 --> 00:49:48,744
Traavik:
I'm not really prepared

864
00:49:48,847 --> 00:49:53,611
to settle the accounts yet

865
00:49:53,714 --> 00:49:57,753
because I still think
it's too early to say.

866
00:49:57,856 --> 00:50:01,205
Maybe one day, 20,
30 years from now,

867
00:50:01,308 --> 00:50:05,312
then we can assess
what it meant or not.

868
00:50:08,315 --> 00:50:10,214
Nowak:
It's very strange for me now

869
00:50:10,317 --> 00:50:14,666
because the situation
is so tense.

870
00:50:14,770 --> 00:50:17,945
But I hope it's just
the beginning of something.

871
00:50:22,191 --> 00:50:25,160
Valnoir: You cannot convert
the North Koreans.

872
00:50:25,263 --> 00:50:29,854
They would rather die
than bending to show their ass.

873
00:50:29,957 --> 00:50:33,513
So this I admire.
I mean, they show balls.

874
00:50:36,102 --> 00:50:38,794
Nowak: It's a totalitarian,
fascist regime

875
00:50:38,897 --> 00:50:42,832
and I've experienced it.

876
00:50:42,936 --> 00:50:46,560
Still, I would hope to meet
some of the people we met here

877
00:50:46,664 --> 00:50:52,739
in 25 years when maybe
circumstances have changed.

878
00:50:52,842 --> 00:50:56,087
Shih: I know that the country
is very deep.

879
00:50:56,191 --> 00:50:59,573
We're just living
on the surface.

880
00:50:59,677 --> 00:51:01,368
If the country will open,

881
00:51:01,472 --> 00:51:03,301
I think they will
change rapidly.

882
00:51:05,786 --> 00:51:09,825
Reporter:
Historic statements coming
from North Korea right now.

883
00:51:09,928 --> 00:51:13,484
Reporter #2:
President Trump has now agreed
to meet North Korean leader...

884
00:51:13,587 --> 00:51:16,038
Pres. Donald Trump:
Most importantly, I want
to thank Chairman Kim

885
00:51:16,142 --> 00:51:19,524
for taking
the first bold step,

886
00:51:19,628 --> 00:51:24,805
and we're ready to write a new
chapter between our nations.

887
00:51:24,909 --> 00:51:27,981
Kim has the chance to seize
an incredible future

888
00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:29,327
for his people.

889
00:51:29,431 --> 00:51:31,088
[Applause]

890
00:51:31,191 --> 00:51:34,643
So you never know, right?

891
00:51:34,746 --> 00:51:37,611
Boyd: Why do you give up
on anything?

892
00:51:37,715 --> 00:51:42,375
If you never work with countries
which are in a difficult regime,

893
00:51:42,478 --> 00:51:44,101
how will they ever change?

894
00:51:46,275 --> 00:51:51,694
And if a country is as shut off
as North Korea,

895
00:51:51,798 --> 00:51:53,351
what do we expect?

896
00:51:53,455 --> 00:51:56,768
♪♪

897
00:51:56,872 --> 00:52:00,082
[Vocalizing]

898
00:52:00,186 --> 00:52:07,054
♪♪

899
00:52:07,158 --> 00:52:14,165
♪♪