The work "People and Papers" was realized at the horse-race-park in southern Seoul (South-Korea). The average visitor is male and around 50 to 60 years old. At the entrance he buys his ticket and probably one of the weekly published race-magazines. These magazines have names like "Ace" or "Speed" and besides the recent informations about the races they provide lots of background knowledge about the horses and jockeys involved. During the races people gather around the race-court or next to one of the numerous screens around the facility. For a short time they remain motionless just before spreading once again in all directions.
The black-and-white photographs were taken from a certain distance, similar to the angle of a surveillance camera. They show the visitors with their magazines. In this way they focus on a particular ordinary and banal act. At the same time the initial situation determined by time and place is unrevealed and the objects remain isolated from its´context.
By documenting the unconscious body postures normative behavior patterns become visible. The work is organised as a sequence and its´parts are linked to each other by a primary theme and formal correlations.
The horse-race-park is a "semi-public space" and it only provides the framework for the photographic intervention. The principle of the sequence supports a very comparative perception in which bodylanguage and its´ performative qualities become objects of a visual contemplation.
