Nirgendwohin #cover 1

Nirgendwohin #cover 1 by Bo Kyoung Han

After attack

“Nirgendwohin” or “To nowhere” is a story about escaping from self-denial and criticism.

The word “nowhere” represents a place where nobody knows me or understands my language — yet it is a record of being a complete stranger in a voluntary but also coercive place of refuge.
It is a record of being a perfect stranger in a place where nobody else can comprehend me.
In the country where I live and exist, there is a need for clear justification for all my actions.
Starting from the smallest things, there is a need for rationale for my actions. I must take responsibility for all of my relationships. I need a valid justification that corresponds to the consequences of my actions.
However, during my journey, I become a complete stranger, focusing solely on three essential elements: “food, clothing and shelter.”
In the space and country where I have spent my entire life, there are scratches scattered everywhere. Without waiting for everything that had decayed and deteriorated in every corner of my life to be washed away, I ended up running away.
In a completely strange place that I have never experienced or lived in before, I documented the process of collecting objects and observed the combinations of mismatched objects.
For that time, I believed it was the only breakthrough where I could escape from responsibilities, criticism, and forgiveness that might never come.
Why should I be doubted, demanded to provide evidence, and forced to explain myself?