An alien habitat in the middle of Seoul?
That's the thing about buildings in Seoul! The structures here are so peculiar. Seoulites go in for creative and clearly individualistic structures. I find the building structures here unique. They are not always pretty in my opinion but they are so distinctively different that it makes heads turn for sure!
![Bird's eye view of the Dongdaemun Design plaza]( "Bird's eye view of the Dongdaemun Design plaza") |
| Pic by http://investseoul.com/seoul-unveils-dongdaemun-design-plaza/ |
Dongdaemun Design plaza, located just opposite the Doota! and Migliore shopping malls in Dongdaemun is a one colossal, out-of-the-world building!
![Dongdaemun Digital plaza]( "Dongdaemun Digital plaza in Dongdaemun") |
| Dongdaemun Design plaza is a smooth, curvy, alienistic structure in Dongdaemun. |
![Curves of the Design plaza in Dongdaemun]( "Ddp Design plaza in Dongdaemun") |
Such unnerving curves in a building!
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![Smooth white curves of the Dongdaemun Design Plaza]( "Smooth white curves of the Dongdaemun Design Plaza") |
| Can you see clone troopers around the corners? Aren't reminded of Princess Leia's ship? |
![unique windows of the Design plaza in Dongdaemun]( "unique windows of the Design plaza in Dongdaemun") |
| Cleverly camouflaged windows |
This DDP houses many exhibition halls and convention halls. The WETA workshop's Fantasy was housed in B1 floor of the DDP. Entering into an alienistic environment, we were transported to another fantastic world.
![Fantasy workshop in Dongdaemun Design Plaza ~ Gollum]( "Fantasy workshop in Dongdaemun Design Plaza") |
| We were looking forward to see some of the hands involved in the creation of some of the big names in Hollywood movies. LOTR, Hobbit series, KingKong etc. |
![Azorg the defiler in life size]( "Azorg the defiler in life size") |
| Azorg the defiler in life size was a crowd favorite. |
![Friendly dragon]( "Friendly dragon") |
| Inspiration for the Luck dragon from the Never Ending story? |
This place was not only for the movies, as I quickly understood. It was a showcase of imaginations running wild, condensed in a solid form. Art works ranged from sculptures of human faces, animals, fantastic beings, aliens, habitats of interesting folk captured in pencil art, sculptured in bronze, wood and stone, along with paintings and photography.
![circular art]( "art in different forms") |
| Simple but interesting! |
![Jar jar binks at Dongdaemun DP]( "Jar jar binks at Dongdaemun DP") |
| Do I detect a bit of Jar Jar Binks? |
![Pencil art plant dragaon?]( "Pencil art plant dragaon?") |
| Pencil Art. Plant Dragon? |
![Sweet snowy in DDP]( "Sweet snowy in DDP") |
| Expensive but sweet snowy |
![Brick wall? brick mask? at the Fantasy exhibition]( "Brick wall? brick mask? at the Fantasy exhibition") |
| Brick house? Brick mask? you decide! |
![Fantastic beast at the DDP Seoul]( "Fantastic beast at the DDP") |
| Fantastic beast |
![King Kong at Fantasy exhibition at DDP]( "King Kong at Fantasy exhibition at DDP") |
| King Kong |
![Tamil movie at the Fantasy exhibition in DDP Seoul]( "Tamil movie at the Fantasy exhibition") |
| It was a sweet surprise to see a Tamil movie on the list of movies churned out by the WETA team. |
The exhibition was a good thing as it inspired my kids a lot, that they decided to draw their hearts out in the comments section of the exhibition. Fantasy turned out to be a fantastic experience :)
The Fantasy Exhibition runs from June 6th to August 17th 2014.
Must go. In my opinion :)
