(...) The title, '1881-1', refers to the address of a demolished house in Busan in Yang´s native South Korea, which was cleared as part of the city´s sweeping gentrification program. In Busan, there are over 100 redevelopment districts eating away at the city’s landscape day-by-day. The mural holds particular significance in Stavanger East; vast swathes of which have been transformed from a post-industrial ruin into a thriving residential and ´start-up´ district over the last 10 years. Each symbol (either a circle, cross or dot) carries a specific meaning: deserted house, demolishment or illegal occupation - indicating whether or not the building is clear and ready for demolition or not.
In Stavanger, as in Busan, they´ve been uniformly sprayed in highly saturated, garish red.
-JUXTAPOZ Magazine 2018
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/street-art/korean-artist-jazoo-yang-explores-gentrification-critiques-for-nuart-festival-2018/
