Gangnam Station (DX Line): part 3!!!

Now I see more and more people coming in...

see how spotlessly clean the station is!!! 

the DX Line subway just arrived. I managed to take a snapshot of it just before the doors closed... 

Back again onto the passengers' platform, once again I couldn't get enough of taking pictures. I mean..it doesn't do any justice to the real feel of being there.

The lighting seemed to be perfectly tuned with the soft theme.... 

and I bumped into another piece of art made of I didn't know what...

are those balls? yes..definitely yes...in different sizes and colors. 

Just arrange them in such a way to make a cool rendition of what supposed to be a colorful dots in 3D. 

If you think getting around the station with those works of arts is not enough, try getting in touch with the larger-than-life ad. This time, it's G-Dragon's ad about their newly released album Coup d'etat 

Or walk yourself through the walking escalator while enjoying the ever-changing displays of TVs portraying imaginative works of arts. 

and..what would Gangnam be without any mention of its (in)famous plastic surgery? So, on one of the escalators' walls were posted plastic surgery ads all the way up or down the stairs. 

Finally...I arrived at the line 2 (green line) which I got to transfer to.

Even this line 6 seemed to have also undergone massive transformation in its advertisement. Or was it me who's been for quite a long time not going to Gangnam area...so I didn't know all of these? hmmm maybe. 

I mean..the whole advertisements are displayed on huge screens attached on every pillar (all pillars) inside the platform.

I wouldn't have taken the pictures had them be dead-neon ads. 

They kept on moving and changing, for they're actually LCD displays. 

Well, this is something different I found the other day on the subway's ad.

It's about the co-joint event:

Seoul & Berlin Going Underground in International Subway Film Festival.

where? what? how? when? should I watch them?

* answer right here, Suray--->............................

Gangnam Station (DX Line) - part 2: Is it a PSY-gallery or Subway Station?

BOTH. Yes, at a first glance it is unmistakenly the (in)famous Gangnam.

Gangnam station which means 'south of the river (han river)' is made even more popular by PSY. 

So, I was not that surprised to see how this newly built Gangnam station, especially the one linked to DX line--the newest subway line--in Seoul, was decorated in such a way that it felt more like it was a dedicated venue for PSY in the public space such as this. 

There is this huge picture(?), painting(?); works of art?=definitely; or simply a needed stance of appreciation to PSY?, well, not sure which one, but this surely is seen as a piece of art dedicated to Psy. 

This Gangnam station (DX Line) is so luckily transformed into a gallery of art and a gallery of advertising. the latter seemed to fit into the category. 

But does it mean a bad thing? Nope. On the other hand, the interior design and concept of how the advertising adds up the beauty or charms of the station are something that should be appreciated. I love how the lighting and the angle of where to put the ads were put into consideration.

It's like an art installation on the go. 

Yes, the neon-bulb ads on each pillar at the station only generates more charms than churns.^^ 

and now..back to PSY's gallery at the station. I could assure you (well, at least to myself) that..indeed PSY has helped transformed how the station should be (at least) the mirror to what PSY was referring to in his music video. 

Everyone around the globe was talking about it so much so that the station 'immortalized' his figure in style. 

people come and go and of course...for first timers like myself...would not pass the chance go by unnoticed.

And I happened to be someone who did.

So, care to join us go explore more on this?

Gangnam Station (DX Line) part 1

First time riding the DX line. It's the new subway line operating as a commuter line between Bundang and Gangnam. Even the tagline of its service is "It's only 16 minutes from Bundang to Gangnam"--which is considered as the downtown of Seoul for Bundang area. 

So, the operational service of this new line is an added value for those living in and out of Bundang--when it comes to reaching the Gangnam area.

I just so happened to find out about it when I was going home after taking a Sunday-walk. 

Intrigued by the numerous artistic installation perked on the walls across the station, I started to take as many pictures as possible... 

Since it's relatively new, I had a hunch that this is a bit deserted for a new line this impressive. 

One of the characteristics of this DX line is that it is fully automated. No one operates the train, but the computer. *correct me if I am wrong. Coz this is only based on what I saw on both ends of the trains. It's just glassed-wall through which I could see the whole line and rail-tracks along the way. 

And It's a new color of subway that I have ever been into.

The color of the seats and the central pole into which people would dangle tight when it's crowded....IF there would be one.^^--which I bet there is--considering this is a Gangnam-bound train. 

And the feel of freshly new operated station emanated from its shining silver-like floors, ceilings, and pillars.... 

it's just creepily cool!!!

now let's see the video I managed to take from within.

ouch that's too short...now let me get the longer one:

opps it's even shorter. Oh..gosh..I am afraid I may have deleted the longer version.

Blimey....!!