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Jeju Loveland (also known as Love Land) is an outdoor sculpture park which opened
in 2004 on Cheju Island in South Korea. The park is focused on a theme of sex,
running sex education films, and featuring 140 sculptures representing humans in
various sexual positions.
It also has other elements such as large phallus statues, stone labia, and hands-on
exhibits such as a "masturbation-cycle." The park's website describes the location
as, "a place where sexually-oriented art and eroticism meet."
After the Korean War, the island became a popular honeymoon destination for Korean
couples, due to the island's warm climate. Many of the couples had wed because of
arranged marriages, and the island also became known for being a center of sex
education. According to an article in Spiegel magazine, in the late 1980s journalist
and travel writer Simon Winchester reported that some hotel employees on the island
performed as "professional icebreakers." In the evenings, the hotel would offer an
entertainment program featuring erotic elements, to help newlyweds relax.
In 2002, graduates of Seoul's Hongik University began creating sculptures for the
park, which opened on November 16, 2004. Encompassing an area the size of "two soccer
fields", all of the sculptures can be viewed in approximately one hour, and there is
an additional monthly rotating exhibit featuring works by different Korean artists.
Visitors are required to be at least 18 years old, and a separate play area is
available for minors while adults visit. |
