This exhibition is composed of two archives from KECC’s back catalogue and seven new works by individual artists or collectives. The archives, named ‘Absent Archive’ and ‘Emergent Archive’ respectively, provide the context needed to understand the new works created by the participating artists. The square brick room¹ of the Korean Pavilion contains the early history of KECC around 1968, which serves as the starting point of the exhibition and a reference point for the new works created by the participating artists. It allows us to explore the work of some representative architects who worked at KECC in the era when Korean society had the greatest desire for the future and a belief that this desire could be realized through architecture. Ironically, the Absent Archive is a memorial to four projects of KECC that were not realized in full: Sewoon Sangga (1967); the 1st Korea Trade Fair (1968); Yeouido Master Plan (1969); and the EXPO ’70 Korean Pavilion (1970). While the ideals of the architects attracted the government’s attention, some parts of the designs were not chosen, amended, or discarded entirely by the government. Yet the original plans that departed from the government’s intent still remain in institutional archives (Archerion), such as the National Archives of Korea. As such, the architects’ unrealized proposals depart from the four existing places today, but reveal the gap and conflict between the two. The Absent Archive is a paradoxical space that collects such failed ideals. It reconsiders the reputation of the architects and their ideals, which were not recorded and are only left in the drawings and reports. Meanwhile, the Emergent Archive, which is located in the lobby of the exhibition hall, is an ambiguous area that exists only to create a situation and atmosphere for visitors.² There are short texts and images, and the audience’s actions are incorporated into the illusion while the works of today’s young Korean architects illuminate each other. It enables audiences to imagine the time to come rather than suggesting concrete predictions. The Emergent Archive is the starting point of a critical story that can be written now that we have faced the ‘Spectres of the State Avant-garde’. This will be a new way to understand the relationship between Korea’s modern architecture and the state legacy of the past, as well as the starting point of artistic practice.