NO HONEYMOON is a docufiction that follows us, artists Anyuta and Kim as we travel to Seoul while preparing for our divorce. Before officially separating, we undertake one final trip together. Where a honeymoon traditionally marks the beginning of a shared future, NO HONEYMOON takes place at the moment that future is coming to an end. The film focuses on what remains when a relationship changes form.

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The project builds on BETWEEN US, a ten-year artistic practice in which our marriage functioned as both a legal arrangement, a lived relationship, and an artistic framework. In 2018, although we were not romantically involved, we married at Ghent City Hall to secure a residence permit for Anyuta and to create a shared life structure. Through performances, publications, conversations, installations, and visual work, the project explored how intimacy is shaped by legal systems, administrative procedures, and social expectations. In June 2023, Anyuta became a Belgian citizen. From that point on, the relationship gradually began to shift .

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In Seoul, the film looks at how personal and political structures of separation and coexistence overlap. The country, shaped by a history of division and geopolitical tension, becomes a setting to reflect on distance, projection, and shared space. The film moves between encounters with people, the practice of kendo, and everyday travel situations such as navigating the city, staying in hotels, and coordinating logistics while travelling together. The relationship is shown mainly through practical coordination and shared infrastructure rather than direct emotional narration.

 

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