This blog will no longer be updated

Hello everyone,
This Art-n-about blog will not be updated any further because I am leaving Korea soon.
I will leave the blog up as an archive, as many of the links are a valuable resource.
The galleries and organisations already listed will continue to have new exhibitions and events.
Hope you enjoy discovering the art scene in Korea.

BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art - global exhibition opportunities

We're attaching an update on next year's Curate This global exhibition - artists and designers are welcome as well as curators, both new and established venues, galleries, museums, organizations, publications, etc. Additional info. will be posted by 12/30 at http://www.curatethis.org
We hope you can join us!

- BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art
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www.thebecafoundation.org www.curatethis.org mail@thebecafoundation.org

CURATE THIS! 2010 is going global!
…on the ground AND in cyberland.

December 22, 2009 – CURATE THIS! 2010, the second installment of the CURATE THIS! exhibition series created by BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art, is evolving from a one city-wide event location into a global arts cultural exchange event involving multiple venues located in multiple cities around the world. The global art design exhibition will take place from July 1 – December 31, 2010.

Through the exhibition of works of art design by emerging artists, designers, duos, groups and collectives around the world, The BECA Foundation aims to facilitate an experimental, cross-pollination of creative innovation and new ideas in diverse locations around the world. The title, ‘CURATE THIS!’ reflects a departure from the familiar large scale exhibition model, typically curated by a singular vision with one head curator, to an exhibition with components and related events ‘curated’ by the public and professional and independent participants residing in multiple cities around the world. The first ‘CURATE THIS!’ experiment took place in early 2008 and led artists and directors, Melissa Roberts and Kurt Schlough to begin brainstorming the expansion of the experiment to bring about greater benefits to a larger number of participants.

BECA is an acronym for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art and the core belief system at The BECA Foundation is that “New art new design fuels the best of what’s yet to come on this planet.” To help mix that fuel and kick start new possibilities, the expansion of the CURATE THIS! exhibition project will facilitate a broader exposure of new art, new design and new ideas through both a physical and online network of participating venues in multiple cities around the world. The aim of building the network is to create international arts cultural exchange opportunities, broaden arts education opportunities and appreciation for emerging contemporary art design, facilitate introductions and lay the foundation for future collaborations toward the realization of a progressive, meaningful and fulfilling future for everyone. Global online content delivery of exhibition events and related special projects will enable global participation by millions around the world. The BECA Foundation is pleased to welcome the participation of Helen Pheby, PhD, Curator of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK whose research and curatorial work spans the globe including the US and Iraq and Ellen Lupton, legendary design educator and Curator of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Each has a unique insight which will add further depth and diversity to new CURATE THIS! 2010 exhibition components.

Upcoming participating venues in Boston, New Orleans, Miami, Denver, Los Angeles, Santa Fe and London have been the first locations to sign on. Venue participation proposals have also been submitted by exclusively online communities. Artists, designers, independent and established curators, gallery and art space directors as well as lease-holders and owners of other event and non-traditional exhibition spaces may email Melissa Roberts at mail@thebecafoundation.org for venue participation information. The BECA Foundation is building a global network to achieve a positive impact on the future of the residents of cities around the world. The formerly unimaginable, previously impossible and the creative ideas and proposals that may run counter to the current status quo are most welcome.


“Free your mind and the rest will follow.” – Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster

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Free workshop - website building with open source - Incheon, Sat Dec 19

Affordable Internet Housing.
how to build your website with open-source tools!


Tired of living in the geo-cities and blogger slums? This workshop will show you how to build a professional quality personal website or blog from scratch using free tools and online services. Integrate your current social sites (flickr, twitter, facebook), host different domains for your many projects, host your own images, make it pimp and keep yo money for yoself. we'll be talking about: Wordpress, Indexhibit, Tumblr, Firebug, Filezila, etc as well as customizing your current blogs and joining the wonderful world of open source communities.

This workshop is FREE - bring cookies to share!
It will also be the first of a series, so it will probably be a mess. :)

Saturday, 12 - 19 - 09, 4pm
Incheon Art Platform
Incheon, South Korea.
Closest subway Line 1 Incheon station. Go out main station door, cross the road and turn right. 5 min walk.


오픈소스 툴을 가지고 어떻게 나만의 웹사이트를 구축할수 있을까!

지오 시티와 블로거 슬럼에서 살아가는데 지쳤나요?

이번 워크샵은 아무것도 모르는 상태에서 공짜툴을 사용하고 온라인서비스를 통해 어떻게 프로페셔날한 퍼스날 웹사이트나 블로그를 만들것인지를 보여줍니다

참가비 무료입니다-함께 나눌 먹거리를 가져오세요.

12월 19일 오후 4시, 인천 아트 플랫폼, 게스트 라운지


http://amalgama.cc/pwn-the-net/
http://inartplatform.kr/

Winter Solstice Circle Song Night- Dec 21, Soul Underground, Hongdae

Winter Solstice Circle Song Night!

When: December 21st
8:30 pm - 10 pm
Where: Soul Underground, Hongdae
(No cover charge!)

Sing Circle Songs on the Solstice!

Come help me continue a Winter Solstice tradition from my hometown!

What's a Circle Song?
-It's a chant or round sung in a circle. We sing them at important events, celebrations, and at the turning of the seasons.

Why a Circle Song Night?
-Singing Circle Songs on the Winter Solstice is a tradition in my hometown. Soul Underground, a great cafe and live music venue, has been kind enough to open their doors (free of charge!) so that I can continue the tradition far from home.

No prior Circle Song knowledge or musical know-how is required. I will teach all the songs during the course of the evening. The songs are very short with simple, repetitive melodies. The only instrument is the human voice. Just bring yourself.

Who Am I?
-I am from a small fishing town (well, village, technically) in Maine in the US. The Circle Song tradition has been part of the region where I grew up for generations. I minored in Ethnomusicology in college and my mental library of Circle Songs from all over grew. Creating music this way is truly magical, and singing with other people, be they strangers or friends, on the longest night of the year, is always a blast.

Want More Info? Email Paula: pepsqually@gmail.com

Where Is Soul Underground?
-Soul Underground is located within one minute's walking distance from Exit 4 of Hongdae Subway Station.
You can see the Seven Springs Restaurant building when you go out of Exit 4 directly in front of you. Soul Underground is in a building right next to Seven Springs. The buildng consists of 3 stories. The 1st floor is a pasta restaurant called Pavarotti. 2nd floor is a custom guitar shop called MD. 3rd floor is SOUL UNDERGROUND.
(Phone : 010 2363 3720 / 070 7672 3720)

Hope to see you there!!!

BLACK SHEEP LECTURE #19-*Antonio Muntadas*, Hansung University, Monday, 14 Dec, 4 p.m

WELCOME TO THE BLACK SHEEP LECTURE #19
*Antonio Muntadas* Monday, 14 Dec, 4 p.m.*(English with Korean interpretation)
Hansung University | Jisun Kwan room 303


Antonio Muntadas (*1942 in Barcelona, Spain) has lived and worked in New York since 1971.
His work addresses social, political and communications issues, the relationship between public and private space within social frameworks, and investigations of channels of information and the ways they may be used to censor central information or promulgate ideas. He works in different media such as photography, video, publications, internet and multi-media installations.


His works have been exhibited throughout the world, including the Venice Biennale, Documenta Vl and X in Kassel, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Berkeley Art Museum in California.

Muntadas is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://web.mit.edu/vap/people/faculty/faculty_muntadas.html

The artist talk is realized in collaboration with Total Museum as part of the Digital Playground 2009: Open the Source!! project (see attachment.)

blacksheep@hansung.ac.kr | http://www.hansung.ac.kr
한성대학교 | 136-792 서울시 성북구 389 삼선2가 한성대학교
Hansung University | 389 Samseon-dong 2-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-792

Art Exhibitions in and around Seoul December 2009

(original source Korea Times)
Masks
Sungkok Art Museum
Through Dec. 31 Closed Mondays. Entry 5,000 won.
Sungkok Art Museum is hosting a special exhibition "Masks," sponsored by the French Cultural Center. It features 100 works by 48 international artists, including Valerie Belin, Sophie Calle, Man Ray, Andy Warhol, Koo Bohn-chang and Oh Hein-kuhn. Visit www.sungkokmuseum.com or call (02) 737-8999.

Blur
Youngeun Museum
Through Dec. 13
Park Yong-sik is holding a solo exhibition, as part of the Youngeun Artist Project 2009-2010 relay exhibitions. Youngeun Museum is located in Gwangju City, Gyeonggi Province. Visit www. youngeunmuseum.org.

Closed Door Room
Project Space
Through Dec. 11
Roh Choong-hyun is holding a solo exhibition at Project Space, Gwanhoon-dong. Visit www.sarubia.org or call (02) 733-0440.

Peppermint Candy: Contemporary Art from Korea in Seoul
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea
Through Feb. 15
The National Museum of Contemporary Art originally organized this exhibition in 2007 to introduce contemporary Korean art to Chile and Argentina. It is now being held in Korea for the first time. Visit www.moca.go.kr.

Arario's Finest: Celebrating 20 years of Arario Gallery
Arario Gallery Cheonan
Through Dec. 10
To celebrate Arario Gallery's 20th anniversary, a special exhibition features works by renowned artist Andy Warhol, Sigmar Polke, Neo Rauch, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Damien Hirst and Keith Haring. Tickets are 3,000 won for adults and 2,000 won for students. Arario Gallery is located near the Cheonan Bus Terminal, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. Call (041)551-5100. Visit www.arariogallery.co.kr


Korea Now
Gallery Sangsangmadang
Through Dec. 9
Gallery Sangsangmadang, located in Hongdae, is holding a solo exhibition of works by artist Sun Mu, who fled North Korea. Visit www.sangsangmadang.com or call (02) 330-6223.

Kim Jung-ah 6th Solo Exhibition
KT Gallery
Through Dec. 13
Kim Jung-ah capture the love and happiness of a young bride in paintings on display at KT Gallery, located at KT Art Hall in Gwanghwamun.

Ahn Jung-geun Exhibition
Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center
Through Jan. 24
"Peace Beyond Independence" is the theme of this special calligraphy exhibition focusing on patriot Ahn Jung-geun. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Ahn's assassination of the first Japanese resident-general of Korea, Hirobumi Ito, on Oct. 26, 1909, in China. The exhibition is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Mondays. Visit www.sac.or.kr.


Martin Creed
Art Sonje Center
Through Feb. 12
Turner Prize-winning British conceptual artist Martin Creed is holding a three-month long exhibition at Art Sonje Center. The exhibition is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit www.artsonge.org/asc or call 02-733-8945.

Architectural Ceramic Now & New
Clayarch Gimhae Museum
Through Feb. 7
The Clayarch Gimhae Museum, located in South Gyeongsang Province, is holding its 8th Architectural Ceramic Exhibition. Participating artists include Song Jun-gyu, Hilde Angel Danielsen, Lee Jong-geun and Johannes Pfeiffer. Visit www.clayarch.org or call (055) 340-7000.

Kim Ho-deuk
Cyan Museum of Art
Through March 28
The solo show of Daegu-based artist Kim Ho-deuk is being held at Cyan Museum of Art, Hwasan-myeon, Yeongcheon-si, North Gyeongsang Province. Visit www.cyanmuseum.org.

Poetic Art of Colors - Light of Heart
Yongeun Museum of Contemporary Art
Through Dec. 13
Artist Bang Hai-ja is holding a solo exhibition at the Yongeun Museum of Art. Visit www.youngeunmuseum.org or call (031) 761-0137.

BLACK SHEEP LECTURE #17, Hansung Uni, Seoul, Wed 9 Dec, 6 p.m

WELCOME TO THE BLACK SHEEP LECTURE #17
*Piotr Zamojski* Wednesday, 9 Dec, 6 p.m.*(English with Korean interpretation)
Hansung University | Tam Goo Kwan B102

Time, space and language are the main subjects of Piotr Zamojski. His materials are preexisting situations: interiors, public space, landscapes and, more recently also objects of daily use. He analyses different aspects of a given space: its former and present functions, proportions and relations to a geographic and socio-cultural context. A second step is an interpretation of reality through the means of wall-painting, sculpture and typography. Some works have a processual character: they have been transformed during a presentation time.
Zamojski works can be understood as a reflection upon the nature of reality, history, space and time as fictional fields. He is trying to follow paths of personal, ethnic and cultural identities, common fates: yearnings, fears, coincidences and errors.

Piotr Zamojski, *1963 in Poland, lives in Germany. Since 2008 visiting professor at the Sungshin Women's University in Seoul. Selected exhibitions:
Westfaelischer Kunstverein Muenster; Akiyama Gallery, Tokyo; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile; Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan; Kunsthalle Duesseldorf; Galerie Thomas Flor, Duesseldorf; Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany; Busan Biennale 2006; Suwon Art Center; TEAF 2009, Ulsan.

blacksheep@hansung.ac.kr | http://www.hansung.ac.kr
한성대학교 | 136-792 서울시 성북구 389 삼선2가 한성대학교
Hansung University | 389 Samseon-dong 2-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-792

Exhibition - Beginning of New Era- Old KIMUSA site, Seoul - til Dec 6, 2009

The first Exhibition of National Museum of Contemporary Art at Its Future Museum Site in KIMUSA

『Beginning of New Era』 Exhibition at the future site of the Seoul Museum of National Museum of Contemporary Art (the former Defense and Security Complex)
Showcases 58 artists and 300 artworks, ranging from famous senior artists such as Seo-Bo PARK, Tschangyeul KIM to young artists such as U-Ram CHOE and Kira KIM.

For more information, please visit the National Museum of Contemporary Art homepage http://seoul.moca.go.kr/
or call (02)2188-6000.

A. Exhibition Title : Beginning of New Era
B. Exhibition Duration: 2009. 10. 22 - 2009. 12. 06
C. Hours : 10:00 - 18:00 (10:00-21:00 on Fri, Sat, and Sun, open everyday during the exhibition)
D. Location: Old KIMUSA building - the future site of the Seoul Museum of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (see map)
E. Exhibition Type: All areas of contemporary art
F. The number of artists and artworks: 58 artists and approx. 300 works
G. Fee: free

Description:

This project brings various techniques and approaches to contemporary art into one exhibition. Organized according to their characteristics, the body of work is divided into three parts. The first part is “Museum & Art,” and shows the strength of contemporary Korean art. The second is “Museum & Society,” which focuses on the social relevance of art; and the third is “Museum & Vision,” which shows the future of art as envisioned by the artsits. This section of the exhibition includes Seo-Bo PARK (painting), Moon Seop SHIM (sculpture), Soocheon JHEON (installation), Hong-Goo KANG (photography), Geun-Taek YOO (Asian painting/ animation), Soo Jeong KIM (design), and Hoon MOON (architecture).

The Space Transformation Project will be held inside and outside of the former Defense and Security Complex (main building, basement, cafeteria, library, and surrounding space). It anticipates the transformation of the former Kimusa site born into an art museum. The participating artists include: Kyuchul AHN, Jeong Hwa CHOI, Ok-Sang LIM, and U-Ram CHOE.

The Documentary Project participants include Kyungwon MOON, the video artist, and Dong-Hyun PARK, the experimental film director. They examined the images of Kimusa that people have in their minds, and unfolded them in documentary format.

Getting there:
Closest subway - Anguk station, exit 1, 10 min walk.

'Sori Art' Sound Art performance -LOOP gallery, Hongdae, Sat Dec 5, 2009

“Sori Art”
Hyelim Kim & Leah Barclay

Saturday December 5th 6.30pm
Loop Media Center 3F
Alternative Space Loop

‘Sori Art’ is a new collaboration between Master Taegum artist Hyelim Kim and innovative Australian composer Leah Barclay. The concert will feature six new electroacoustic works fusing Korean traditional music with the infinite possibilities of technology.

Short Bio _Hyelim Kim

www.hyelimkim.com
A native of Korea, Hyelim Kim is a pioneer musician/composer in fusion music developing a new aspect of Korean traditional music in taegum (Korean traditional flute) performance, improvisation and composition. She earned a BA and an MA in Korean traditional music at Seoul National University, which is her original resource of musical inspiration. Upon graduating, she was recommended as an excellent performer to enter the “Nationwide Korean Traditional Music Concert for New Performers”. She has been appointed as Young Artist from the Korean council in 2009 and Kumho Cultural Foundation in 2006. Along with the practical activities, Hyelim Kim has a further commitment to explore the way Korean music has interacted with various kinds of music to make a new heterogeneous musical culture by doing a PhD at the University of Sydney. www.hyelimkim.com

Leah Barclay

Leah Barclay is an award winning Australian interdisciplinary artist. She was the recipient of the 2009 Asialink Performing Artist Residency for Korea and is based at art center nabi for three months developing a series of works integrating traditional music and modern technology. Her current work explores hybrid media and experimental sonic languages fusing the spontaneity of live performance with the infinite possibilities of technology. Since graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, she has performed, published and produced commissioned works across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, India and Korea. 
www.leahbarclay.com


This concert is supported by Alternative Space Loop, Art Center Nabi, The Korean Art Council, Arts Queensland, The Australia Council for the Arts and Asialink.

Opening 'Cultures Connect' - group exhibition - Insadong,Seoul, Dec 2 - 15, 2009

"Cultures Connect"
Jay Gallery & Na Gallery, Insadong (SK HUB PLAZA B-107/8) (near Jongno police station - see map below)
Opening 2009. 12. 2 Wed 7pm, exhibition running til Dec 15

Korea is rapidly developing into a multicultural society as well as becoming more integrated into the world community through trade agreements, security pacts and tourism. The years 2010-2012 have been designated Visit Korea Years. This exhibition is therefore both timely and relevant to the current climate in Korea.

The 18 artists taking part all live in Korea. They come from 7 different countries; speak different languages and have grown up in cultures very different from the one in which they now find themselves living. The group includes both young emerging artists as well as experienced internationally recognized artists. The ages of the artists span almost three generations, they originate from 7 countries spanning 4 Continents. The style of art ranges from modern to traditional and includes painting, print, video, photography and installation works.

Despite so many differences these artists have come together because they share a mutual interest in communicating with the world through their art in a spirit of multicultural co-operation.

Richard J. Beaumont (Curator) Email; beamrich@hotmail.com

Opening-Nam June Paik Art Center prize, Nov 28, 2009

Prize ceremony and opening of group exhibition - Nov 28, 5pm
Performance: Nov 28, 6pm
Reception: Nov 28, 7pm
Description: group exhibition opening for the 4 prize winning artists - Ceal Floyer, Eun-me Ahn, Robert Adrian X, Seung taek Lee
Location: Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin, Gyeonggido

Free: Shuttle bus reservation: Call or email: 031-201-8529, reservation@njpartcenter.kr
Website (Korean and English) : www.njpartcenter.kr
Bus schedule: Nov 28 - either 3.15pm at Hapjeong subway exit #2, or 4.00pm Hannam-dong, opp. Dankook university

CJ Picture Book Exhibition - KFCC gallery, Seoul, Nov 23 - Dec 24

The CJ Culture Foundation will be holding the 2nd CJ Picture Book Festival at the Korea Foundation Cultural Center from November 23 through December 24. The exhibition will present 100 works for the New Publication Category and 50 for the Illustration Category, selected from hundreds of works submitted by publishers and artists from around the world.

Kveta Pacovska, popular with children worldwide for her illustrated books, will be invited to the exhibition to introduce her unique three-dimensional picture books that engage all five senses. Special events to be held in conjunction with the exhibition include a picture book forum, picture book animation screenings and a picture book library.

Picture books have already established themselves as a cultural resource for people of all ages and both sexes. Rather than remain mere as paper books as in the past, they have been recreated as valuable cultural content, breaking the barriers between genres and combining with diverse media to create new aesthetic forms.

Location: KFCC gallery, Joongang Ilbo Building, near City Hall, Seoul
Homepage: www.kfcenter.or.kr
Period: November 23 - December 24, 2009 (Open everyday, including weekends)
Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Admission: Adults 5,000 won / Children(5-18) 3,000 won
Contact: www.cjbook.org, 02-338-6672, info@cjbook.org

Subway>
Line 1 and Line 2 City Hall Station,Five-Minute walk from Exit 9
Line 5, Seodaemun Station, Seven-Minute walk from Exit 6

Argentine films - free at KFCC, Seoul, Nov 23 - 28

The Korea Foundation Cultural Center will screen a selection of free films from Argentina from Mon Nov. 23 to 28.
See website for screening details and times: (English) http://www.kfcenter.or.kr/english/art/01.asp
Argentine Cinema

"The Signal"
Date: November 27(Wed.) at 7 p.m.
Year of Production: 2007
Running time: 95 minutes
Director: Ricardo Darin & Martin Hodara
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Rating: 18+

It’s 1952 and while Eva Peron approaches the end of her life, Corvalan, a mediocre private detective is hired by Gloria, a beautiful and mysterious woman, to fulfill what seems to be a routine investigation.

Location: Korea Foundation Cultural Center, 2F, Joongang Ilbo (newspaper) building, near City Hall
Nearest subway: City Hall station, exit 9, walk straight 5 mins.

Art Center Nabi Seoul -upcoming talk/peformance - "juxtapose" - Nov 25, 2009

The founder of Entertainment & Technology Center of Carnegie Mellon University, Professor, Don Marilline will talk about new poetics of digital generation. Start mentioning about creation of digitalism, he will also discuss its diverse usage and new way of storytelling from poetics of Aristotle to interactive narrative of Janet Jackson.

For the opening performance, there will be electroacoustic performance, ‘Juxtapose’ together with residence artist Leah Barclay from Asialink and art center nabi and korean percussionist, Yoon Sang, Choi.

Opening Performance: Juxtapose
‘Juxtapose’ is one of three major compositions completed during an Asialink residency at art centre nabi in 2009. The work is composed for janggu and live electronics and is performed by leading Korean percussionist Yoon Sang, Choi. The electronics feature sound recordings from Seoul ranging from the serenity of the Buddhist temple bells to the unnerving civil defense drill siren. Conceptually the work reveals some of the enticing sonic layers of the city and the intense contrast that exist in Seoul. All of the electronic source material has been extensive processed to create an abstract soundscape that intertwines with the surging energy of the city and whispers of the past.


Performers
Leah Barclay
Leah Barclay is an award winning Australian interdisciplinary artist. She was the recipient of the 2009 Asialink Performing Artist Residency for Korea and is based at art center nabi for three months developing a series of works integrating traditional music and modern technology. Her current work explores hybrid media and experimental sonic languages fusing the spontaneity of live performance with the infinite possibilities of technology. Since graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, she has performed, published and produced commissioned works across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, India and Korea.
http://www.leahbarclay.com

Yoon Sang, Choi
Yoon Sang, Choi is a leading Korean percussionist who has been involved in a diversity of projects to rearrange Korean traditional music for modern audiences. He invented the electronic hour glass drum called “super janggu” in collaboration with professor YI doneung at Seoul National University. In 2003 he founded the band “wHOOL,” an ensemble who now have an international reputation performing at leading events in France, Belgium, Netherlands and the USA.
http://www.whool.co.kr


Presenter & Organization
Don Marinelli
Professor, Don Marinelli is not only teaching at Drama of Art Department in Carnegie Mellon University but also the founder of the ETC and director as well. ETC is founded based on cooperation computer science and art department. Plus, he is also leading the ETC-Global, which has international connection in Australia, United Sates, and Japan.

Entertainment & Technology Center
Carnegie Mellon entertainment and technology global center is the organization composed of artists and technological expertise together while they are taking master course; its motive is opening of the future industry; trials are such as video game, robot science, edutainment, theme park, interactive amusement park, 4D theater, mobile game, etc. In addition, it produces sponsor project having credit on experience by working with other leading companies and organization in United States; it tries to cooperate with international companies through ETC Global.
http://www.etc.cmu.edu

Date 25th of November (Wed) 7:00 - 9:00pm
Venue art center nabi
Entrance Fee: free
Contact 2121-0915, artnspace@nabi.or.kr

[New Theater Series]
The new theater series is the open place for the artists inside and outside of the country in which they can communicate with audience and one another as well. Various creators from the theater, movie, music, media art will show their performances, exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and shows.

Location and Directions:

99 Seorin-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul, Korea , 110-110
Tel : 02-2121-0912 / Fax : 02.2121.0914
Email : webmaster@nabi.or.kr

See map online (English) : http://www.nabi.or.kr/english/about/map.nab

Direction & Location by subway:
Line No.1
Jong-gak Station / Gate No. 6
5 minutes on foot towards Gwanghwamun
Line No.5
Gwanghwamun Station / Gate No. 5
5 minutes on foot towards Gwanghwamun Post Office

Art Center Nabi Seoul -upcoming talk - Sound Art - Nov 24, 2009

What are Sound and Sound Arts?
The lecture by Jason Kahn provides one of the approaches to sound art. We will examine how our daily experiences can be changed by the relationships between sound and the space, through Jason Kahn’s philosophy and works.

Date Nov. 24. 2009. (Tue) 7:00-9:00 PM
Venue art center nabi
Entrance Fee free
Contact Young-ju Kim 2121-0925, ykim@nabi.or.kr
Website (English): http://www.nabi.or.kr/english/main/main.nab

Program
Sound
About sound, music, and listening
The subsets of Sound arts
What is Sound Arts?

Sound Installation
Art place as existing in the eye of the beholder
Sound Perception: Active listening to expand our consciousness
Re-invent, accentuate, and subvert the space by sound
Bring the non-space(space of transit) to life with sound

* Demonstration
[Gläser], [Sand], [Kies vom Zürcher See], [Lamparna Space]


Lecturer
Jason Kahn is an artist working in the various fields including sound installation, performance and composition. He has given concerts and exhibited sound installations all over the world. Kahn creates his sound installations for specific spaces. The focus of these primarily non-visual works lies in the perception of space through sound. Kahn performs both solo and in collaboration and composes for electronics and acoustic instruments. He was born in New York and currently lived in Zürich.

Location and Directions:

99 Seorin-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul, Korea , 110-110
Tel : 02-2121-0912 / Fax : 02.2121.0914
Email : webmaster@nabi.or.kr

See map online (English) : http://www.nabi.or.kr/english/about/map.nab

Direction & Location by subway:
Line No.1
Jong-gak Station / Gate No. 6
5 minutes on foot towards Gwanghwamun
Line No.5
Gwanghwamun Station / Gate No. 5
5 minutes on foot towards Gwanghwamun Post Office

Exhibition Opening Meekyoung Shin, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Nov 19 - Dec 19, 2009

Exhibition of Korean artist, Meekyoung Shin at Kukje Gallery.
Opening: Thur Nov 19, 5 - 7pm
Entry: free
Gallery hours: Mon - Sat: 10am-6pm, Sun: 10am-5pm
Tel: 733-8449
To get to Kukje Gallery, come out Exit 1 Anguk station and follow the signs towards the National Folk Museum. The gallery is opposite the museum on the main road.

Culture walks through Incheon, every Saturday in Nov, 2009

Every Saturday at 2pm in November you are invited to come to the the historical port city of Incheon and walk and chat with artist, Jooyoung Lee and friends. Learn about the culture and history of the area, meet new people and exchange ideas. Meet at Dong Incheon Station, line 1, every Saturday in November at 2pm. See map and poster for details.


More info at:
http://incheonstories.blogspot.com/
http://www.inartplatform.kr/ (current artist in residence)
http://okinapt.blogspot.com/

Sean Snyder - artist lecture, Hansung Univ, Seoul Nov 16, 2009

WELCOME TO THE BLACK SHEEP LECTURE #12
*SEAN SNYDER* Monday, 16 Nov, 6.30 p.m.*(English with Korean interpretation)
Hansung University | Jisun Kwan room 303


Sean Snyder is a visual artist who has produced research-oriented projects focusing on image production and representation. Using examples from media, cinema, urban space and architecture his work analyzes the relation between image and text.
Recently, Sean Snyder has investigated the transformative role of the archive in relation to digital imaging technologies, developing a methodological approach to the structuring of information. Utilizing the interpretative potential of documents and databases, his work explores documentary practice as a historical construct, and more generally the underlying role of aesthetics in ideology and culture. (from: http://www.indexfoundation.se/scripts/Page.asp?id=387)

He has recently contributed to e-flux journal:
http://www.e-flux.com/journal/view/57
http://www.e-flux.com/journal/view/82


Sean Snyder (*1972, Virginia Beach, USA) lives in Kiev and Tokyo. He graduated from Städelschule art academy, Frankfurt a.M. in 1999. Sean Snyder had solo shows at the Institute of Contemporary Art (London), Stedelikjk Museum (Amsterdam), Sala Rekalde (Bilbao), Van Abbe Museum (Eindhoven), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Wiener Secession (Vienna), Portikus (Frankfurt a. M.) and exhibited at Gwangju Biennial in 2002 and 2006 as well as the 5th Busan Biennial.


blacksheep@hansung.ac.kr | http://www.hansung.ac.kr
한성대학교 | 136-792 서울시 성북구 389 삼선2가 한성대학교
Hansung University | 389 Samseon-dong 2-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-792

Solo Exhibition opening "Fiction" by Zachary Eichelberger, Nov 21 - 29, Seoul

What: Solo Exhibition "Fiction" by Zachary Eichelberger, Nov 21 - 29, 2009
What: Paintings, prints and installations
Opening: Nov 21 at 6pm - 8pm
Atists talk: Nov 21 at 5pm - 6pm
Where: Myungdong Gallery, 4F #12-16 Choongmuro 2 ga,
Joongu, Seoul
Showroom Hour: Mon -Thu, Sat 10 - 7 p.m, Fri 12 - 9 p.m.
E. md_gallery@naver.com
T. 02. 771. 2026

Opening "Pink City" part 3, Eve Gallery Seoul, Nov 6 - Dec 3, 2009

What : "Pink City" international exhibition Part 3
Where: Eve Gallery, 91-25, 5F, Evezary Building,
Samsung-dong, Seoul, Gangnam-gu, South Korea
Opening: Friday, 6 Nov, 2009 at 5pm
Closing: Thursday, 3 December, 2009
Daily opening times: Weekdays 10am - 7pm, weekends 10am - 6pm
Website: (may not open on a Mac) http://evegallery.co.kr/

Getting there: By subway: Samseong station, exit 7, go straight for a couple of minutes and then turn left when you see Evezary Building. It´s on the 5th floor of that building: Gallery Eve.





Pink City consists of 6 shows including 12 artists.

Jaipur is a capital city of Rajasthan in India, where people call it Pink City. Dileep Sharma from Pink city, Jaipur enjoy experimenting the most typical and daily experiences by producing distinct figures. With gradual change by time, his progress of making every day images new comes out by tattooing humorous and odd figures of human body on India traditional clothes. He names it 'modeling tattoo' or Flash-back effect. He intends to make distinguishing border between everyday life and fantasy with his own outstanding stages in his works.
Pil-seung focuses on change of value of reproduced arts when they have value of commodities. For example, he allows his chandelier made of modeled mini toy cars to be a practical product (with practical function) and then shows it in a gallery. That is, a function of the ready-made is questionable to audiences. Value of arts in reality is sometimes vague, which he try to present.

Jannis Markopoulos from Greek works and lives in Berlin. His works are motivated by time between the present and the past. These two images conflict in one as if he tries to walk all through the present and the past. Mixed two layers already transformed to his own ideal land.
koh, A-bin brings power of shamanism out in her paintings, much related to a relationship between human and nature based on Asian community. She also pursues several experiments by researching religious allegories of the Middle ages in western and value of Shamanism in Asia. It comes with sensual images in her paintings. This two artists take two totally different allegories and often fuse into one in order to produce unfamiliar world with realistic images from both western and eastern. With their paintings, they succeed to escape from physical time.

Both Kaneko Nao and Yoon, Mi-yeon transform childhood fantasy and aspiration. Kaneko Nao paints women who wear Japanese traditional clothing with her outstanding perception on colors and composition. Her women portrait normally has uneasy gestures and stares at us, which make audiences feel far away from reality and strong. Yoon, Mi-yeon shows her ideal girls up. Her works reflect her experiences from her childhood in which she dreamed ideal girls with blond hair influenced by Barbie doll. It turns to her fantasy.

Fahrad Hussain from India illustrates people in daily life around us. His characters seem to be presented on a theater stage. They stand still, smiling but are painted by all achromatic colors with a glorious and colorful back stage. He presents paradox of people in daily life by revealing his cynical view and exaggerating characters. A metaphor of capitalism in both western and eastern appears to be 'still life' in his works.
Kim, Keun-joong is an artist who mixes two kinds of oriental paintings. His bloomedand glorious flowers are his emblem to present sense of the contemporary.

Both Markus Kiefer and Jung, Jae-ho visualize landscape by fusing nature, daily life, a view of cities and cultural circumstances. And now, documenting 'being here' is a method to preserve their individual experiences and perception. These each documents could also be a piece for re-composing their memories. Jung, Jae-ho paints landscapes with his private memories of 'being here' and video canvases for Markus Kiefer try to make a conversation with audiences by showing each different contexts.

Huub van der Loo from Netherlands allows us to visualize a city with huge pinky structures. For instance, he supposes to install enormous structures in New York. His pinky sculpture projected in reality reflects people's idea land and fantasies where there is no boundaries on certain place, culture and race. Whereas, Yoon, Jeong-mee shows difference and similarity from children with different cultures and races and presents specific goods related to children by arranging by color, for example 'pink & blue project'. For her, the project started with an interest of identity and gender in the very beginning. Now, she is more interested in tendencies for children from many countries and tries to analyze them as big mechanism in our society, for instance young girls who expecially love a color of pink.

Lisa Tagesson is a young artist from Sweden. She sews drawing on textile from her own experiences when traveling and installs them. Not only her distinct drawing, but she also chooses specific textile which has tradition and history and applies them into her trip for working. Seo, Bo-ram paints both oriental ornaments and icons of extravagance on antique furniture. Their different ornaments from different viewpoint become the making of imagination in between everyday life and fantasy.

Manit Sriwanichpoom and Lee, Sang-hyun show themselves up in their works. Lee, Sang-hyun takes a picture of himself with landscape he focuses on. In his photo, he becomes an observer in order to make a distance with certain historical places. He reveals nihilism and a sense of emptyness by describing black and white landscape of historical places. For example, he begins with a story of a empire in which a defeated emperor and 3,000 court ladies who suicided for the emperor in Backma river. In Manit's work, he shows a scene of a specific and historical place. He tries to bring an issue that there is no place peaceful out and criticize violence and wa by showing himself as a 'pink man' carrying shopping-cart in his work.

Art Exhibitions in and around Seoul November 2009

(edited selection from Korea Times, Oct 22, 2009)

House in Your Head by Randi & Katrine
Gallery Factory
Nov. 7-29
Danish artist duo Randi & Katrine are fascinated by houses not just as a "framework around life, but also a picture of life, which takes place inside it." For their exhibition in Seoul, they will physically transform Gallery Factory's two-story building, giving it a new face. e-mail galleryfactory@gmail.com or visit www.factory483.org.

Oil's Other Name
YHD Projects
Through Nov. 11
YHD Projects, located in Yeonhui-dong, Seodaemun, is hosting a group of exhibitions featuring works by Park Mi-sun, Lee Soo-young, Shin Sun-joo and Choi Soo-whan. Visit www.yhdprojects.com or e-mail info@yhdprojects.com.

Drawings
Kukje Gallery
Through Nov. 22
Drawings of the late abstract expressionist artist Joan Mitchell are the focus of this exhibition at Kukje Gallery, Sogyeok-dong, Jongno, Seoul. Visit www.kukjegallery.com.

THIS ... Appearance
Gallery Viol
Through Nov. 13
Artists Rhee Junebok and Yunna are holding a joint exhibition at Gallery Viol, located in Wha-dong, Jongno. Visit www.galleryviol.com.

Frozen Desire
The Columns
Through Nov. 14
The Columns is presenting an exhibition of boldly colored works by Swiss artist Markus Weggenmann. Visit www.columns.co.kr.

The Imaginary Line
DoArt
Through Nov. 15
DoArt has organized a group exhibition for rising Korean artists Moon Kyung-won, Park Junebum, Oh Yong-seok, Lee Yong-baek, Jeon Joon-ho, Zin Ki-jong and Choe Uram. Visit www.galleryhyundai.com or call (02) 2287-3500.

Swedish Footprint
Korea Foundation Cultural Center
Through Nov. 7
This exhibition organized by the Embassy of Sweden in Seoul is meant to showcase the Nordic country's design and craft. Ceramics, textiles and paintings by nine Swedish artists and four Korean artists who studied in Sweden are on display. Visit www.kfcenter.or.kr.

Kim Ho-deuk
Cyan Museum of Art
Through March 28
The solo show of Daegu-based artist Kim Ho-deuk is being held at Cyan Museum of Art, Hwasan-myeon, Yeongcheon-si, North Gyeongsang Province. Visit www.cyanmuseum.org.

Groupe Novembre: Paris-Seoul
The Museum of Photography, Seoul
Through Nov. 21
Photographs by Monique Cabasso, Chong Jae-kyoo, Xavier Lucchesi, Olivier Perrot, Martial Verdier and Salvatore Puglia are on display at the Museum of Photography, Seoul. Visit www.photomuseum.or.kr.

Dawn of Chaos
UNC Gallery
Through Nov. 5
Hyun Ji-yong envisions a future of chaos in these dark art works, which are currently at UNC Gallery, located in Sagan-dong, Jongno. Call (02) 723-2711.


Ahn Yun-mo Exhibition
Gallery Songadang
Through Nov. 7
Ahn Yun-mo exhibits satirical works for the autumn season for his solo show at Gallery Songadang, Anguk-dong, Jongno. Call (02) 725-6713.

Retrospective of Bae Bien-U
National Museum of Art, Deoksu Palace
Through Dec. 6
A retrospective of works by renowned artist Bae Bien-U is being held at the National Museum of Art, Deoksu Palace, downtown Seoul. Bae is known for his black-and-white nature photography, particularly those featuring pine trees and groves around Korea.

European 9 Artists
Seoul C T Gallery
Through Nov.21
Seoul C T Gallery, located in Cheongdam-dong, is featuring artwork by European artists Max Uhlig, Ivo Lucas, James Larsen, Jorg W. Schirmer, Lucia Dellefant, Martin Herler, Ramon Lombart, Anton Petz and Titus Lerner. Call (02) 540-4408 or e-mail info@seoulctgallery.com.

Hair on the White Porcelain
Gallery 2
Through Nov. 7
Exquisite porcelain pieces by artist Lee Se-kyung are on display at Gallery 2. Gallery 2 is open from 10 a.m. to 6:30 pm. Visit www.gallery2.co.kr

Korea on Foot
Gallery M
Through Nov. 4
British writer and photographer Oliver Raw is holding an exhibition of photographs of Korea from when he walked from Busan to Seoul in the spring of 2008. Gallery M is located near Exit 1 of Euljiro 3-ga, subway line 2 or 3. Visit www.gallery-m.kr

Organ Mix
Total Museum of Contemporary Art
Through Nov. 15
Conceptual works by Korean and foreign artists who have studied and lived in Germany are displayed in this new exhibition at the Total Museum of Contemporary Art. Eleven artists, including Danica Dakic, Klaus Mettig, Rita McBride, Lee Moon-ho and Kim Hee-seon, were invited to show their works. Visit www.totalmuseum.org.

Prescriptions by 18 Doctors
Gallery AG
Through Nov. 13
Artists offer their unique perspective on the medical field in this group exhibition at Gallery AG, Yeongdeungpo-gu. There are two exhibitions, the first being held through Nov. 13, and the next from Nov. 16 to Dec. 30. Visit www.galleryag.co.kr.

Citynet Asia 2009
Seoul Museum of Art
Through Nov. 22
This biennial exhibition introduces works of art by Asian artists. Curators from Seoul Museum of Art, Istanbul Modern, Tokyo's Mori Art Museum and Beijing's Today Art Museum organized this exhibition. Visit www.seoulmoa.org or call (02) 2124-8800.

Poetic Art of Colors - Light of Heart
Yongeun Museum of Contemporary Art
Through Dec. 13
Artist Bang Hai-ja is holding a solo exhibition at the Yongeun Museum of Art. Visit www.youngeunmuseum.org or call (031) 761-0137.

Olafur Eliasson
PKM Trinity Gallery
Through Nov. 14
PKM Trinity Gallery, located in Cheongdam-dong, is hosting an exhibition of works by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Call (02) 515-9496. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday, 11a.m.-6 p.m. Visit www.pkmgallery.com.

Portraits of Shoes, Stories of Feet
Sungkok Art Museum
Through Nov. 8
Learn about the history of footwear at this special exhibition sponsored by the French Cultural Center. Admission is 5,000 won. Visit sungkokmuseum.com.

Architectural Ceramic Now & New
Clayarch Gimhae Museum
Through Feb. 7
The Clayarch Gimhae Museum, located in South Gyeongsang Province, is holding its 8th Architectural Ceramic Exhibition. Participating artists include Song Jun-gyu, Hilde Angel Danielsen, Lee Jong-geun and Johannes Pfeiffer. Visit www.clayarch.org or call (055) 340-7000.

Multiple/ Dialogue
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Korea
Through Feb. 7, 2010

This yearlong exhibition brings together the works of the late Paik Nam-june and Korean-American artist Kang Ik-joong. On display is Paik's multimedia installation and Kang's installation work, made of thousands of paintings, woodcuts and drawings. The two artists may have come from different generations and have distinct artistic styles, but their art continues to enthrall. To get there, get off at Seoul Grand Park Subway Line 4, Exit 4, where a shuttle bus to the museum is available every 20 minutes. Visit http://www.moca.go.kr.

Cartoonists/writers wanted for collaborative project

We are currently looking for foreigners and Koreans who would be interested in taking part in a collaborative comic strip project.

The subject of the comics will be 'Tiger and Bear', a performance art project by James Topple and Colin Riddle based on the Korean myth of the tiger and the bear and the founding of Korea.

A lot can be said about it, but basically its two Englishmen in giant comedy animals heads, seeking a dialogue with Koreans about how their culture is changing and what place traditions have in the Korea of today as it under goes rapid modernization. You can find out more about Tiger and Bear in the links below.

One aspect of the project is that Tiger and Bear are interested in giving up control of their image by allowing others to interpret them and their project, which is where the comic comes in:

Seeing as we've had such a fantastic response we've decided we would like to get a variety of foreign artists to illustrate one 4 panel comic strip each, as opposed to choosing one artist to do them all.

Next we would like to find a variety of people, preferably Korean to come up with stories/dialogue. All they would need to do is sketch out a 4 panel storyboard with some dialogue, about anything they want. It can be funny, serious, political, sad, historical, whatever, as long as it involves the two foreigners dressed as tiger and bear.

We are still open to more artist joining the project; how the illustrators choose to portray the story and the two characters is completely free, as we would really love to have a range of different styles here and most importantly a range of different takes on the two characters.

What we then plan to do with the finished products is to feature them in online and print media such as Daegu Pockets, which is a community based magazine, in Daegu, South Korea (pretty obvious eh?). The comic strips will appear each month in both online and print versions of the magazine and we also have contacts with other media outlets, such as newspapers and popular blogs, who have expressed interest in running the strips.

Eventually we plan on publishing compendium of the comics and putting on a couple of art shows, probably in Daegu and Seoul galleries.

There will be no financial compensation at this point, primarily because we're not making any money from this, but credit will of course be given. It will also present an exceptional networking opportunity.

As it stands this could be a really fun and creative collaborative project between foreigners and Koreans. If this sounds like something you want to get involved with shoot us an email at tigerandbearkorea@hotmaill.com with the subject headline 'COMIC' and join our facebook group! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163498323007#/group.php?gid=138304734403&ref=ts

*First Tiger and Bear strips have gone live! Daegu Pockets and The One One Four!*

http://www.daegupockets.com/

http://www.theoneonefour.com/category/arts/

U·S·B: Emerging Korean Artists, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Nov 5 - Dec 6

Dates:5 November - 6 December 2009
Times:11:00-19:00 (Entrance closing time : 6:00pm)
Where: Hangaram Art Museum
Cost: 2,000won (1,000won per one person for Group over 10 persons)
Websites (English): http://www.2009usb.com, www.sac.or.kr/eng/Program/view.jsp?prog_id=13463

Participant artists: Sunah CHOI, Hongseon JANG, Hyojin JEONG, Donghoon JUN, Taebum HA, Eunok HWANG, Eemyun KANG, Chosil KIL, Jeuno JE KIM, Songhe KIM, Daehun KWON, Changwon LEE, Kakyoung LEE, Sekyung LEE, Sunhwa LEE, Wonho LEE, Youngmi LEE, Hyojun NAM, Asa OH, Jaye RHEE, Eva SHIN, Haeri YOO, Jieun YOON, Sun YOU

Director: Mijin KIM
Curators: Minseok SEO, JW STELLA, Kyongfa CHE

Symposium
'The Internationality and Locality of Korean Contemporary Art'
Time: Friday, 6 November from 2 pm to 6 pm
Venue: Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center

Contact:
Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center
Nambu Loop Line 2406 (700 Seocho-dong), Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Tel. +82 (0)2 580 1603 Fax. +82 (0)2 580 1614
Website (Korean and English): http://www.sac.or.kr

'U·S·B: Emerging Korean Artists in the World 2009' is the contemporary art exhibition which features a collective of 24 new generation of the Korean diaspora artists, who were either born in the 70s or 80s, and based outside Korea: Europe, the Americas and across Asia, working actively within the international art scene but not being exposed to the public in Korea.

The title of the exhibition, 'U·S·B' is a metaphor for connectivity and mobility of these artists who live or travel around the globalized world with changing boarders, merging cultures, the new channels of communication, the growing power of social networks and media, and emerging technologies for ecosystem. Not only the social and cultural environment in which each artist resides, but their proximities to Korea are different: some of the artists were born and grew up in Korea before leaving the country; the others have never or hardly lived in Korea while being a Korean national. The exhibition provides an opportunity to look into their various artistic languages, sensitivities and interests cultivated and transformed through negotiations with diverse social systems, political power and cultural values.

The exhibition gathers more than 100 new and existing works of the artists, of which media encompass painting, video, installation, animation, photography and sculpture. By bringing together their articulations and perspectives, this exhibition aims to portrait not only how travelling and living in between cultures influences the constitution of self, but also the state of negotiation and complexity within a subject, which cannot be embraced by a single national identity.

Getting there: Excellent directions in English at: http://www.sac.or.kr/eng/Space/trans.jsp

VIVA art video festival, Gallery LOOP, Hongdae Seoul, Nov 3 -4, 2009

What: VIVA festival - international art video screenings
Where: Alternative Space LOOP, media Center, Hongdae
When: Nov 3 - 4, 2009
Screenings:
2009/11/03 from 6pm (120 mins total)
2009/11/04 from 6pm (120 mins total)
Short films from artists in many countries: Spain, Sweden, Germany, USA, Netherlands etc.
Gallery Open hour: Monday ~ Sunday, 11am~8pm
Tel : 82.(0)2.3141.1377
Email: info@galleryloop.com
Website: http://www.galleryloop.com/

Cue - 2009 Changdong open studio, Seoul - Nov 1, 2009

Cue - 2009 Changdong open studio
10 am - 6pm Sun Nov 1, 2009
Artist talk with Chicago artist Mike Andrews at 4 pm. Mike has been working on some funky knitted sculptural pieces, and will talk about his work and art residencies and artists in Chicago.
Website: www.artstudio.or.kr

Address: 601-107 Chang-dong Dobong-gu Seoul (Postal code: 132-919)
Changdong Art Studio: TEL 82-2-995-0995 FAX. 82-2-995-2638


By Subway:
Take Subway Line 1 and get off at the Chang-dong Station. At the outside of Exit 2, take the green bus #1157 and get off at Chang-dong Branch of Korea Exchange Bank.
Or:
Take Subway Line 4 and get off at the Suyu Station. At the outside of Exit 1, take the green bus #1127 or 1138 and get off at the stop 'Chang-dong Branch of Korea Exchange Bank'. Take the crosswalk to KEB and turn right and go ahead about 20m.

Interactive improvised concert - Yogiga gallery, Hongdae, Nov. 14, 2009

What: Spin the Bottle.
Where: Yogiga Gallery, Hongdae
When: Nov 14, 2009 - 6pm

Description: Experimental music event
Like the junior high kissing game, but with people playing music
instead of making out - though smooching will not be prohibited.

Everyone will sit in a circle and spin the bottle. Whoever the bottle
lands on, that will be who you will jam with for the next 5 minutes.
Just pick up an instrument and go for it! It could be terrible or it
could be awesome.

Yogiga will provide many different kinds of instruments: guitars,
drums, accordion, out of tune piano, PA, amps, various others; but
people are encouraged to bring their own instruments to add to the
diversity.

This show will be recorded and the best of the jams will be released
on either cassette tape or cd-r. Participants will receive a free
copy.

This is not an opportunity to find some people to jam on that folk-pop
song you have been working on. This is purely for improvisation and
spontaneity. Everyone is urged to play an instrument with which they
are uncomfortable or unfamiliar and see what new sounds they can
create.

This will not be a reoccurring event, so don't be shy and come on down
to Yogiga Gallery.

There will be booze at this.

Getting there:
Nearest subway: Line 2 green or Line 6 brown - Hapjeong station, exit 6. Walk up the main road towards Sangsu station. take the second left. Yogiga is in a basement not far from the family Mart. see map.

Yaiza Nicolás- Spanish artist in residence-exhibition opening Friday Oct 30, 2009

Yaiza Nicolás- Spanish artist in residence:
Finally after 2.5 months working in the residency of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Korea, I’ll show my last works in the Changdong Open Studio, this Friday October 30th at 6:00 pm. After the Opening on Friday, I’ll offer a lecture on Saturday October 31 at my studio 207 at 4:00pm. I will talk about Spanish art residency Hangar in Barcelona and I will talk about my work and what I’ve been doing in Korea.

Address: 601-107 Chang-dong Dobong-gu Seoul (Postal code: 132-919)
Changdong Art Studio: TEL 82-2-995-0995 FAX. 82-2-995-2638


By Subway:
Take Subway Line 1 and get off at the Chang-dong Station. At the outside of Exit 2, take the green bus #1157 and get off at Chang-dong Branch of Korea Exchange Bank.
Take Subway Line 4 and get off at the Suyu Station. At the outside of Exit 1, take the green bus #1127 or 1138 and get off at Chang-dong Branch of Korea Exchange Bank. Take the crosswalk and go ahead about 20m.

'Korea Now' Sun mu solo exhibition opening Oct 24 - Dec 9, 2009

Title: KOREA NOW
Venue: Gallery Sangsangmadang, Hongdae, Seoul
Artist: 선무 Sun mu
Dates: 2009.10.24~2009.12.09
Opening party: Sat. Oct 24, 6pm
Opening times daily: 13:00~22:00 매월 첫째주 월요일 휴관 :
Tel : 02 330 6223
Website: (Korean only): http://www.sangsangmadang.com/gallery/
Getting there: Closest subway: Brown line Sangsu station exit 1, or green line Hongik station exit 5, or Hapjeong station exit 3. See map.

Performers Playground, Itaewon, Seoul, Tuesdays from 20 Oct 2009

From mid-October, Root Experience will start a Performers Playground every Wednesday evening in Seoul from 21 Oct to 11 Nov. After that, from 17 Nov to Xmas, they will be held on Tuesday evenings. This will be a weekly workshop for people simply wishing to play with differing styles of performance and theatricality. The idea is to explore different theatrical ideas, and create a shared environment where creativity can thrive.
Each week we will look at something different, from rhythm in performance to exploring ways to enhance relationships with audience and techniques inspired by our good old improvisation friend.
These workshops are open to anyone with any level of experience, just drop in! You don't need to make any commitment, just turn up to once, or keep coming along.
The Performers Playground will initially be run by members of the company, but will then be open to anyone who wants to try out their own ideas.
If you are interested please get in touch at roots.korea@gmail.com for more details!

When: Tuesday 21 Oct to 11 Nov, Wednesdays from 17 Nov to Xmas.
Time: 8:00 to 10:30 PM :(2 1/2 hours)
Where: The Hive
Directions: To get there, go out exit 3 Itaewon station (630). Walk straight, then take the first right, before the fire station. At the second left, The Hive is on the corner.

Workshop Details:
Wed 10/21 – Extreme Characters - Remaining truthful when creating extreme characters or archetype caricatures.
Wed 10/28 – Musicality and Rhythm - How musicality and rhythm can be used to express and aid emotional connections with both the self and audience members.
Wed 11/4 – Nonsense Language - creating understandable, fun and alive improvisations without using any known language.
Wed 11/11 – Puppetry (part 1) - creating puppets from anything and using them to explore the physicality of truthful performance.
Tue 11/17 – Puppetry (part 2) - as above. This is a continuation of part 1. To attend part 2 you will need to be present at part 1.

Portraits of Shoes, Stories of Feet- Sungok Art Museum, Seoul, til Nov 8

What: Portraits of Shoes, Stories of Feet
Where: Sungkok Art Museum
When: Through Nov. 8
Learn about the history of footwear at this special exhibition sponsored by the French Cultural Center.
Admission is 5,000 won.
Hours: Tues - Sun: 10 am - 6pm
Website: (Korean and English): www.sungkokmuseum.com.

Organ Mix Total Museum of Contemporary Art Through Nov. 15

What: Organ Mix
Where: Total Museum of Contemporary Art
When: Through Nov. 15
Description:
Conceptual works by Korean and foreign artists who have studied and lived in Germany are displayed in this new exhibition at the Total Museum of Contemporary Art. Eleven artists, including Danica Dakic, Klaus Mettig, Rita McBride, Lee Moon-ho and Kim Hee-seon, have been invited to show their works.

Address: Total Museum of Art, 서울시 종로구 평창동 465-16, 우편번호 110-848
P. 02-379-3994
F. 02-379-0252
Email: info@totalmuseum.org, totalmuseum@hotmail.com
Website: (Korean and English): www.totalmuseum.org


관람시간: Tue -Sun: Open 11 am- close 6pm

관람료: Cost: 3,000원

Transport: Subway
Line 3 Gyeongbok gung station, Exit 3 then bus 1020, 1711
Line 4 Gileum station, Exit 3 then bus 7211,110

Bus: 롯데.삼성아파트에서 하차
간선버스 - 110, 153
지선버스 - 1020, 1711, 7211

Art Exhibitions in Seoul through Nov/Dec 2009

Art Exhibitions roundup - (Source: Korea Times Oct 1, 2009)

Organ Mix
Total Museum of Contemporary Art
Through Nov. 15
Conceptual works by Korean and foreign artists who have studied and lived in Germany are displayed in this new exhibition at the Total Museum of Contemporary Art. Eleven artists, including Danica Dakic, Klaus Mettig, Rita McBride, Lee Moon-ho and Kim Hee-seon, have been invited to show their works. Visit www.totalmuseum.org.

City_net Asia 2009
Seoul Museum of Art
Through Nov. 22
This biennial exhibition introduces works of art by Asian artists. Curators based in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing and Istanbul organized this exhibition. Visit www.seoulmoa.org or call (02) 2124-8800.

The Poetic Art of Colors _ Light of Heart
Yongeun Museum of Contemporary Art
Oct. 10-Dec. 13
Artist Bang Hai-ja is holding a solo exhibition at the Yongeun Museum of Art. Visit www.youngeunmuseum.org or call (031) 761-0137.

Flexible Aura
Brain Factory
Oct. 15-Nov.1
Brain Factory is hosting a group exhibition featuring works by foreign and Korean artists, including Candida Hofer, Kristoffer Akselbo, Tasha Aulls and Jee Oh. Visit www.brainfactory.org.

Art Dome
Gallery Ssamzie
Through Oct. 18
Works by Korean and Spanish artists are on display at Gallery Ssamzie for this exhibition highlighting cultural exchange between the two countries. Call (02) 736-0900(#504) or visit www.ssamziegil.com

English OBSE-ssion
Gallery Factory
Through Oct. 30
Kim Bo-hyung and Kim Jin-soo collaborated on a video project about the Korean obsession with English. It is currently being shown at Gallery Factory. Call (02) 733-4883 or visit www.factory483.org

Trip to Myself
National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea
Through Oct. 25
A retrospective of works of the late artist Lee Byoung-yong is on-going at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province. Lee had actively participated in the activities of avant-garde group Esprit that were crucial to the development of Korean modern art in the early 1970s. To get there, get off at Seoul Grand Park Subway Line 4, Exit 4, where a shuttle bus to the museum is available every 20 minutes. Visit http://www.moca.go.kr.

Moving Target
N Gallery
Oct. 7-29
Six Korean artists, Ahn Bong-kyun, Yoo Geun -taek, Lee Gil-woo, Lee Sung-o, Lim Taek and Lee Lee-am, are participating in this group exhibition at N Gallery. Call 070-7430-3323 or visit www.ngalleryart.com.

On The Threshold
Pyo Gallery, Itaewon
Through Oct. 30
Artist Lee Yong-deok's installation ``I'm Not Expensive'' was included in the 2008 Singapore Biennale. He is holding a solo show at Pyo Gallery in Itaewon. Visit www.pyoart.com.

Presence
Johyun Gallery Seoul
Through Oct. 20
Artist Boo Moon's photographs are being shown at Johyun Gallery, Nature Poem building, Cheongdam-dong. Visit www.johyungallery.com.

Olafur Eliasson
PKM Trinity Gallery
Oct. 9 - Nov. 14
PKM Trinity Gallery, located in Cheongdam-dong, is hosting an exhibition of works by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Call (02) 515-9496. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday, 11a.m.-6 p.m. Visit www.pkmgallery.com.

Portraits of Shoes, Stories of Feet
Sungkok Art Museum
Through Nov. 8
Learn about the history of footwear at this special exhibition sponsored by the French Cultural Center. Admission is 5,000 won. Visit sungkokmuseum.com.

Forecast
Arario Seoul, Arario Cheonan
Through Oct. 25
Korea-born American artist Jin Meyerson is having two simultaneous solo shows at Arario galleries in Seoul and Cheonan. His works are characterized by dizzying colors and distorted images. Visit www.arariogallery.com.

Video: Vide & 0
Arko Arts Center
Through Oct. 18
Arko Arts Center, located in Daehangro, is holding ``Video: Vide & 0,'' an exhibition that hopes to expand the public's understanding of video art. Visit www.arkoartscenter.or.kr.

Super Mega Factory
Kukje Gallery
Through Oct. 18
Kira Kim's solo exhibition at Kukje Gallery features wooden sculptures of 20th-century superheroes and monsters. Visit www.kukjegallery.com.

Stan Douglas
Mongin Art Center
Through Nov. 1
Canadian media and video artist Stan Douglas is having his first solo exhibition in Korea. The show includes his black-and-white portrait photographs. Mongin Art Center is located in Samcheong-dong. It is open Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit www.mongin.org.

Architectural Ceramic Now & New
Clayarch Gimhae Museum
Through Feb. 7

The Clayarch Gimhae Museum, located in South Gyeongsang Province, is holding its 8th Architectural Ceramic Exhibition. Participating artists include Song Jun-gyu, Hilde Angel Danielsen, Lee Jong-geun and Johannes Pfeiffer. Visit www.clayarch.org or call (055) 340-7000.

Desire and Anesthesia
Art Sonje Center
Through Oct. 25
Ham Kyung-ah is holding a solo exhibition at Art Sonje Center, Seokuk-dong, Jongno. Visit www.artsonje.org/asc/.

Multiple/ Dialogue
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Korea
Through Feb. 7, 2010
This yearlong exhibition brings together the works of the late Paik Nam-june and Korean-American artist Kang Ik-joong. On display is Paik's multimedia installation and Kang's installation work, made of thousands of paintings, woodcuts and drawings. The two artists may have come from different generations and have distinct artistic styles, but their art continues to enthrall. To get there, get off at Seoul Grand Park Subway Line 4, Exit 4, where a shuttle bus to the museum is available every 20 minutes. Visit http://www.moca.go.kr.

Free Films, KFCC, Seoul - African Cinema til Oct 31, 2009

Free films at the Korea Foundation Cultural Center (KFCC) near City Hall, Seoul.
Every Mon, Wed, Sat at KFCC.
Screenings include 'Power of One', 'Blood Diamond', 'Out of Africa', 'Nowhere in Africa','Hotel Rwanda'.
Check KFCC website (English) for screening times and dates. http://www.kfcenter.or.kr/

Hotel Rwanda

Date: October 21(Wed.) at 7 p.m.
Year of Production: 2004
Running time: 121 minutes
Director: Terry George
Language: English
Subtitles: Korean
Rating: 12+

Swedish Footprints -exhibition of Swedish Art and design, KFCC gallery, Seoul Oct 21 - Nov 7, 2009

Swedish Footprints

Period: Oct. 21 - Nov. 7, 2009
Hours: 10:00 - 18:00, Mon.-Sat.(21:00 on Wednesdays)
Venue: KFCC Gallery Nuri, Joongang Ilbo Building
Host: Embassy of Sweden in Seoul, Korea Sweden Cultural Society
Supporter: KFCC
Entrance Fee: Free

Nearest subway: City Hall station, exit 9 - 5 mins walk

Opening -Joan Mitchell drawings, Kukje Gallery, Seoul Oct 22 - Nov 22, 2009

Retrospective exhibition of famous Chicago artist, Joan Mitchell at Kukje Gallery.
Opening: Thur Oct 22, 5 - 7pm

To get to Kukje Gallery, come out Exit 1 Anguk station and follow the signs towards the National Folk Museum. The gallery is opposite the museum on the main road.

City_net Asia 2009 - Seoul Museum of Art, til Nov 22, 2009

What: City_net Asia 2009
When: 29/9/2009 - 22/11/2009

Venue:Seoul Museum of Art (Main building)
30 Misulgwan-gil, Jung-gu,
Seoul Korea 100-813
Tel: +82 (0)2-2124-8800
Website: http://www.seoulmoa.org

Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday, 10am - 10pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 7pm


The aim of City_net Asia 2009 is to promote cultural exchange among major Asian cities and to actively introduce young promising artists to the audience. City_net Asia 2009 will present talented young artists who have emerged in the domestic art scene of each participating country. Artists selected by the curators from their respective countries have worked together with the curators to create works that reflect particular social and cultural issues of their own countries.

The participating museums are the Today Art Museum in Beijing, the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Istanbul Modern and Seoul Museum of Art.

All genres of modern fine art such as paintings, photographs, sculptures, installations, images / about 100 pieces
Attending artists:Participating artists: 40 artists in total from Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing and Istanbul


Other participating artists include: Gulsun Karamustafa, Sukran Moral, Sener Ozmen & Erkan Ozgen, Hale Tenger, Nil Yalter, Canan Senol, Hakan Onur, Hakan Gursoytrak, Murat Akagunduz

Opening 'Lack of Electricity' media art exhibition, Space CAN, Seoul. Oct 22 -Nov 19

'Lack of Electricity' - Aram Bartoll, Herwig Weiser
Artists: Byeong-sam JEON, Heungsup JUNG(정흥섭), Junebum PARK(박준범)
Curator: Gon PAIK(백곤)


OPENING:
Thursday 2009-10-22 at 5:00pm, then runs til Nov 19, 2009.


Venue: Space CAN
136-822, 46-26 Seongbuk-dong,
Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea.
T. 02-766-7660
F. 02-744-0272

Website: Korean : http://can-foundation.org/upcoming_exhibitions

Space CAN provides Korean artists with domestic and international exhibitions for the purpose of art and cultural exchange. Space CAN is a multicultural space exhibiting various art genres.
















Public Transportation Info
Subway line No. 4 [Hansung University station Exit No. 6]
> Bus No. 3, 1111, 2112 > Hongik Middle/High School station > at the Seonjam-danji, turning to the right, go straight 100m.

Cadavre Exquis - group art project, Spacebeam, Incheon begins Oct 10 - 24, 2009

The 컬mont Family presents Cadavre Exquis at Space빔(Beam), Incheon
Starts: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 3:00pm until Saturday, October 24, 2009 (final show and end party)
Location: Space Beam - Incheon - Korea
Street: Baedari (by Dongincheon station)
City/Town: Incheon, South Korea
For info in English:
Phone: 010-24209294
Email: strangerbegins@gmail.com

Background:
컬mont Family is a family of friends and an international group of artists living and working in Korea. They originally formed within the abandoned neighborhood of Guemho in Seoul where they spent their summer weekends exploring, sharing, and making art.

Cadavre Exquis is French for "exquisite corpse" and originates from a Surrealist game in which players take turns writing or drawing on a piece of paper. Each player conceals their work with a fold, revealing only a tiny portion until the page is complete.
For this group project, they embrace the game's historical and literal associations, replace the conceptual element of concealment with interdisciplinary collaboration, and expand the material from simple paper to the space of the city and of their friendships. All the works for this exhibition are new projects developed between the artists involved.
The 컬mont Family takes specific interest in the Baedari area because of its strong sense of community and its current struggle against rapid redevelopment.

Space빔 (Beam) is an alternative art space located in an old rice wine brewery building on Baedari Road in Incheon, Korea. Many people call Baedari the "Mother of Incheon" since Incheon's modern history, culture, education, religion, labor, and even transportation started there. Space빔 is trying to establish the unique identity of local culture as an alternative art space under the motto of publicity, locality, and autonomy. It intervenes in the course of production, circulation, and consumption of discourse on local art and sets the stage for open meetings and productive communications while struggling with the centralized culture & arts system.

Program:

Saturday - October 10th /// 3:00pm - 7:00pm
10월 10일 토요일 오후 3시부터 7시까지

Launch and Community Block Party,
(배다리) 지역의 파티를 시작합니다.
We will start cooking yummy foods at 3:00pm!
맛있는 요리의 시작은 3시입니다.
Music by Duo Park
음악의 두오 박

Activities: ( 활동내용들 ) :
-knitting circle with Alysia Kim
엘리시야 킴의 “집단(사람들)원형 뜨개질”
-blind-spot drawings with Jamie Bruno
제이미 브르노의 “ 맹점 (눈으로 볼 수 없는 부분) 그림 그리기 “
-collage station with Eric Davis
에릭 데이비스의 “ 콜라쥬 공간 “
-neon campfire hangout space with Fredric Houvert
프레드릭 하우버트의 “ 스페이스 빔에서의 네온싸인 불꽃놀이”

Saturday - October 24th - 2:00pm - 8:00pm
10월 24일 토요일 오후 2시에서 8시까지
Closing Camp Party
폐막 파티 불꽃놀이
The Chicken and the Wife (short play by Veronica Lee)
베로니카 리의 “ 키친과 아내”
Walking Tour with JooYoung Lee
이주영의 “ 도보여행 ( 배다리 일대 ) “
4:00pm - Music by:
음악, 오후 4시
- Bridget and the Puppycats : 브리짓 앤 더 퍼피캣츠
- Dydsu : 욕녀와 박다함
- Yamagata Tweakster : 야마가타 트윅스터
- Duo Park : 두오 박
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How to get there / 찾아오는길 :

By Train - 전철이용
Line 1 to Dongincheon Stationuse, take Exit 4 towards the market and make a right. Walk down this street for 10 minutes, cross an underpass, go straight and make the first right.
국철 1호선 동인천역 하자, 4번출구이용 (중앙시장방향)

- Bus - 버스이용
Bus / 시내버스 2, 10, 15, 16, 17-1, 21, 41, 46, 62, 3 Village Bus / 마을버스 517,519,521 Airport Bus / 공항버스 8100공항버스 8100

check out extra info and maps here:
http://www.kalmontfamily.com/where/

MAC Jazz Festival, 21-27 Oct 2009, Mapo Art Center, Seoul

Rounding off a month of Jazz in the Seoul area is the MAC (Mapo Arts Center) Jazz Festival.

Dates: Wednesday 21 to Tuesday 27 October 2009

21st: Woongsan at 8PM. Seats: A W33,000 / S W44,000 / R W55,000.
22nd: Winterplay at 8PM. Seats: A W33,000 / S 44,000 / R W55,000.
23rd: European Jazz Trio at 8PM. Seats: A W44,000 / S W55,000 / R W77,000.
24th: 100 Golden Fingers at 6PM. Seats: A W33,000 / S 44,000 / R W55,000.
25th: Pablo Ziegler Trio at 6PM. Seats A W44,000 / S W55,000 / R W77,000.
27th: Tommy Emmanuel at 7:30PM. Seats S W35,000 / R W55,000.

Venue: Mapo Arts Center. Located near exit 2 of Daeheung Station on subway line 6 (stop 625)

Info: (02) 3274-8600 (or contact 1330 for English help)
Website in Korean only.

Please visit: http://www.mapoartcenter.or.kr/

Seoul International Jazz Festival - Oct 9 - 11, 2009

Seoul Jazz Festival will be held for the first time at the Gwanak-gu Science Exhibition Hall and Nakseongdae Park.
The Seoul Jazz Festival will be held for three days from Oct. 9 through Oct. 11. The festival featuring amateur and professional jazz musicians will offer an unforgettable experience.

Seong Si-gyeong and the military band will perform along with jazz harmonica player Jeon Je-deok, and Korean jazz singers Woongsan and Malo. From abroad will come lyrical jazz pianist Ron Branton, saxophone player Grace Kelly and jazz saxophone player James Moody. Top jazz musicians from Korea and abroad will come together to create fantastic jazz harmony. Amateur international jazz contest for amateur bands and underground bands, performances by popular singers and other programs will make jazz more accessible.



Venue: Nakseongdae Park, - Main Stage near Science Museum - Gwanak-gu (see attached map)
Getting There: Go out exit 4 of Naksungdae Station (stop 227). Take the #02 Maul Bus (small bus) to the Science Museum (과학전관 - sounds like: kwahakshangwa)

Cost: free

Info: 070-7663-0881~4 (if no English speaker, contact 1330 for information)
Program : Pre-opening performance, Opening performance, Jazz concert
Date : 18:00~20:00, Oct. 9(Fri.), 2009
Venue : Science Exhibition Hall
Host : Yoo Yeol, Guest singer : Seong Si-gyeong

Performance by top Korean and foreign jazz artists
Date : 18:00~21:00, Oct. 10(Sat.), 2009
Venue : Science Exhibition Hall

Jazz competition preliminaries : 14:00~17:00, Oct. 10(Sat.), 2009
Jazz competition finals : 14:00~17:00, Oct. 11(Sun.), 2009
Venue : Nakseongdae Park

Jazz open market, Jazz food town
Venue : Nakseongdae Park, Science Exhibition Hall

http://www.sijazz.org

NOW WHAT_Democracy and Contemporary Art - Seoul galleries, Oct 15 - Nov 21, 2009

Title: NOW WHAT_Democracy and Contemporary Art
Dates: Thursday, October 15th – Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Venue 1:
Space Hamilton
683-142 Hannam-dong Yongsan-gu, Seoul
T 031.420.1863
Opening Thursday, October 15th, 2009 @ 5:00PM

Venue 2:
Insa Art Space of Arts Council Korea
90 Wonseo-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul
Subway directions: Orange line 3, Anguk station, Exit 3.
T 02.760.4722
Opening Saturday, October 24th, 2009 @ 5:00PM
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Programme at Insa Art Space:

5pm 24th Oct (Sat) Sungmin Hong / "play-writing" (Performance)

7pm 28th Oct (Wed) Hong, Chulki / "What is Nonhuman?: Mediation between things and democracy" (Talk)

7pm 30th Oct (Fri) Baruch Gottlieb / "Materiality of Digital Media" (Talk)

5pm 31st Oct (Sat) Peter Watkins / "La Commune" (Film Screening)

7pm 4th Nov (Wed) Justine Triet / "Sur Place" (Video Screening)

7pm 6th Nov (Fri) Pash Buzari / Eun-Jung Kim / "How about this" (Talk)

6pm 7th Nov (Sat) Kim Gok, Kim Sun / (Film Screening, Director's Talk)
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Contemporary art talks about democracy. The present situation and inborn significance of democracy presents the alternative to autonomy and social function of art.

'NOW WHAT_Democracy and Contemporary Art' is a question about how democracy relates to contemporary art.

This question starts from the critical mind on restrictions originated by various causes in reality, such as consequences of mass media, school education, authoritarian at workplace, lack of passage for democratic participation, and political measures of government. The reality of democracy in Korea is that the people haven’t yet obtained civic rights, and even a notion of the citizen is absent.

At a contemporary art exhibition hall, as a specifically political space that displays art, intends to present rather concrete features to this dim and abstract notion of the status and role of the citizen through contemporary art pieces that comprehend alternative for democracy and criticism on reality. This exhibition is a fundamental question about the cause of extreme social changes, as well as an ontological question about our standings. We would like to exchange alternative plans and prepare for future through this question.
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About The Artists

Seokho Kang graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Seoul National University and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. He had his first solo exhibition at do ART Gallery in 2003, also held solo exhibitions at Kumho Museum in 2006 and at Brain Factory in 2008. He takes individual characters as his main motif and takes them into his paintings in different ways; the paintings of a trimmed bust of people shown in TV programs or newsmagazines, for example. In this case, gesture becomes the key of the painting since each character makes particular gesture in a very rhetorical and descriptive impression exaggeratively expresses the social or political standing of oneself. The artist also projects exhibitions with his series of collections made up of ordinary living supplies such as chairs.

Minja Gu graduated from the Department of Painting at Hongik University and Department of Figurative Art at Korean National University of Arts. She participated in Ssamzie Studio Program in Korea and Hangar Residency Program in Barcelona. She also took part in several group exhibitions such as , and , and had her first solo exhibition at Space Croft in 2009.

Baruch Gottlieb is a media and sound artist born in Montreal, Canada who took his major in film production. He is the originator for bringing in sound art in Korean curriculum as well as founding Sound Effects Seouls(SFX Seoul). From 2005 to 2008 he stayed in Korea working as an assistant professor in media art at Yonsei University Graduate School of Communication and Arts. Mainly presenting sound and computer-based films, his work even expands to interactive art, radio art, archiving and public art, pursuing systems of human form in the cosmism of human nature.

Pash Buzari is an artist mainly presenting video and installation works mixed with photography and drawing, with his interests based on architectural or cinematic space. The artist is also interested in aspects such as light, space and perception shown in sci-fi films, he experiments alternative possibilities about “future” and investigates models of future life in the boundary of architecture and society. In those works film, design or architecture becomes a tool to look out on future. Buzari participated in the Berlin Biennial in 2001, Venice Biennial in 2003 and Whitney Biennial in 2006.

Hwayoung Park, born in Seoul in 1968, graduated from Department of Painting at Seoul National University and got her master degree in New Form at Pratt Institute. She participated in P.S.1 International Studio Program held by Institute for Contemporary Art, New York in 1995, and took part in Theaterwork DESDEMONA held in Germany and Japan in 2000 and 2001. In 1998 she co-projected the very first single video exhibition in Korea and presented it at Art Sonje Center. Merging together varying media and scales, she has been showing her works in diverse forms, searching for the most appropriate ways to express identities, the essential topic. Her works metaphorically represent things she actually feels and experiences in her everyday life.

Pascal Lièvre was born in France in 1963. He has constantly been having exhibitions around the world : Paintings Ombres in Belgium(2000), Vidéochroniques in France(2001), VideoHisboa Festival in Portugal(2003), “Face Off” in New York(2004), Preview Art Fair in Germany(2005) and “Women Portraits” in Hong Kong(2005). The artist re-appropriates himself icons of pop culture and mixes them to create new political language, scrapping out famous art works from their structure and background in his paintings.

Justine Triet, born in France in 1978, graduated from National Art School in Paris, and worked as a director, screenwriter, actress, photographer, editor and sound editor. She presented a short film “Sur place” in 2006 with the scenario, sound editing and production on her own, and in 2007’s film “Chroniques de 2005” she played a role as an actress.

Sungmin Hong, Professor of Kaywon School of Art and Design, inspires a new wave into the art and performance field in Korea with his projects turning a shopping mall into a performance stage, or presenting a lip-synch opera performance played by well-known characters of TV commercials. His general-oriented works stand on a unique, inflecting line in the Korean contemporary art society. The artist presents the new aesthetics the modern society desires, deranging symmetrical aspects like Eastern & Western, ordinary & extraordinary or tradition & revolution. His site-specific projects filled with various devices like dance, performance, live music and images run by a nonlinear scenario subvert traditional structure of a theatre.

Chulki Hong is a noise musician and improvisation player born in Seoul in 1976. In 1997 he formed Astronoise, which was the first group in Korea that plays noise music. In 2000s he produced several albums of noise music and improvisation music, while co-managing an independent label Balloon and Needle. He also played with other improvisation musicians from in and out of the country several times, and wrote music for experimental films.

Peter Watkins is an English film director born in 1935. After studying at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he started making films with an 8mm camera, and in 1959 his film “The Diary of Unknown Soldier” won Oscar Prize for Amateur. Then he started his career as an assistant producer of TV films and commercials at BBC, but since the film “The War Game” he presented in 1965 was banned by BBC Watkins left England. From then on Watkins consistently produced films that criticize the brutality of war and reveal his hostility towards public power and the press. “Punishment Park”, “Edvard Munch” and “The Freethinker” are the well-known works by Watkins, especially “La Commune” filmed in 2000 is valued as the zenith of his works with all his standpoints integrated. He is named as the initiator of fake documentary, or mockumentary in other words.

Raqs Media Collective is a group of three media artists Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata Sengupta, with their activities based in New Delhi. They all graduated from the Mass Communication Research Center at Jamis Milia Islamia University, India, and gathers in 1992. The three members were also co-curators of Manifesta 7, The European Biennail of Contemporary Art took place in Italy in 2008. Raqs had their exhibitions at Frankfurt and New York in 2004. Their work continues to explore and develop in subsequence the urban landscape and experience, the meaning and uses of media and technology, the nature of knowledge and what it means to learn. We face not only an artistic impulse but also a wider range of human faculty associated with the capacity of individuals and societies for imaginative and ethical innovation.

Space Hamilton, Seoul - Grand Opening Party- 6pm, Oct 10, 2009

See website (English and Korea) for more info and map : http://podopodo.net/

Opening - "City is Ours" Roof museum project, Mullae Art Factory, Sept 29, 2009

"City is Ours" Roof museum project exhibition opening + NON GRATA performance
29.09.2009 at 6 PM in LAB 39
MULLAE ART FACTORY
+ NON GRATA PERFORMANCE
30.09 at 6 PM LAB 39 ROOF

Address: 3F # 54-39 Mullae-dong 3 ga
Young Deung Po Gu
Seoul
(Closest subway: Green line number 2, Mullae station, exit 7, see map)
tel: 82 (0) 1071264118
http://squartist.org/

Irish music concert in Soul Underground, Hongdae, Seoul, Sat, Sept 26, 2009

♣ First Irish Session in Cafe Soul Underground

"What is an irish session?"

In Ireland there is a great tradition of music. One very important aspects of irish life is getting together with traditional irish instruments and playing tunes. This generally happens in a pub. Therefore on the 26th of September we are having a great irish session in Soul Underground. Don't miss this event!


★ Details for the event are below_

What : First Irish Session in Soul Underground
Where : Cafe Soul Underground in Hongdae
When : September 26th, 7:30pm-0:00am

NO COVER CHARGE!


Performers at this concert are_

Myvanwy Birds : Bodhran(Irish Percussion), Singer
Patrisha Jones : Accordion
Kerry Javorka : Violin, Singer
Ethan James : Flutes
Chester : Violin, Singer
Hae-Young : Violin


→ Directions to Soul Underground

- Soul Underground is located within one minute's walking distance from exit 4 of Hongdae subway station.
You can see the Seven Springs restaurant-building when you go out of exit 4. Soul Underground is in a building right next to Seven Springs. The buildng consists of 3 stories. 1st is Pasta restaurant called Pavarotti. 2nd floor is a guitar custom shop called MD. 3rd is SOUL UNDERGROUND.
(Phone : 010 2363 3720 / 070 7672 3720)



†Soul Underground is basically a cafe & bar. And it can be whatever you want it to be.
Soul Underground is also a place with live performances by underground independent artists from all around.
Local musicians mainly in Hongdae perform here regularly or impromptu.

PIFF - Pusan International Film Festival, October 8 - 16, 2009

Period
October 8th - 16th, 2009

Screening Venue
13,740 seats and 36 screens at 6 theaters (total 269,332 seats)
Haeundae: Suyeong Yachting Center Outdoor Theater, Megabox, CGV, Lotte Cinema
Nampo-dong: Daeyoung Cinema, Cinus (Busan)

Screening
Total of 355 films from 70 countries (record number)
143 World & International Premieres (record number)
97 World Premieres (72 feature films, 25 short films)
46 International Premieres (41 feature films, 5 short films)
All New Currents and Fast Forward screenings are World & International Premieres.
5 Post-production Fund projects and 11 AND Fund projects selected by the Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) will be screening.

Website (English): http://piff.org/structure/eng/default.asp
For online ticket bookings for foreigners (open now) : http://www.piff.kr/

Exhibition-'Black Maria and the white city' Gallery LOOP, Hongdae til Sept 27, 2009

Exhibition: 'Black Maria and the white city' by Youngho Lee
Installation, photography, video.
Entry: free
Website: http://www.galleryloop.com/
Dates: 2009년 8월 27일 (목) ~ 9월27일 (일)
• Opening times: AM 11:00 ~ PM 8:00
• Venue: Alternative Space LOOP, Hongdae (see map)

Free Film, KFCC, Seoul - "Once", Sept 23 and Sept 30, 2009

"Once" (Ireland)

Date: September 23 and 30 at 7pm.
Year of Production: 2006
Running time: 86 minutes
Director: John Carney
Language: English
Subtitles: Korean
Rating: All
Cost: free

Description:
“The Guy” is a street singer, and “The Girl” immediately senses the grief of love hidden in his songs. Thanks to her support of his music, he regains his courage and decides to record a demo tape for an audition in London. Through music, The Guy and The Girl start to understand other. As the recording nears completion, their emotions for one another grow deeper, and they both realise what they need to do with their lives.
A charming and simple film with some great music.

Venue: The Korea Foundation Cultural Center is open from 10:00 to 21:00 Monday through Saturday (Saturday until 18:00) and closed on Sundays and national holidays. Admission is free. For further information, please contact the KF Cultural Center at 02-2151-6520, 6514. (yes, they speak English)
See website: http://www.kfcenter.or.kr
Location: KFCC, Joong Ang Ilbo newspaper Building, near City Hall, Seoul.
Getting there: Close to City Hall subway. Take Exit 9, walk 5 mins. to Joong Ang Ilbo newspaper Building on your left.

Free film, KFCC, Seoul - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Mon. Sept 21 and Sat Sept 26

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France).
A beautiful film based on the true story of the former editor of 'Elle' magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby. Bauby suffered a massive stroke one day and remained completely paralysed except for his left eyelid. He refused to give up on life and was able to dictate a whole book by blinking his eyelid for letters of the alphabet.
Note: Language French, subtitles in Korean.

Date: September 21 (Mon) at 7pm, and Sept 26 (Sat.) at 3 p.m.
Year of Production: 2007
Running time: 111 minutes
Director: Julian Schnabel
Language: French
Subtitles: Korean
Rating: 12+

Venue: The Korea Foundation Cultural Center is open from 10:00 to 21:00 Monday through Saturday (Saturday until 18:00) and closed on Sundays and national holidays. Admission is free. For further information, please contact the KF Cultural Center at 02-2151-6520, 6514. (yes, they speak English)
See website: http://www.kfcenter.or.kr
Location: KFCC, Joong Ang Ilbo newspaper Building, near City Hall, Seoul.
Getting there: Close to City Hall subway. Take Exit 9, walk 5 mins. to Joong Ang Ilbo newspaper Building on your left.

Art Exhibitions in Korea through October 2009

Art Exhibitions showing now through October (Source: Korea Times)

Ultra Skin
Coreana Museum Space*C
Through Sept. 30
Coreana Museum, located in Sinsa-dong, southern Seoul, is holding a group exhibition of works by Korean and foreign artists. Visit www.spacec.co.kr.

Lee U-fan Sculpture
Kukje Gallery
Through Oct. 9
Kukje Gallery is hosting a special exhibition of sculptures by renowned Korean artist Lee U-fan. Visit www.kukjegallery.com or call (02) 733-4879.

Architectural Ceramic Now & New
Clayarch Gimhae Museum
Sept. 5-Feb. 7
The Clayarch Gimhae Museum, located in South Gyeongsang Province, is holding its 8th Architectural Ceramic Exhibition. Participating artists include Song Jun-gyu, Hilde Angel Danielsen, Lee Jong-geun and Johannes Pfeiffer. Visit www.clayarch.org or call (055) 340-7000.

Those Things I've Done
Gallery 2
Through Sept. 26
Kim Hye-na's mixed media works are characterized by dark subjects but filled with whirls of red and green colors. Visit www.gallery2.co.kr.


Desire and Anesthesia
Art Sonje Center
Through Oct. 25
Ham Kyung-ah is holding a solo exhibition at Art Sonje Center, Seokuk-dong, Jongno. Visit www.artsonje.org/asc/.


The Magic of Photography
The Museum of Photography, Seoul
Through Oct. 1
The Hanmi Foundation of Arts and Culture has organized an exhibition titled "The Magic of Photography" at the Museum of Photography. Visit www.photomuseum.or.kr or call (02) 418-1315.

Fashion Ethics: Wear Good
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art
Through Oct. 4
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art in Ansan is holding its annual cross-genre exhibition featuring fashion as art. The exhibition explores ethical fashion as a new paradigm shift relating to environment and cultural identity issues. Visit www.gmoma.org.

MC Mina's Picture Diary
Coreana Museum
Through Sept. 20
Drawings, illustrations and character designs by Park Mi-na are on display at the open gallery, first floor of Coreana Museum. Visit www.spacec.co.kr.

Korean Diaspora Artists in Asia
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Through Sept. 27
The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Gwacheon is hosting a special exhibition featuring works by Korean artists who have made a name for themselves throughout Asia. To get there, get off at Seoul Grand Park subway line 4, exit 4, where a shuttle bus to the museum is available every 20 minutes. Visit http://www.moca.go.kr.


Artist of the Year 2009: Suh Yong-sun
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Through Sept. 20
The National Museum of Contemporary Art has chosen Suh Yong-sun as the 2009 Artist of the Year. To get there, get off Seoul Grand Park Station Line 4, Exit 4. A free shuttle bus to the museum is available. Visit www.moca.go.kr.


EXPosition of mythology - ELectronic technology
Nam June Paik Art Center
Through Oct. 4
This exhibition explores ideas of technology, mythology and religion through the perspective of Nam June Paik's first solo exhibition in 1963 called EXPosition of Music ELectronic Television. Visit www.njp.kr.

Multiple/ Dialogue
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Korea
Through Feb. 7, 2010
This year-long exhibition brings together the works of the late Paik Nam-june and Korean-American artist Kang Ik-joong. On display is Paik's multimedia installation and Kang's installation work, made of thousands of paintings, woodcuts and drawings. The two artists may have come from different generations and have distinct artistic styles, but their art continues to enthrall. To get there, get off at Seoul Grand Park Subway Line 4, Exit 4, where a shuttle bus to the museum is available every 20 minutes. Visit http://www.moca.go.kr.

Korea International Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Sept 18-22, 2009

KIAF, a project organized by the Gallery Association of Korea and inaugurated in 2002, has earned a reputation as one of the most prominent and exciting art fair destinations through out its seven successful years.
Many prestigious galleries from both home and abroad are selected through strict assessment procedure by the KIAF Operation Committee and its external panels. KIAF provides opportunities for the art lovers to explore the works of emerging young artists as well as many world-class renowned art works from countries such as India, Spain, Australia, France, Germany, Japan and Korea to name a few.

The Hub of the Asian Art market, KIAF2008
KIAF2008 attracted approximately 61,000 art lovers in Pacific Hall and Indian Hall at COEX from 19th -23rd of September where there were 116 domestic and 102 galleries from abroad (20 territories). Besides the participation of carefully selected local and foreign galleries, KIAF had a lot more to offer by actively organizing Guest Country programs, Artists programs, and number of interesting Academic programs. In another word, KIAF2008 played as an important ‘festival of art’ figure beyond simply being a business trade venue. It provided chances for art collectors, artists, art professionals and aficionados to share their own ideas about contemporary art through out unique programs of KIAF.

KIAF2009- Guest Country: India
KIAF has appointed India as the honored guest country for KIAF2009. India has been recently enjoying its worldly attention as being a new destination for an emerging art market.

Exhibition Date: September 18(Fri) - 22(Tue), 2009(5days)

General Admission:15,000 won (10,000 won members of Korean Fine Arts Assoc.)
Students: 10,000 won (including collegians)

Opening Hours
September 18(Fri) - 21(Mon),
11:00AM - 08:00PM(Last Admission into the Fair 07:00PM)

September 22(Tue), 2009
11:00AM - 05:00PM(Last Admission into the Fair 04:00PM)

Venue:
COEX 3F, HALL C & HALL D, Seoul, Korea
(135-731) COEX, World Trade Center, Samseong-dong, Seoul, Korea

Subway
Line2 Samseong Station Exit 5, 6
Line7 Cheongdam Station Exit 2
10minutes walking distance or transfer to a bus
(Bus No.: 301, 401, 2415, 3414, 4419)

Bus
Blue Line 301, 361, 362, 640, 730
Green Line 3217, 3218, 3412, 3414, 3415, 3417
Red Line 9407
Airport Limousine 600

Website: http://www.kiaf.org/

Brazilian dance and live music parties - every 2nd and 4th Saturday, Hongdae, Seoul

"Mouth to Mouth" Party hosted by Escola Alegria (Brazilian-style Capoeira and music school)
Website: www.escolaalegria.com

When : Every 2nd and 4th Saturday.

Where : Escola Alegria Studio
(B1, 4-5, Chang-Jeon-Dong, Ma-Po-Gu, Seoul / Phone: 02.6082.3533- English and Korean)

Time Schedule
- 20:00 : Open
- 21:00 : Live music performance
(and we'll serve you something you'll like.)

Alcohol : We don't sell any alcohol. So, you bring whatever you want to drink and eat,
but "Soju, Plastic bottles and Disposable products (e.g.-paper cups, etc.)".
We'll give you cups if you need. :-)

Entrance Fee : 7000w
5000w for Guest List

YAY~!!! Let's dance, drink, meet new people and have fun~!!!

Artist Residency Conferences - Gyeonggido - October 28 - November 1, 2009

Res Artis travels to Korea, Poland and Canada

Korea
2009 Res Artis Conference
'The 21st Century Art Residency and New Institutional Collaborations'
Gyeonggi Creation Center and Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea
October 28 - November 1, 2009

Registration is now open.
Please see the website for more information, the schedule and registration.
www.gyeonggicreationcenter.org

Description:
The new century has witnessed the rapid change of our cultural environment ensued by the transformation of the art world. International biennials and artist residencies, especially those held in growing metropolitan areas on the Asian continent and other regions once categorized as the third world, have remapped the relationships of the international art world. They have emerged as powerful vehicles of change and transformation. Today's artist residencies, by performing diverse functions that overlap with those of creative studios, alternative spaces, and art centers, influence the ways in which artists from different art world systems, communities, and geographic locations collaborate and communicate with each other. Thus, the success of artist residencies increasingly relies on the degree and effectiveness of their interactions with “others”--other institutions, other regions.

This conference, “The 21st Century Art Residency and New Institutional Collaborations,” will provide an opportunity to investigate the possibilities that arise when artist residencies, museums, and other institutions collaborate. It will provide a forum to consider the many benefits, both logistical and conceptual, of establishing these various partnerships.

On the occasion of the opening of the Gyeonggi Creation Center, established in collaboration with the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, we will be hosting Res Artis, the worldwide network of artist residencies, in creatively engaging these issues. All who are interested are welcome to attend and contribute their perspectives to this timely conversation.



Poland
Eastern European Res Artis Meeting
'Re-Tooling Residencies'
Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
November 16-19, 2009

Registration is now open.
Invitation
Program
Registration Information


Canada
Res Artis 12th General Meeting
'The Americas: Active Practices in the Era of Globalization'
Montréal and Québec City, Canada
October 5-10, 2010

The Regroupement des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec is pleased to announce that the dates of the next Res Artis Conference are October 5th to the 10th 2010. The Conference will take place in downtown Montreal with one day at Complexe Méduse in Quebec City on Friday the 8th. The Conference’s program and registration formalities will be available this Fall.

Alternative music shows - Mudaeryuk cafe, Hongdae, Sept 17, 2009

Who: Henna Dress (Tokyo, Japan) - noise + toys
Website: http://www.myspace.com/hennadress
Bridget and the Puppycats (Seoul) - all girl folk + frenzy
WEbsite: http://www.myspace.com/missmaamsanfran

What: music show

When: Thursday, September 17, 2009. 8 pm.

Where: Mudaeryuk (무대륙). Sangsu exit 1, walk 2 minutes toward parking lot street. Upstairs cafe.

Bubble World - bubble art show, Seoul -open run 2009

Korea has just opened the world’s second exclusive “bubble show” theatre. On 24th April, Fan Yang’s Bubble World show opened in Myungbo Art Hall in Euljiro3 3-ga, following in the footstep of the hugely successful “bubble show” theatre in New York. Canadian artist, Fan Yang, gained world fame for his White Bubble Show, which captivated audiences when it played in Korea. “Bubble World Show” is his latest creation.

This time, Fan Yang directs from behind the scenes, and his elder brother, Jano Yang, and his son, Deni Yang, appear in turn to present an 80-minute, fun-packed bubble extravaganza, which features super-large wind fans, snow machines, and laser beams.

At the center of the lobby and at the entrance to the out-door performance hall are the “Bubble Experience Zones”, where the audience can make bubbles themselves using tools invented by Fan Yang. At the “Bubble Gallery Zones”, people can see the photos of Fan Yang setting Guinness World Records and other photos that show the beauty of bubble art.

[Detailed Information]
☞ Period: April 24, 2009 – OPEN RUN
☞ Place: Daon Hall, Myungbo Art Hall
☞ How to get to there: From exit 8 of Euljiro3-ga Station (subway lines 2 and 3), walk straight for about 5 minutes and the Myungbo Art Hall is on your left.
☞ Show Times: Between 1 to 3 shows per day, see schedule
☞ Ticket Price: 38,000 won (All seats)

☞ Homepage: http://www.bubbleworld.co.kr/ Korean),
(English) http://www.waysbe.com/BW/ENG/html/5-1.htm
☞ Inquiries: +82-2-2263-9741~2(Korean)

Jarasum Jazz Festival, Gapyeong, Gyeonggido Oct 15 - 18, 2009

Period: 10.15.2009 ~ 10.18.2009
Address: Gyeonggi-do Gapyeong-gun Jarasum(Jaraseom) area
Telephone:- Korea Travel Phone +82-31-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
- For more info +82-31-581-2813 (Korean)

Introduction
The Jarasum (Jaraseom) International Jazz Festival marks its 6th anniversary this year. It began in 2004 with 30 teams of jazz artists from 12 countries including the US and Japan. Well established as a significant international festival, this festival draws at least 100,000 visitors every year to Jaraseom Island, Gapyeong-Eup, Gyeonggi-do. This year, the jazz festival will from October 2nd to the 5th. Despite being a relatively young festival, the Jarasum (Jaraseom) International Jazz Festival has earned its rank among major international festivals with both a line-up and an audience that is growing larger with each passing year. The island's natural beauty blends together harmoniously with the performances and leaves many wanting to return.

There are several free performances, but concert goers are encouraged to pick up a day pass for 25,000 won to gain admittance to all performances, leports events, exhibitions and events.

How to Particpate
All concerts are free with the exclusion of Jazz Island, Party Gym, Jazz Club, and Jazz Center.
Festival Tickets (admission to Jazz Island & Party Gym allowed): Reservations available by the Korean official website.

* Online Regular Reservation: July 13, 2009. 14:00 ~ Oct.11, 2009. 24:00
1-day Tickets 25,000 won, 2-day Tickets (40,000 won), and 3-day Tickets (50,000 won) are available.
Each ticket includes one 5,000 won Note of Love Gapyeong Gift Certificate.
Only a limited number of tickets are available for online purchase.
Reservation: Lotte.com(Korean), Interparkticket(Korean)

* On site Purchase: Oct. 16 to 18
1-day Tickets 30,000 won (including one 5,000 won note of Love Gapyeong Gift Certificate)

For more information, please refer to the official website(www.jarasumjazz.com (English, Korean)
Ticket Reservations: Lotte.com(Korean),Interpark(Korean)

Transportation
① By Train
Cheongnyangni Station → Gapyeong Station (first train 6:15am, last train 10:20pm, est. 1hr 20min travel time, 3,800 won)
② By Bus
Dong Seoul Terminal → Gapyeong (first bus 6:15am, last bus 10:00pm, est. 1hr 20min travel time, 5,600 won) Sangbong Terminal → Gapyeong (first bus 6:00am, last bus 9:30pm, est. 1hr 20min travel time, 5,100 won)
③ Direct Bus Line available during festival period from Seoul → Jaraseom
Bus Station: Yangjae Subway Station Exit #7 Seocho-gu District Office, Gangbyeon Station Technomart (8,000 won per person / est. 1hr 30min travel time) Inquiries: +82-31-582-4539 (Korean)
④ Complimentary Shuttle Buses to the Event Location 10:00am ~ 10:30pm; departs every 5~10 minutes (from Gapyeong Terminal to the event location)

Homepage
www.jarasumjazz.com (Korean, English)

Brief Encounters - Seoul Art Collective exhibition, Myeongdong Gallery -opening Sept 19 -26, 2009

Ten artists from the Seoul Art Collective engage the topic of hit-and-run experience inspired by the big city in, "Brief Encounters: Around Once You Only Go."

Brief Encounters owes to the transient, migratory nature of experience today. On the bus or the subway, on the way to work, for a year, for five minutes - reality can get stacked with episodic randomness, and in this modern metropolis, accessible disposability is the name of the game.
우연한 짧은 만남
당신은 단지 스쳐지나갈 뿐이다
"우연한 짧은 만남"은 우리가 일시적이고, 이주적인 본성을 지닌 오늘날을 살아가면서 경험하게 되는 것이다.
출근하는 길에 버스나 지하철에서 5분 동안 때로는 1년 동안 일어날 수 있는 짧고도 우연한 만남.
실재는 에피소드적인 무작위성으로 가득 차 있고, 현대의 대도시 속에서 우리가 쉽게 대면할 수 있는 일회성 만남은 더할나위 없이 중요하다.

Anthony Ragucci
Loren Rudisuela
Joel Bewley
Joe T.
Mike Stewart
Matt Flanagan
Courtney Lyn Zach
Derek Winchester
James Topple
Zach Eichelberger

The Myungdong Gallery: www.mygallerykorea.com

Curated by Zach Eichelberger

Opening Reception: September 19th, 5 - 7pm, show runs til Sept 26.
Directions: From Myeongdong Station go out exit 9 and take a right at the Standard Chartered Bank (blue and green sign). Pass the Coffee Bean and take another right. It's the second building on the left with Bar Insomnia on the ground floor.

Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, September 10 - 16, 2009

Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul
September 10 - 16
Venues: Seoul Art Cinema, Indie Space, Samilro Changgo Theater

2009 Experimental Film and Video Festival 2009 will be happening in Seoul from September 10 to 16. Since 2004, this festival has focused on introducing Korean and international experimental films to the public and discovering emerging directors. This year event, two Canadian visual/video artists’ collaboration video work will be presented.

For more information, please visit www.ex-is.org.  

Korea Experimental Arts Festival, Hongdae, Seoul, Sept 9 - 13, 2009

What: Korea Experimental Arts Festival
When: Sept 9 - 13, 2009
Where: various venues in Hongdae, Seoul
Cost: free - 20,000 won depending on event
Websites: http://www.kopas2000.co.kr, http://kopas08.cafe24.com/keaf/2009/index.html

The purpose of the Korea Experimental Arts Festival is to build a communication between audiences and experimental arts. This festival has happened every year since 2002 under the art direction of Kim Baek Ki who is performance artist and chief of KoPAS (Korea Performance Art Spirit). This is the biggest experimental art festival in Korea.

The KEAF brings together over 100 artists from 15 countries such as Japan, Korea, Estonia, Sweden, Australia, USA, Africa.
See website for list of participating artists: http://kopas08.cafe24.com/keaf/2009/04_artist/index.html
Works including performance art, video, installation experimental music and dance, and many multidisciplinary creations in a variety of venues such as clubs, rooftops, streets, galleries etc.

In brief: Penny's performances are as follows (note all my performances are audience interactive!):
Friday Sept 11 - 7pm- 9pm - Theater Zero (Near Children's Park)- Penny Thompson presents "Spirality" - interactive spiral walk with lights , plus many other performances. Cost 20,000 won for 2 hour show.

Saturday Sept 12 - 2 – 3:30 pm / on the top of Seokyo Art Center. Penny Thompson presents "Bubble Bubble" - a fun interactive performance blowing hundreds of bubbles over the rooftops of Seoul. Will be filmed by Arirang TV. Cost: free.

Sunday Sept 13 in Club O-Baek (500) (Sangsu Station side of Hongdae) - starts at 9.30pm - our performance 10.30pm - Circular Sound Circus team presents "K-CHAK! Indonesian-based vocal percussion". Audience participation a must! Variety of music, percussion , dance etc. Cost: free. Closing party for Festival afterwards.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
bye Penny


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FULL SCHEDULE:
Event: Messenger of a spirit (theater performances)
When/where: Sept 9th – 13th, 2009 / 7 – 9 pm / Theater Zero
fee: 20,000 won for the general / 15,000 won for the students/Free ticket 50,000 won(for Free enter all event)
People that participate: Sept 9th Yang Qing from China, Melodie Duchesne form France, Noangrata from Estonia, Lee Seong Chul from Korea, Lee Jeh Min from Korea – magic performance

Sept 10th: Velvet Pesu from Australia, Sato Yukie from Japan, Hujieda Mishimaru(+Hagihara Sadayuki, Uchujiu Ochau) from Japan, Noangrata from Estonia, Kim Chung from Korea

Sept 11th: Cynthia Norton from USA, Penelope Thompson from Australia, Oikado Ichiro from Japan, Tichawona Mashauwa from Zimbabwe, Kim Suk Hwan from Korea

Sept 12th: Theodor Di Ricco from Germany, Paivi Maunu from Filand, Morgan Schagerber from Norway, Julie Jaffrennou from French, Sakamoto from Japan, Park Chang Su from Korea - music

Sept 13th: Auseklic Usins from Latvia, Eshe from Canada, Angela Kroherts & Scott Goof from USA, Rachel Hoffman from USA, Junk Band from Korea
Content: In the Theater where is suit for a place that the essential message of an artist may be delivered, you may catch the intention of an artist very well and it can give you various art forms as a messenger that talk with the ‘spirit’.

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Event: Asphalt art (outdoor performance)
When/where Sept 9th – 11th / 3 – 5 pm / play ground and Hongdae area
Writers that participate in Sept 9th Art parade – The whole performers are attending
Auseklic Usins – 1 from Latvia, Velvet Pesu from Australia, Oikado Ichiro from Japan, Hujieda Mishimaru from Japan, Sato Yukie from Japan, Vaqi from Korea, Dulsori from Korea, Kim Chung from Korea
Sept 10th Theodor Di Ricco from Germany, Tichawona Mashauwa from Zimbabwe, Kwon Su Im from Korea, VAP from Korea.
Sept 11th Nongrata from Estonia, Morgan Schagerber from Norway, Hoirodo from Korea, Bulgasahri from Korea
content Outdoors performance and happening that take place in Hongdae area.
There will be some interactive performances with the audience,
Performance of various genre will be described as the clash and harmony of the art expression and as the work gone through the dissection.
If a shallow environment is compared to ‘asphalt’, the abundant imagination and energy of an artist is compared to the mysterious energy that make a flower bloom on the hard asphalt.

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Event: The roof performance (outdoor performance)
Where/when Sept 12th – 13th / 2 – 3:30 pm / on the top of Seokyo Art Center

Artists that participate in Sept 12th: Rachel Hoffman from USA, Penelope Thompson from Australia, melodie duchesne from France,
Sept 13th: Paivi Maunu from Finland, Tajé Tross from Estonia, Cynthia Norton from USA, Lee So Young from Korea
content The beauty of a blank that can sympathize the nature in the sky as the background is invited into the creature.
The art city people take the unuseful things less from the horizontal environment and they take it easy creating new art.
This is the definition that gives us a message that puts the top and the bottom of the world together.

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Event: Underground art
When/where Sept 9th – 13th / 9:30 – 10:30 pm / club, café, subway, underground road
Artists that participate

Sept 9th at Ohbaekmahnwon (club): Dulsori(percussion), Hujieda Mishimaru from Japan, Sato Yukiea from Japan, Michael Joaley from USA, Tichawona Mashaua from Zimbabwe

Sept 10th in Myungwulgwan (club): Rachel Hoffman from USA, Paivi Maunu from Filand, Yang Qing from China, Auseklic Usins from Latvia, Bulgasahri from Korea

Sept 11th in Ohbaekmahnwon (club): Oikado Ichiro from Japan, Tajé Tross from Estonia, Bloom from USA + Lee Han Joo Korea Band from Korea, Lee Hwa from Korea

Sept 12th in OI (cafe): Cynthia Norton from USA, Kim Gwang Suk from Korea, Velvet Pesu from Austrailia, Julie Jaffrennou from France, Mélodie Duchesne from France

Sept 13th in Ohbaekmahnwon (club) - Yadahnbubsuk (percussion), Eshe from Canada, 'Circular Sound Circus' - Penelope Thompson (Australia) + Ripley (Jupiter), Frank Lev (USA), Lacey Dumler (USA), Candida Pagan from Canada

Sept 9 - 13 - Ahn Young Tae – underground sidewalk
content: Amuse spaces such as underground clubs, underground sidewalk, underground gallery are where people have a mania for Hongdae.
Underground art – Experimental art make ‘underground (which could be a deep spot)’ the most artistic place and in there, the audience and artists interact in the creature.
And when they get excited participating in another world, ‘They (mass art)’ is created at the same time.
In Chunggi and on the gas station crossroads underground sidewalk, the writer stay there for four nights and five days performing some work on the wall.

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Event: The world’s experimental art expo
When/where Sept 4th – 13th / 10 am – 8 pm / Seokyo experimental art center 1st floor, basement
content - photographs, videos, scientific materiasl, catalogs from each country’s artists will be on display.
- rare materials that are recommended by each country’s artists will be on display.
- videos made by the world’s famous video artists will be played.
- the view point from each country’s directors (critics) will be on display.
Writer, Shin Jin Sik’s world’s experimental creature video

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Event: Banner photographs exhibition
When/where Sept 4th – 13th / whenever / Hongdae area st
content Creatures from each country’s artists that participate in 2009 Korea experimental art festival will be on display on the street during the art festival period.
The street will be regarded as a canvas and the lively creatures will represent the art city that never fall asleep for 9 nights 10 days and 240 hours

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Event: Cinema salon
When/where Sept 9th – 13th / 4 – 6 pm / Café Godard
content This is a cinema in Art city. various independent movies, a message about ‘ Peace’ by Shin Young Chul will be played with ‘Art city news’ which you can learn about art city before the show begins.
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Event: e –生生 (e - Live) Book
When/where Sept 9th – 13th / whenever / 2009 KEAF website / Seokyo experimental art center viewer
content Photographs, videos, texts that were recorded during the festival period will be open to the public through the website.
Art city may be supported by the public through the website which has no limits of the distance and for 24 hours it creates an image as a lively city and functions as e-book.

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Event: Seminar – creating art city project
When/where Sept 13th / 3 – 6 pm / Seokyo experimental art center
content ① God of the world’s experimental art Renaissance zone : in front of Hongdae (Kim baekki)
② responsibility of art space in Seoul city and public art (Kim Yoon Hwan)
③ The world’s culture city design and experimental public art (Kim Seoung Ho)

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Event: Free to join – Performance art incubating
When/where Sept 12th (sat) – 13th (sun) / 4 – 6 pm / Expressing Gallery Yogiga
content This is a program which a host introduces the creative performances to the audience and helps the creative performance develop by asking and answering about the performance and the artist.
host Moon Jae Seon (Performance Artist)
A SORO representive.
He’s a performance writer who has been working hard from early in 1990s, he does the performance, bringing out the beauty of slow.
Now he is working on the media and sound, also he is giving a lesson about performance and workshop.

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Event: Having a honest talk while you are drunk.
When/where Sept 9th – 13th, 2009 / 10:30pm – till you pass out / Clubs
(Club Myungwulgwan, OI, Club Ohbaek)
People that participate in About 100 Audience and staff including 40 – 50 artists each day
content This is a after party which Korean writers and writers from other countries can interct, getting along.
It will be held everyday when the last performance is end.
Audience may also join and share a view of a writer in an atmosphere of freedom, drinking and partying.

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Rediscovering Hongdae- cultural tour for foreigners- Sept 27, Sun 1.30 - 5 pm

For bookings go to this website:
http://www.sangsangmadang.com/ssmadang/culturetour/recover_apply_eng.asp

Void of Memory - Platform 2009 Seoul opening Sept 2 - 25, 2009

“Void of Memory”

Platform in KIMUSA (The old Defense Security Command Site) / Artsonje Center of Platform 2009, Seoul

Artists:
Ai Weiwei, AVPD, Seung Woo Back, Jin Hwan Bae, Young-whan Bae, Magnus Bärtås, Christian Boltanski, Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani, Nayoungim & Gregory Maass, Shilpa Gupta, Mona Hatoum, HWANG Se-jun, Runa Islam, Jang min-seung + Jung Jae-il, Yeondoo Jung, Chosil Kil, Hyun-jin Kwak, Lee Bul, Seulgi Lee, Christian Marclay, Aiko Miyanaga, NOH Suntag, Park Chan Kyong, Jinnie Seo, Shimabuku, Taro Shinoda, Bob and Roberta Smith, Nedko Solakov, Camila Sposati, Sulki & Min, U Sunok, Jun Yang, Yangachi, Yee Sookyung, Tomoko Yoneda, Carey Young

Art Directed and Curated by: Sunjung Kim, Co-Curator(P1section): Mami Kataoka

Under the theme “Void of Memory,” Platform in KIMUSA of Platform 2009 is an exhibition that rediscovers the spaces that have been unused or forgotten for a period of time. Kimusa, the old site of the Defense Security Command (DSC) in Sogyeok-dong, is a meaningful place historically, architecturally, and culturally, because it has undergone several transformations up until today. The exhibition introduces diverse voices from both the mainstream and non-mainstream art worlds, and provides a vision for new institutions. These voices, after all, are the tools that open up the possibility of communication between the members of different communities in the city. Therefore, Platform in KIMUSA is an experimental ground on which critical and alternative discussions on “New Institutionalism” can be held through exhibitions and events. Platform in KIMUSA is comprised of diverse exhibition sections, events and lectures. There are four main sections: P1 is the main exhibition; P2 presents artists recommended by other artists; P3 features a series of projects curated by institutions; and P4 shows the visions of international art institutions. Public Programs and special events are also held throughout the project. Platform in KIMUSA, composed of the various sections above, explores new roles of art by focusing on diverse aspects of art that have been excluded or neglected from contemporary art discourses as well as unrecognized visions and voices of the art world.

Exhibition Opening: September 2, 2009 at 6 p.m.
Exhibition Period: September 3-25, 2009 (Open everyday)
Opening Hours: Free Visiting 5-9 p.m. (entrance until 8 p.m.)
Docent Tours 2, 3 and 4 p.m. (Reservation: ticket.interpark.com)
Venue: KIMUSA (The old Defense Security Command Site) / Artsonje Center
e-Booking: Interpark (www.interpark.com)
Address: 165 Sogyeok-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul / 144-2 Sogyeok-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Transport: Subway, Line 3 Anguk subway station exit 1. 10 min walk, opposite Gyeongbokgung Palace.
Website: http://www.platformseoul.org/

Art Directed and Curated by: Sunjung Kim, Co-Curator(P1section): Mami Kataoka
Organized by: SAMUSO:
Supported by: Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea, Centre Culturel Francais de Seoul, FranceExpress, CulturesFrance, Arts Council Korea, Japan Foundation, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Korea, Royal Danish Embassy in Korea
Media Sponsor: NAVER

Hermes Foundation, Seoul exhibition opening Sept 3 - Nov 15, 2009

PAMS : Performing Arts Market in Seoul- Oct 12 - 16, 2009

PAMS : Performing Arts Market in Seoul

Showcase Marketplace Developed To Facilitate
the Creation, Distribution And Overseas Presence Of Performing Arts

The Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS) is an annual event organized by Korea Arts Management Services, with support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which aims to strengthen public awareness of performing arts and increase the presence of Korean performing arts and artists overseas.

Celebrating its fifth year since its inception in 2005, PAMS has established itself as a primary venue for the exchange of ideas, trends and issues, facilitating free and open communication among artists and professionals who share an interest in the performing arts.


Are you a member of a performance group?
Booth Exhibition, Speed Dating, and Round Tables are all at your disposal. PAMS 2009 will give you a rare opportunity to market your productions and create an international network. Take advantage!

Overview
-Period: Oct. 12 (Mon) ~ Oct. 16 (Fri)
-Venue: National Theater of Korea, Namsan Arts Centre
-Host: Steering Committee for PAMS 2009
-Organization: Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS),
National Theater of Korea
-Support: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

For inquiries regarding registration please contact:
Balg-eun SONG: Email; bes271@gokams.or.kr
Tel. +82 2 745 3862 Fax +82 2 745 3861
Website (English) : http://www.pams.or.kr/PE/?sub_num=9

○ Registration Period
Registration opens at 10:00AM (Korean Time), August 10, 2009
Registration closes at 6:00PM (Korean Time), September 10, 2009
Registration fee; from 25,000 won for 1 day

Opening - Lee U Fan-sculpture- Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Aug 28 - Oct 9, 2009

What: Lee U Fan - Sculpture exhibition
Date: August 28 - October 09, 2009
Opening reception: Fri Aug 28, 5pm - 8.30pm
Place: Kukje Gallery, Space 2
Sogyeok-dong 62, Jongno-gu Seoul, 110 - 200 Korea
서울시 종로구 소격동 62
■ Tel : + 82) 2 733 8449
■ Website: http://www.kukje.org/
■ Opening Hours:
Monday~Saturday : 10 am - 6 pm / Sunday, National holidays : 10 am - 5 pm

■ Public Transportation
Subway : No.3 line(Orange) Anguk Station or Kyungbok Palace Station 10-15 min, walk from Subway Station

"Making World Peace" -interactive community art event, Sun Aug 30, Incheon Women's Art Biennale

Event: 'Making World Peace' - interactive community art event
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Theater, Incheon Art Platform
City/Town: Incheon, South Korea

Cost: Free, but general entry to Incheon Women's Biennale is 7000 won for adults

Transport: By subway, go to Incheon station, Dark blue line, 5 mins walk. See directions below.

Description:
This is a fun interactive art performance, where participants can help to create "world peace" - symbolized as a very long, colorful knitted scarf. This project first started in Korea in 2004 as an art experience program for school children, and recently toured to Japan. Please see my art blog for more detailed info about the project: http://penelopethompson.blogspot.com/2006/06/world-peace-production-workshop.html


The performance event is free, and we will be providing afternoon tea for participants, but general entry to the Biennale is 7000 won.

The Incheon Women’s Art Biennale is a very large international art event (ending on August 31, 2009) and well worth a look. You can see the IWAB 2009 website in English here:
www.iwabiennale.org/2009_new/eng/sub01/sub01_01.php

Opening- Insa Art Center - young Korean artists - Wed Aug 26 - Sept 1, 2009

Art Opening: Wednesday 26 at Insa Art Center ( 90 Wonseo-dong, close to Anguk station, Seoul) of young Korean artists including artist Wee Young-Il at 6:00pm.
Website: http://www.insaartcenter.com/main.php



Insa Art Center Address :Insa Art Center 188, Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Fax :82-2-739-0466

Opening Hours :10:00 ~19:00

Open year-round

Subway Get off at Anguk Stn. (Line 3, Exit 6 )

Kang, Seung-Hee Solo Exhibition -opening Thur Aug 27, - Sept 6, 2009 Insa Art Space , Seoul

Kang, Seung-Hee Solo Exhibition (Different Sames)
Kang Seung Hee
August 27, 2009 – September 6, 2009
When: August 27, 2009 (Thu) – September 6, 2009 (Sun)
Opening Reception: August 27, 2009 (Thu) 6pm
Where: Insa Art Space
(Ground Level-1F-2F Galleries)

The Second Exhibition
Kang, Seung-Hee : Solo Exhibition

Artist Kang, Seung-Hee’s Solo Exhibition, , will open on August 27, 2009 and close on September 6th at the Insa Art Space of Arts Council Korea. Kang’s exhibition has been selected and designed on the occasion of 2009 Insa Art Space Exhibition Support Project and is the second show of the project. This project was designed to expand the creation field of the arts scene by providing an opportunity of production to original and experimental young artists. Kang Seung-Hee, who has shown talent through her power of expression and the use of various media, explores the duality of cultures in this exhibition. She embodies the story of ‘different sames’ in her works through comical images and the familiar movement of her hands, which produced her digital prints and embroidery drawings.

Kang has been working with continuous interest in the heterogeneity and clashes of diverse cultures. As an exhibition which extends Kang’s working field from England to Seoul, it takes form of a homecoming report and the artist attempts to show through the performances and workshops that multiple cultural perspectives exist. The culture shocks that she experienced and the clashing of big and small desires are expressed as comical images and performances. The criticizing gestures of the artist that appear in these works are inverted from “cute resistances” to naughty pleasures. Furthermore, the artist’s experiences remembered by the body are expressed through transformation into multimedia drawings or embroidery. Despite the fact that Kang deals with international issues, social discrepancies or absurdity in her works, the images that appear are expressed as “comic drawings” (according to the artist), thus bringing those issues into the funs of everyday life and solving what may be problematic.

Invitation to exhibit - Spacebeam group show - RSVP Aug 31, for exhibition October, 2009

An Invitation to Exhibit at Space Beam, Incheon:

From Oct 6th to the 26th at Space Beam, The 칼mont Family art group is planning an exhibition that exposes native and foreign artists interacting within the city of Incheon. Our show is called Cadavre Exquis, or “exquisite corpse.” A cadavre exquis is a Surrealist technique by which a collection of pictures or words is collaboratively assembled creating a single image or story. Originating in France, cadavre exquis can be described by the following quote by Pierre Reverdy in 1918:

The image is a pure creation of the mind. It cannot be born from a comparison but from a juxtaposition of two more or less distant realities. The more the relationship between the two juxtaposed realities is distant and true, the stronger the image will be -- the greater its emotional power and poetic reality.

This concept resonates with our varied cultural and national backgrounds, but also due to a shared interest in liminal spaces and making work together. We are in continual development and we are open to collaborating and sharing ideas, beliefs, and each other. If you are interested in submitting a project, participating in the events of the exhibition, or if you have any questions, please e-mail us at cadavreexquis@amalgama.cc by August 31st, 2009.

We are accepting works of all mediums which have been developed through active collaborations between two or more artists. Finished work which is the product of collaboration will be considered; however, the 칼mont Family will be actively facilitating the development of partnerships and group projects during the month of September and throughout the duration of the show.

Please send your name, contact information, two or three samples of previous work, and a proposal or any contributions you can make/skills that you have.



인천, 스페이스 빔 전시 초대장:
칼mont Family 아트 그룹은 10월 6일 부터 29일까지 모국인과 외국인이모인 그룹으로서 인천시내 내에서 상호하는 전시를 스페이스 빔 에서 선보일 계획중이다.
우리의 전시는 Cadavre Exquis라고 불리워지거나 “exquisite corpse” 라고 불리워지는데. 그뜻은 초현실적인 기법인데 그림 또는 글을 수집는 방법으로 작가들이 공동제작하여 하나의 이미지 또는 글을 만든다. 프랑스에서 시작된 것으로서, cadavre exquis는 1918년도에 Pierre Reverdy의 시를 이용한 것으로서 아래글과같이 설명될수 있다:

이미지는 마음의 순수한 창조물이다. 그것은 비교에서 나올수 없다 그러나 둘이나 그 이하가 경원하는 현실의 병렬상태에서 나올 수 있다. 병렬상태의 사이에서 관계가 더 멀어 지고 확실해질때, 이미지는 더 강해진다. 더 강할수록 감정적인 힘이고 시적인 현실이 된다.

이 개념은 우리의 다채로운 문화와 국가적인 배경을 통해서 보여진다. 그러나 또한 막 시작하는 공간과 같이 작업하는 것에 대한 공동 관심으로서도 이 개념이 보여진다. 우리는 계속적인 성장 단계에 있다. 그리고 우리는 앞으로 서로 믿고 협동하여 아이디어를 나눌 수 있도록 열려있다. 만약에 우리에게 프로젝트를 주고 싶다거나 협력하거나 이벤트에 같이 일하고 싶으시다거나 질문이 있으면 cadavreexquis@amalgama.cc 로 8월 31일 까지 연락주시기 바랍니다. 둘이나 그 이상의 작가가 모여서 만든 협동 작품 이라면 모든 행위작업이나 아무 매체나 다 받습니다. 작업이 끝난 협동 작품이나 9월에 만들어 지는 그룹 프로젝트모두 참작하나 칼mont Family Art Group 은 파드너쉽 발전에 기이할 것입니다.

가지고 있는 기술이 있거나 프로젝트에 기여할수있는 능력이 있으신분은 2개나 3개의 예전에 한 샘플 작업이 있으시면 이름과 연락처와 같이 보내주세요.

Art Supply Stores in Seoul - a list in the making

This is the beginning of a list of art stores in Seoul.
Contributions are welcome for other notable art supply stores. Please supply details of location, transport, opening hours etc. Thanks.

1. Hongik University Art Supply Store:

One of the biggest and best I know is the Hongik University Art store which is on the ground floor of the fancy new front gateway building at the front of the campus, (R building). You go in through the R Building front door and walk straight, right to the back, into the art store.
Opening hours: 7 days a week. 9am - 10pm weekdays, and til 8 pm on weekends. Prices are reasonable because they cater to students.

Carries: Everything! (from stationery to canvas, architectural model materials, paints, mediums, brushes, clay, plaster, print making supplies, Hanji paper, technical design materials, craft supplies, computer accessories, video tapes etc.)

There are other art stores in Hongdae but the Hongik University one is big, modern, well-laid out, carries a huge range of stock, has some staff who speak English if you need help, and is easy to find.



Public transport: Hongik University front gate is a 10 minute walk from either Line 6 Sangsu station, or Line 2 Hongik University Station.

2. HOMI art store
Another large art supply store that is famous in Hongdae but notoriously hard to find!
It is located behind the Seokyo Hotel district in the little old back street that runs parallel to the main Hongdae parking street. The store front is very small and non-descript. But there is a kind of gold statue on a pole near the front door. See map for directions.
Carries: Everything!
Opening hours: 7 days a week. open til late maybe 10pm weekdays.

Public transport: HOMI art store is a 7 minute walk from either Line 2 or 6 Hapjeong station - exit 3, or Line 2 Hongik University Station, exit 5.

TACIT group - Digital Media Performance Group - Aug 21,22,23, Doosan Art Center, Seoul

TACIT group do algorithmic audio-visual performances and installations.
TACIT will perform on August 21 at 8pm, Sat Aug 22 at 4pm, 7 pm, and Sun Aug 23 at 4pm.
Venue: Doosan Art Center Space 111, Jongno, Seoul.
Getting there: Line 1, Jongno-5-ga subway station, exit 1. Turn right at the "5 ga"pharmacy and walk 5 mins. See map.

Tickets: 20,000 won
Booking: Interpark ticket - TeL: 1544-1555

Website (Korean): http://www.doosanartcenter.com/n_space111/onplaying.asp, http://www.tacit.kr/

Seoul Open Night - Aug 22 from 2pm - midnight - multiple venues across Seoul

Seoul Open Night
Enjoy the City's Culture till Midnight Comes

Celebrate Seoul's culture from 2pm straight to midnight on Saturday, Aug 22 when the city celebrates "Seoul Open Night."

On this special evening, the palaces, museums and performance halls of Jeong-dong, Bukchon, Daehangno, Insa-dong and Hongdae will open till midnight. A 10,000 won pass will grant you entry into all five neighborhoods' cultural spaces and performances --- and there are a lot of them (roughly 200 or so).

The pass can be bought online at www.interpark.com or purchased at information booths that will be set up in the five areas on the day of the event. In the afternoon, you can participate in tours of the city's architecture, an opportunity to reexamine the city's architectural beauty --- walking tours and bus tours are available.

Registration for architectural tours can be made online at http://cafe.naver.com/seoulopennight --- some 30 to 40 applicants will be selected for each area.

Prada Transformer - Art Exhibition -opening Aug 15 - Sept 13, 2009

What: Art Exhibition -'Turn into me' by Nathalie Djurberg, Sweden. Contemporary soft sculpture, installation, video.
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday Noon to 6PM (to 8PM on Thur, Fri, Sat and Sun). Closed Mondays
Admission: Free (but reservations needed -see below)

For the third cycle of transformation of the Prada Transformer in Seoul, the Prada foundation will hold an exhibition of Swedish artist Nathalie Djurberg entitled 'turn into me' from August 15 to September 13 in the rotating building designed by Rem Koolhaas/OMA next to the sixteenth-century Gyeonghui palace in Seoul.

In the interior of the Transformer, now covered with a surface of white felt that ripples and twists to form a highly baroque, sensual wrapping, the artist has created an installation that she articulates over the floors and walls through the use of objects and projections that mute the whiteness and transform the architectural environment into a cave of the
unconscious and oneiric.

In this shadowy, disturbing envelope, whose cruciform
configuration follows the hexagonal shape used for fashion and the rectangular one
used for cinema, the only thing that visually stands apart is the floor, which is covered
in a grey felt on which objects great and small are placed and lighted in a spectacular mode.

These assume the likenesses of a potato, a dolmen and two small whales—some of them
already exhibited in 2008 at the Fondazione Prada in Milan —with animated videos inserted
as part of the whole. In order, moreover, to emphasize the nature of the interior space
of the Transformer, the artist has chosen to project, at maximum size, two other videos
which, in a symbiotic interaction with the white, almost flesh-like covering of the inside
environment, expand the disturbing landscape of her vision.

Djurberg's works are characterized by an obsessive rhythm, and while they are permeated with
a taste for irony and humor, they convey a sense of disquietude, nostalgia, and unease, sometimes
genuine anguish. These feelings are reinforced by the music that accompanies all artist's works,
written by the young Swedish composer Hans Berg.

Nathalie Djurberg lives and works in Berlin, Germany.


Admission is free, but advance reservation is required.
For non- Koreans call: 02 737 4773
or email: booking.transformer@prada.com

For Korean citizens: you can book online through the website using your ID number.

See website for all details: (English) http://www.prada-transformer.com/
Location: Downtown Seoul, Jongno, Gyeonghui Palace garden, Prada Transformer (near Seoul Museum of History)
Closest subway: Line 5, purple line, Seodaemun or Gwanghwamun stations, 10 min walk.
Easiest way is: Get off at Seodaemun Subway Station (Subway Line No. 5 Stop 532), Exit No. 4, and go straight 150 meters up to the Naeil Newspaper Office on the corner. Turn right there. It's about a 10-minute walk.

“Wood Meets Paper” Exhibit at SOMA, Seoul Thru Aug 30

Venue:Soma Art Museum
Date:Jul.09, 2009~Aug.30, 2009

Description:
With strips of wooden swirls and paper-covered hoops, New York-based artists Mary Sullivan and Boris Curatolo offer up an exhibit called “Wood Meets Paper” at the SOMA Museum of Art near Olympic Park in southern Seoul, running through August 30.
This is the third collaborative installation by these two artists, after a previous joint effort in Spain last year. According to the artists, their installations are designed specifically for the constraints and atmosphere of the exhibit space.

Ticket prices are W3,000 for adults; W2,000 for students.
Museum hours are 10 am to 6 pm Tuesday through Sunday; closed Mondays.
Website in English at: http://www.somamuseum.org/english/index.asp. Phone: 02-425-1077.
To get there, arrive at Olympic Park subway station, line 5, or Mongchon Tosong station, line 8, exit 1. There is a map in English at the museum’s website.

Chungmuro International Film Festival (CHIFFS), Seoul - Aug 24 - Sept 20, 2009

What: Chungmuro International Film Festival
Period: August 24, 2009 - September 01, 2009
Place: Cinemas in Chungmuro (Daehan, CGV Myeongdong, Megabox, Dongdaemun), Seoul

Descritption:
The “3rd Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul 2009” (CHIFFS 2009) will run from the 24th August until the 1st September, in Chungmuro, one of the centers of Korea's film industry. This year the theme is “Yesterday, Now & Forever”, and more than 210 films from 40 countries will be screened in the 16 different categories of the festival, which include the CINE-CLASSIC, CINE RETRO Ⅲ, and Viva! Latin Cinema categories.

The CINE-CLASSIC category will feature award-winning films from international film festivals, such as the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. In the CINE RETRO Ⅲ category, classics starring Marilyn Monroe will be screened, and the Viva! Latin Cinema will present Latin American films.

The opening ceremony will be held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. During the festival, movies will be screened in various movie theaters throughout Seoul such as Daehan Cinema, Joongang Cinema, CGV Myeongdong, and Megabox Dongdaemun. Also, some movies will be screened free of charge at open-air cinemas, and during the festival an open-air cinema will be set up in Seoul Plaza. Tickets for screenings cost 5,000won.

Visitors can attend the opening ceremony for free by participating in a special online event. Tickets to the closing ceremony cost 10,000won. Tickets can be purchased at the box office of each cinema. Online reservations can also be made through the CHIFFS official website: www.chiffs.kr (Korean, English, Japanese)

Programs
* Movie Theaters:
Daehan Cinema, CGV Myeongdong, Megabox Dongdaemun, Myungbo Theater
* Locations of other festival events:
Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Plaza, Chungmuro, Mt.Namsan, Myeongdong, Dongdaemun, Cheonggyecheon Stream
* Special Events:
Sejong Center for the Performing Arts & Gwanghwamun Plaza (Opening Ceremony), National Theater of Korea (Closing Ceremony)

Admissions
General screenings - 5,000 won
Opening ceremony - Free (ticket will be provided by online event starting July 23)
Closing ceremony - 10,000 won

Ticket Reservations
Online reservations will be available through the website close to the time of the festival. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office of each cinema.

Further Information
Korea Travel Phone: 1330 (Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese)
Tel: 02-2236-6231/4
See website (Korean only): http://www.chiffs.kr/,
English website: http://eng.chiffs.kr/

12th Seoul Fringe Festival - Aug 13 - 29, 2009

What: Seoul Fringe Festival - Aug 13 - 29, 2009
- Period : 2009.08.13 - 2009.08.29
- Venue : Art galleries and studios in Hongdae and Seoul
- Host : Seoul Fringe Network
- Program : Indoor Art Fair, Street Art Fair, Special Program, and Delivery Program etc.
- Inquiry : Fringe Information (right next to the Tourist Information, inside 'Hongdae; station of subway line #2
- Web Site : http://www.seoulfringefestival.net/ (Korean Ok, English version still under construction...)
-Tel. +82 02 325 8150 Fax. +82 02 325 8992 (English speaking assistance available!!!)
-E-mail. seoulfringe@hanmail.net

Getting to Hongdae:
Subway Line 2 Hongik Subway, or Line 6 Sangsu station.

Description:
In front of Hong-Ik University, the place, usually called 'HONG-DAE', is the place of origin of Korean Independent Arts. It's also where underground culture or non-mainstream groups started their performance. Until today, it is known to be a distinguished place where people are allowed to express themselves as much as they want more than other places.

As befits its fame as the center for independent art, throughout August, everywhere in Hongdae will be the venue for the 12th Seoul Fringe Festival; a home to non-mainstream arts.

Fringe Festival is opened to every artist from an amateur to a professional unlike a usual art fair that sort art pieces out based on a specific criterion for an entry. It is also distinguishing character of Fringe Festival that participants work on their own art program individually but operate overall festival together.
This festival is for giving positive environment to breathe freshness into the art industry. In reality and in name, Seoul Fringe Festival can be translated into "an alternative culture festival" where we can see the creative imagination and experimental sprit of many various artists.

The history of the Seoul Fringe Festival can trace back to 1998. At the time, 'Independent Art Fair' was held for the first time under the name of 'Seeking out Korean Style Fringe', and on its 5th anniversary in 2002, it extended its scope to an international art event from a domestic one. Today, the Seoul Fringe Festival is the oldest event of these kinds in Asia, followed by Bangkok Fringe Festival in Thailand since 1999.

This year almost 300 participants including individuals and groups are taking part in this festival . Thanks to large number of artists, a lot of unique events will be displayed or played over 17 days. (Up to 165 programs will be played 359 times overall)

The festival largely consists of Indoor Art Fair, Street (Outdoor) Art Fair, Special Program, and Delivery Program. You can meet all sorts of art such as play, dance, music, performance, and mixed-art etc. All programs are ready to get joined with citizens. (The style or theme of each program is too various that we decide not to introduce any of them.)

Maybe, people are not familiar with the Independent Art. But this time, it's not necessary for you to feel uncomfortable because of its various styles. We recommend you to go to Hongdae without any hesitation in the evening of summer day when the sunset is glowing. Without limitation of the time and space, you can come across some surprisingly wonderful art pieces that stimulate your intrinsic creativity.

The innovative artwork of Scandinavian nations - Kukje Gallery, Seoul til Aug 23, 2009

To the masses, Nordic countries are known for their long winters, white nights and, of course, those pillaging Vikings of old.

To the art world, they’re known for their innovative ideas.

Some of the best contemporary Nordic art is now on display at the Kukje Gallery in downtown Seoul, providing a glimpse into a style that is somewhat foreign to most Koreans.

The exhibit features works from six contemporary Scandinavian artists: Kaspar Bonnen and Michael Elmgreen of Denmark, Ingar Dragset and Ann Lislegaard of Norway, Per Wizen of Sweden, and Marko Vuokola of Finland.

Bonnen, a prominent young painter is known for “combining aspects of modernist formalism with narrative and almost theatrical modes,” said curator Pontus Kyander, the public arts manager in Auckland, New Zealand, who organized the event. A Bonnen work on display titled “You’re the Speaker” gives viewers the sense that they are being interviewed by the people in the painting. The artist’s style creates a kind of chaos that leaves some viewers a bit disturbed, yet it also challenges their perceptions.

Elmgreen and Dragset are actually a married couple. They humorously deconstruct artistic spaces and present absurd and poetical themes.

The two have collaborated on projects for the Tate Modern museum in London and numerous international art events. Elmgreen and Dragset are currently curators and participating artists in the Nordic and Danish pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

The Kukje exhibit includes a video recording of their art performance “Drama Queens,” which features imitations of sculptures by Alberto Giacometti and Henry Moore. The sculptures , powered by electric motors, move around the stage as if they are in an actual play, debating which one is the best work.

Wizen has received increasing attention recently from institutions and collectors. The Swede’s works are essentially recreations of old paintings, which he makes by assembling book reproductions of the pieces into collages. These projects are so complicated that they sometimes take years to finish. His works have little relation to the historical context of the paintings. Instead, he presents troubling imagery based on the styles of artists like Uccello, Masaccio and Caravaggio.

Marko Vuokola has experimented with variations in time and space in his “Seventh Wave” series. The most recent addition involves the landscape around Marfa, Texas, where he took pictures of objects at different time intervals. Lastly, Lislegaard has caught international attention through her sophisticated sound and video installations.

The exhibition continues until Aug. 23. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday through Saturday, and to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free. Go to Gyeongbok Palace Station on line No. 3, exit 5, or Anguk Station Exit 1 (see map).
For more information, call (02) 735 8449 or visit www.kukje.org.

Photo Exhibition - Marilyn Monroe:The last Sitting by Bert Stern til Oct 4, Seoul

Where: THE CHOSUN ILBO GALLERY

Dates: July 27 to Oct. 4:

What: “Bert Stern’s Marilyn Monroe ‘The Last Sitting.’”

Marilyn Monroe is undoubtedly one of America’s most iconic figures. This exhibit displays a series of photographs taken by American fashion photographer Bert Stern for Vogue magazine.

Stern snapped the photos at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles six weeks prior to Monroe’s death.Of the 2,571 images Stern captured, 59 will be displayed here.

This will be the first time the exhibit is shown in Asia.
It was originally presented in 2006 at the Musee Maillol in Paris. The exhibition in Seoul, which is open until October 4, will also feature a montage of clips from Monroe's movies.


The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Admission is 10,000 won.

The exhibit is only open to those 19 and older.

TeL: (02) 517-2134

Website: http://gallery.chosun.com/

Subway Directions: Get off at City Hall Stn. (Line 1, Exit 3 ) or Gwanghwamun Station, (line No. 5, exit 6). The Chosun Ilbo gallery is in a quiet back street, opposite the "C square" building. On the main road is the Korea Hotel - the gallery is in the back street behind that. (see map)

Incheon International Digital Arts Festival (INDAF 09) & conference- Aug 7 - Oct 25, 2009

What: Incheon International Digital Arts Festival 2009.
Presenting new aesthetics of digital media art from cutting-edge international and Korean digital artists. Digital arts competition, conference, invitational exhibition, interactive displays, digital entertainment exhibition etc.
When: Festival opening Aug 7 - Oct 25, 2009

Free Public Conference: 1st INDAF International Conference (open to all interested in digital art).
Theme: The future of Digital Art, Enjoyment of Digital technology
Dates: Aug 7, 8
Time: 13:30 - 16:10pm
Cost: Need to pay general entry fee to festival - 15,000 won (pre-booked) 18,000 at ticket office.
Venue: Premier Ballroom C, Songdo Convensia

Festival Open days/ Times:
Aug 7 - Aug 20 - 9:30 am - 10 pm daily.
From Aug 21 - Oct 25 - 9:30am - 8pm weekdays, 9:30 am - 10 pm weekends.
Cost: By reservation - 15,000 won. At ticket office - 18,000 won
Ticket reservation via Internet (Korean only): http://wwwaff.ticketlink.co.kr/ticketlink/aff/index.jsp
Where: Digital Art Hall in the main venue for Global Fair & Festival, Songdo, Incheon

Getting there by public transport: From Seoul - Take the Line 1 (dark blue line) to Incheon, get off at Bupyeong Station. Transfer to the sky blue Incheon line, get off at Central Park station. The festival venues are centered around Central Park.
Allow at least 1.5 hours travelling time from central Seoul.

Website: (English): http://www.indaf.org/emain.asp

Global Fair & Festival 2009 Incheon, Korea - Aug 7 - Oct 25

The 80 day story of future cities
- "Global Fair & Festival 2009 Incheon, Korea " Opens

In August, small cities full of excitement and fun will be created in Incheon. Global Fair & Festival 2009 Incheon, Korea will run from August 7th to October 25th in Incheon’s Songdo International City. Its slogan is “Lightening Tomorrow”. It is the first international festival held with “cities” as its theme.

All of the major venues are themed as small cites where visitors can have tons of fun. In the event areas, visitors can watch exhibitions, enjoy some food and relax. The major exhibitions include the Robot Science Future Pavilion, the Advanced Technology Plaza, the Green Growth Hall, the Teddy Bear exhibition, the World Culture Street, the Global City Pavilion and the Domestic and Overseas Business Mall. During the festival, visitors can experience what future cities will be like. Information on exhibitions, performances and events will be provided to suit the various needs of visitors. Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese language services will be available.

Must-See 10 events!
1. Theme Theater
Visitors can see the 3D animation called City Paradiso. This large-scale animation is created by advanced media technology. Also, a special show will feature holograms and a variety of performances including magic and pantomime.

2. Robot Science Future Pavilion
Visitors can see many robot animals in the “Robot Zoo”. Also, there will be exciting exhibitions such as a world robot soccer match and robot battle.

3. World Culture Street
The exhibition will offer fascinating glimpses of different cultures from all over the world such as a knife fight on a Trojan horse and a marionette performance under water. Every day, thrilling events will be held for the enjoyment of visitors. Visitors can also try international foods that they cannot eat elsewhere.

4. Multimedia Water Show
This show will display the perfect harmony of digital technology and art. The fantastic laser beam show at the fountain will stimulate visitors’ imagination and make you wonder at the ingenuity of the human imagination.

5. Incheon International Digital Art Festival (INDAF09)
Its theme is “Future cities where people communicate with one another in happiness”. More than 50 digital artists from 12 countries will feature artworks created by new media art and advanced technologies.

6. Urban Planning Exhibition Center
The exhibition will feature how Incheon has developed as far as it has as a major city and its future vision. The 360-degree revolving center will be equipped with high technology facilities.

7. Tomorrow City
Visitors can experience firsthand future “lives” created by ubiquitous technology.

8. Green Growth Hall
The hall will feature a 3D ocean environment. Also, the exhibition highlights the importance of energy. The plant Jatropha, whose oil is getting a lot of attention as an alternative energy source, will be grown in a separate corner of the hall. Also, a hybrid street light and a solar block will be on display.

9. Incheon Bridge
From Incheon Bridge, which is a landmark of Incheon, people can enjoy fantastic shows including splendid fireworks, brilliant laser light shows and water screens.

10. Cirque Eloize’s New Show ID to Premiere in Korea
Canadian circus troupe Cirque Eloize's brand new show, ID, will premiere at the Global Fair & Festival 2009 Incheon, Korea. The art circus’s theme is “Speed, Spectacle, Special”. The troupe’s founder, Jeannot Painchaud directed the show.
Information
☞ Period: August 7, 2009 - October 25, 2009
☞ Place: Songdo International City (Main Event hall, Central Park, Tomorrow City, Songdo Convensia) and various venues located throughout Incheon Meropolitan City
☞ Transportation: Seoul Subway Line 1-> At Bupyeong Station, Transfer onto Incheon Subway Line -> Get off at Central Park Station (Incheon Subway Line 1) -> Walk 300m
☞ Admission Fees: Adults 18,000 won, 13-18 years old 13,000 won, Under the age of 12 10,000 won
☞ Call Center: 1666-2009 (Information on the festival, nearby tourist attractions, accommodations and transportation is provided)
☞ Official Homepage: www.incheonfair.org (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian)

Free open air Jazz Festival - National Museum of Korea, Seoul - Aug 7,8

*********JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009*********
TIME: August 7 @ 7PM and August 8 @ 6PM
PLACE: Open air venue, Yeolrim Madang (park) at the National Museum of Korea (near Ichon Station, Yongsan in Seoul),
ADMISSIONS: FREE!!!!!!

For info: http://www.theateryong.or.kr/perfor/perfor_view.asp?play=122&wh=E
Tel: 02-1544-5955
Performers: Korean and International players:
Fri Aug 7 at 7pm - Hong Soon Dal Quartet (be-bop)
and Peter Solo and Kakarako (from West Africa) - jazz fusion, reggae, Afro-Cuban, West African.
Sat Aug 8 at 6pm -
wHOOL
Dominic Miller and Band
YunHeeJUng and CEOJ Band

Directons: 150 meters from Ichon subway station (Lines 1 and 4, Exit 2). Walk towards Yongsan Family Park.

Dissonant Visions - art exhibition- Seoul Museum of Art til Aug 30

What: Monster era_Dissonant Visions
Dates: 2009-06-24 ~ 2009-08-30
Where: Seoul Museum of Art, Exhibition Room 1 (1st floor at main building). Near City Hall subway station (see map below)
Opening hours: 10:00~21:00 on weekdays (Tuesday~Friday), Sat-Sun 10:00 - 19:00
Entry fee: normal exhibitions - 700 won.
See website: http://seoulmoa.seoul.go.kr/global/eindex.jsp











Genre of exhibition and the number of artworks: Range of contemporary Art styles/ 60 pieces
This exhibition features various interpretation of 'monsters', imaginative and mysterious creatures created by distinguished artists through the eyes of comtemporary art.

Monsters have been perennially living in the imagination of numerous artists. They are a metaphor to embody a dualism crossed all society like cognitive dissonance in individual values collided with the real world, refusal and violation against existing system and rationality and internal discord in human being or community. One of the hidden code to understand complicated and multiplicate comtemporary art radically changing is 'dissonance' which appears as 'monsters' in the comtemporary world. Twenty one artists in the exhibition provide common denominator, imaginary creatures through 'Dissonant Visions'.
The word 'Monster' can be traced back to the latin 'monstrare (teach)' and 'monere (warn)'. As you can see, monsters originally meant something to show to the public as a warning like psychological and moral deviation including immorality, madness, irrationality and violation rather than something to inspire fears or disgust until before 19th century. They are not natural creatures, but cultural and artistic creatures representing a stranger of the age in the historical context. As it becomes hard to draw a line between goodness and badness, the emblematic creatures earned additional images of chaotic human who lost their control over the world.

Catastrophic reality and unpredictable future make human beings unstable more and more. In this 'hybrid' world, existing rational orders and values are confusing people. Various illustration of monsters in contemporary art offers meaningful opportunities to have a deeper understanding into inhuman wildness inside us living today.

Introduction and Artists

The exhibition presents various interpretation against existing stereotype of monsters, helps the audience broaden their horizon of imagination, and looks into the contemporary world through multiple aspects. 21 participating artists show diverse works like paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos and installations diversified both in form and substance at three sections.

Section 1. Apocalypse of Dystopia

This section consists of series of works expressing monsters as a rhetoric symbolizing an dystopian response to the dismal age. They contain complaints and desperate horrors about the world's irregularities and evil practices, concerns and pessimism about the civilized society, inhuman wildness beneath it, and uncertainty of the future caused by radical changes of cutting edge scientific technology.

Section 2. Forbidden Land

This section is about monsters as an existence that refuses traditional values and violates taboos. As Michel Foucault defined monsters as a combination of impossibilities and taboos, beings that violate taboos are monstrous. Those who crossed a boundary or on the line are monsters. Present time is a 'hybrid' world that caused number of problems like violating the nature, creation of mixed species and collapsed characteristics and boundaries then monsters unveil their appearance agitating existing reasonable orders and values.

Section 3. Inner Monster

This section deals with internal darkness and madness of human being. Art is an aesthetic expression of the age and recognition of the reality by the artist and moreover, it is a report about immanent nature of human. Monster is embodiment of fear existing beneath the deepest consciousness, another ego of the artist and psychological portrait of us all. We may be able to reaffirm the monstrous characteristics inside of us.

2009 Incheon Women Artist's Biennale - Aug 1 - 31, 2009

Opening day: Sat, August 1- opening performances 10 am - 5pm. Opening Ceremony 5 pm. Tour of exhibition 6pm - 8pm.
Cost: One day pass is 7,000 won for adults, 5,000 won for students (13-18 years old) and 2,000 won for children (4-12 years old).
Times: The biennale is open everyday Aug 1 - 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Daily docent tours are held at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Website: Visit www.iwabiennale.org (Korean, English). Full program in English available plus maps, transport details, artist details etc.

Directions: To get to Incheon Art Platform, get off Incheon Station Subway Line 1. Cross the street, and you'll see signs for Jung-gu District Office. Walk for 5 minutes, and you'll find the Incheon Art Platform, located opposite the Jungbu Police Station.


Article from Korea Times:
For the entire month of August, Incheon is the site for a unique contemporary art biennale that shines the spotlight on women artists. Nearly 300 artists from 40 countries are participating in the second Incheon Women Artists' Biennale (IWAB), which opens Saturday.

It is only timely and relevant to have a contemporary art biennale focusing on women artists. The international art world has always been criticized for being sexist and male-dominated, and Korea is no exception.

Yang Eun-hee, commissioner of the Main Exhibition at the biennale, said there is a big disparity between the number of male and female artists shown in art institutions and museums in Korea.

``In the Korean art world, the museums' major collections have less than 20 percent, or even 10 percent, of artworks by female artists,'' Yang told The Korea Times. ``I also did some research at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Gwacheon. For their new acquisitions in 2007, only 11 percent were women artists. It's very low.''



Even major contemporary art biennales around the world are traditionally seen as male-dominated events. This is one of the reasons that spurred the creation of the Incheon Women Artists Biennale.

``Other biennales in the world tend to be led by male artists. Our uniqueness is we focus on women artists and their works. It's a challenge for us. We want to overcome the male dominated art world, and that's one of the reasons why we created the biennale,'' said Kwon Kyung-ae, president of the biennale organizing committee.

While the IWAB also invites male artists to participate, the biennale is focused on promoting women artists' works and acting as a bridge between the local and international art communities.

The biennale's roots can be traced to the Incheon Women Artists Association, which held annual exhibitions for its members since the 1980s. The first biennale opened in 2004, and its success led to its first-ever international version in 2007. It was established ``out of the belief that femininity could be a catalyst for communication between different genders which would bring about a more accelerated parity in an equally-beneficial society.''


Main Exhibitions

Since it is fairly new compared to the biennales in Gwangju and Busan, organizers admitted their budget is significantly smaller. ``Our budget is only 10 percent of the Gwangju Biennale's budget. We're definitely comparable to those biennales in terms of ideas, but not with the budget,'' Yang said.

This year's biennale is divided into three sections, each dealing with various issues confronting the art world, particularly women artists, today. The Main Exhibition and Participation Exhibition both feature only women artists, although the latter only includes Korean artists.

With the theme ``So Close Yet So Far Away,'' the Main Exhibition explores women artists' ``understanding and perception of space, where they reside, struggle and strive to realize their dreams.''

The Main Exhibition features works by 101 artists from 26 countries, including feminist artists Judy Chicago and Faith Ringgold. Chicago will be showing drawings of her controversial ``Dinner Party'' installation, which featured place settings for famous historical and mythical women like Sappho and Virginia Woolf.

``Somehow the biennale needs to be connected to the global audience and other feminist artists in the world. I think the goal of feminism is still being reached. … I would call this biennale as the first cooperative effort to build a sustainable institution in terms of women's art. To sustain this community in Korea, you need to build a network with the other areas,'' Yang said.



21st Century for Women

Women will lead the future. The title of the Tuning Exhibition says it all ``The 21st Century, The Feminine Century, and the Century of Diversity and Hope.''

Han Heng-gil, chairman of the operating committee of the exhibition, says the project envisions the 21st century as ``feminine, diverse and free of any political, racial or sexual oppression.''

``We are living in a time when there is no need to talk about improvement of women's status or equality. We are already there. Back in '60s and '70s, women perhaps struggled to gain independence and political and social power. During the past 40 years, that has shifted and Hillary Clinton came close to the U.S. presidency. The question now is not whether or not women's status has to be improved but the question is now that you are empowered, what are you going to do,'' Han told The Korea Times.

Both male and female artists will tackle these questions through their art. There are paintings, installations, multimedia pieces, animation, catalogs, text, films, performances and discussions, as well as ceramics and calligraphy, which are both often overlooked by the contemporary art scene.

Various performances will be staged on opening day, such as the hilarious critical satire by an all-female band of artists called DISBAND (1-5 p.m.) and Hong-kai Wang's ``Accept Me for What I Am If You Want Me'' (10-11 a.m.).

While it may seem counterproductive to invite male artists to a women artists' biennale, organizers believe that bringing together artists of both gender will produce a vibrant artistic dialogue.

New York-based artist Ma Jong-il, who created a huge bamboo installation at the Incheon Art Platform, says there should be no distinction between male and female artists.

``When we had a press meeting in New York, one of the artists said, `there are no female or male artists here.' Basically I don't care. Males and females, when they concentrate on developing their own way, eventually there is going to be harmony,'' he said.

Diverse Art on Display

The biennale art works will not just be seen at the main venue Incheon Art Platform, but also at historical landmarks like Incheon Korean-Chinese Cultural Center, Freedom Park, Incheon Weather Station, Incheon City Historical Data Office, Jemulpo Club, Incheon Educational and Cultural Center for Students, and the Paradise and Harbor Park Hotels.

``We are putting art in the public realm. We wanted to bring art to the daily life of people. As you know, Korean people don't care much about art, especially contemporary art. So if they don't come, you should go out to them and engage them,'' Han said.

One of the attention-grabbing works is New York-based artist Lee Chang-jin's indoor and outdoor mixed media installation ``Comfort Women Wanted.'' It references the thousands of young women forced into sex slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

One billboard shows a photograph of a young Taiwanese comfort woman at the comfort station by a Japanese soldier, surrounded with gold leaf, usually used in honoring saints. It is flanked by two billboards showing just a silhouette of an old woman standing inside her house.

``Korea is where the `comfort women' movement started, and this Biennale is the perfect site to present an artwork which acknowledges these outspoken and courageous women survivors. By creating international awareness of these women and their place in history I hope we can prevent this kind of unspeakable crime against humanity ever happening again anywhere,'' Lee said.

Kim Eun-hyung, who is also based in New York, made a large-scale wall drawing ``Storyteller'' inside the Incheon Art Platform building. He gathered images from his everyday life, memories and pop culture to show how simple but bizarre life is.

Kim said his works delve into questions of personal identity, which can be expanded to male and female identity. ``The women artists' biennale is not only about feminism. I think for our part, we can show some harmony between man and woman. I want this to transcend sexuality, but be something that relates to human beings,'' Kim said.

Japanese artist ON Megumi Akiyoshi painted a colorful cloud of flowers on the glass facade of a building at the Incheon Art Platform. Aside from her painting, she will also wear a brightly colored costume for her ``ON Flower Gallery'' performance on Saturday.

Akiyoshi said she was intrigued when she first read about the IWAB, even though she's not crazy about the feminist movement.

``But I believe in yin and yang. Yin is female, yang is male. The relationship is always moving and changing. Like in Japan, right now only males can be emperors, but a long time ago, there was female emperor. So when I heard about this women's biennale, I thought yes, it is changing. I'm not trying to be more powerful than males, but it is just a natural movement. I'm very happy there's a women's biennale confidently talking about it, and I'm a part of it,'' she said.

cathy@koreatimes.co.kr

Bucheon International Performance Art Festival 2009 (BIPAF), Sat/Sun Aug 1-2

What: Bucheon International Performance Art Festival 2009, this Saturday/Sunday August 1-2, 2009.
Time: from 3pm - 6pm.
Free entry.
Description: A range of international and Korean performance artists, musicians etc. presenting experimental works.
Location: Subway Line 1, Bucheon Station (Bucheon Station Event Hall), between the subway exit and the shopping center.

Come, support and enjoy!!!

14th Seoul Sightseeing Photo Festival - Aug 1, 2009

14th Seoul Sightseeing Photo Festival - Foreigner Photo Academy

The Seoul Metropolitan Government holds the 14thSeoul Sightseeing Photo Contest 2009 to promote the beauty and excellence of the “Creative, Cultural City, Seoul” to all over the world.


■ Instruction
- Schedule : 1 August, 2009 (Sat) 11Am~ 4pm
- Content : The cultural experience around Hongik Univ and Sam chung dong in Seoul


■ Requirement : Take a Individual Camera with you.
(It doesn't matter whether you have a camera or not, but you'd better bring yours for efficiency.)

■ Volume of recruitment : Forty persons
■ application : Fill in the below form and send it to this email address.
(2009seoulphoto@hanmail.net)
Name
Age
Job
Contact
Address
channel for application (Where did you find this event information?)


■ Auspice : Seoul, Republic of Korea / Management : Etooexpo Co.,Ltd

■ Sponsor : Daum, Monthly photonet, KT&G Sangsangmadang, Scopi
※ The academy is open to everyone and there is no application fee.

■ Inquiry : Seoul Sightseeing Photo Festival Executive Office
Tel) 02.333.6230, E-mail) 2009seoulphoto@hanmail.net



Looking forward to meeting you on 1 August, 2009 (Sat)

Again, if you have any question, please e-mail.

Thank you very much

Fernando Botero exhibition - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Deoksu Palace, Seoul til Sept 17, 2009

What: Exhibition of Colombian artist Fernando Botero's paintings and sculptures

Where: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Deoksu Palace, Seoul.

Description:

Born 1932 in Medellin, Botero gained fame for his distinctive and vivid artworks portraying Latin American life, and is widely considered one of the living masters of modern art.
On display inside the museum are 89 paintings from Botero's personal collection. Three large bronze sculptures, "Cat," "Seated Woman," and "Reclining Woman" can be found around the Deoksu Palace grounds.

Divided into seven sections, the exhibition shows the diversity and depth of Botero's works throughout the decades, from still lifes to his latest "Circus" series.

Famous paintings by masters like Rubens, Velasquez, Cezanne, and Picasso are given a Botero-esque twist. Botero reinterpreted famous pieces like Goya's "Duchess of Osuna,'' Rubens' "Peter Rubens and Isabella Brandt,'' and Velasquez' "Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain in White Dress.''

His works depicting Latin American people, culture and everyday life are dripping with affection and warmth. Many of the paintings are based on Botero's memories of growing up in Colombia, hence the scenes of families at home, dancing, bull fighting, and streets and landscapes with Spanish colonial era structures.

Admission is 10,000 won for adults to 4,000 won for children. The museum is closed on Mondays. To get there, get off at City Hall station, line 1 or 2, exit 1 or 2. Call (02) 368-1414 or visit http://botero.moca.go.kr.

To complement the Botero exhibition, a series of lectures on Latin American art, literature and music will be held at 6:30 p.m., July 16, 23 and 30 and Aug. 6, 13 and 20 at Heungkuk Life Insurance building, Gwanghwamun. Latin American films such as "Motorcycle Diaries," "Buena Vista Social Club," "City of God," and "Pan's Labyrinth" will be screened at Cine Cube, Aug. 6-12. Visit www.cineart.co.kr.

Borderless generation - Contemporary Art of Latin America, KFCC, til Aug 8, 2009

Borderless Generation: Contemporary Art of Latin America

Period: July 17 - August 8, 2009
Hours: 10:00 - 21:00 (until 18:00 on Saturdays)
Venue: KFCC Galleries
Host: MOFAT, KF
Supporters: Latin American and Caribbean Embassies
Entrance Fee: Free

Description: Contemporary art exhibition showing a wide range of media such as sound installation, photographs, new media, paintings etc.
Gallery guide is scheduled to be held every Wednesday and Saturday at 15:00 during the exhibition period.

The KF Cultural Center is open from 10:00 to 21:00 Monday through Saturday (Saturday until 18:00) and closed on Sundays and national holidays. Admission is free. For further information, please contact the KF Cultural Center at 02-2151-6520, 6514. (yes, they speak English)
See website: http://www.kfcenter.or.kr
Location:KFCC, Joong Ang Ilbo newspaper Building, near City Hall, Seoul.
Getting there: Close to City Hall subway. Take Exit 9, walk 5 mins. to Joong Ang Ilbo newspaper Building on your left

Latin American FIlm Festival (free), KFCC, Seoul until Aug 1

There's a free Latin American film festival on at the Korea Foundation Cultural Center from now until August 1.
Check the website for film schedule: www.kfcenter.or.kr/english
Most movies are subtitled in English (no screenings on Sundays)

Location: Korean Foundation Cultural center, JoongAng Ilbo newspaper building, near City Hall, Seoul.
Nearest subway: City Hall station. Exit 9, walk 5 mins to the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper building on your left.

LIVE @ PLATOON KUNSTHALLE, Gangnam: MODERAT IN CONCERT-July 23

Start Time: Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 8:00pm - midnight
Location: PLATOON KUNSTHALLE
Street: Gangnam-gu Nonhyeon-dong 97-22
City/Town: Seoul, South Korea

Phone: 02-34471191
Email: mail@kunsthalle.com

Description
moderat is a collaboration of three successful projects that joined forces to create a new audiovisual experience. on the audio side modeselektor and apparat (hence the name, moderat) put a lot of efforts into developing a unique sound. they rented studio space at the legendary berlin hansa studios (where david bowie recorded 'heroes') in order to record the album in analog with the help of the studio's vintage tube technology and an old emi console from 1972, restored especially for moderat. they even hired joshua kit clayton, an american software designer, to program a superb reverb algorithm specifically for the recording process of the album. They also bought an emt model 140 plate reverb on an internet auction and had to travel to los angeles to pick it up. for the album they worked together with rapper busdriver from los angeles, delle (aka eased) from germany's top act seeed and paul st. hilaire.

on the visual side one of berlin's first and finest vj crews, pfadfinderei, provided some exclusive visual material. in contrary to their fast club-based fast paced style they created a whole new visual experience through decelerated images. moderat was one of the main acts on this year's sonar festival in barcelona and tour worldwide with their show.

www.bpitchcontrol.de/Moderat
www.bpitchcontrol.de/artist/7
www.apparat.net
www.modeselektor.de
www.myspace.com/mdslktr
www.pfadfinderei.com

TICKET SALE:
box office price on site: 40,000 KRW (1 free drink)
presale ticket price is: 35,000 KRW
*to order presale tickets, please transfer the amount first to the following bank account given below. then please send us your name, contact number, date of transfer per email to mail@kunsthalle.com.
bank account: hanabank, account no. 206-910015-87604, account holder: ㈜플래툰 - PLATOON

for further information, please contact PLATOON KUNSTHALLE
tel.: 02-3447-1191~7
email: mail@kunsthalle.com

13th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, July 16 - 26

13th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
Great Films for Those Looking for Something Different

The 13th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, to be held in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do on July 16---26, is one of Korea's top film festivals, and certainly its most unique. Dedicated to all fans of fantastic films, animation, cartoons and computer games around the world, this year's festival is a defiant celebration of previously niche-confined fantastic genres that are now enjoying new leases on life.

PiFan is also capitalizing on its thirteenth anniversary to place this normally ominous number in a new light, recognizing the exciting and creative energy it has inspired. Film lovers can look forward to a more spectacular lineup of new works, special exhibitions and retrospectives than ever before. Admission depends on program. For more information, call (032) 345-6313~4 or visit www.pifan.com. Getting there: Songnae Station, Line 1, Exit 2.

Seoul Art Collective photography exhibition - 11 - 23 July, Door Gallery, Hongdae

Seoul Art Collective Presents

‘PILOT LIGHT’

New Photography : Dream

11-23/7/2009

The DOOR Gallery
Hongdae, Seoul

121-818 서울 마포구 동교동 177-22

Tel: 010-9441-9335

http://thedoor.co.kr


‘Pilot Light’ explores photography that recalls memories from one’s past, negates time and space and transports individuals into a world all of their own. When perception elicits a spontaneous reaction; a dream, a taste, a sound, a smell… there we find the intangible realm of memory. The photographic works question what it is that draws the past back into us, and the boundaries between memory and imagination.

Pilot Light 전시회에 노출된 사진들은 우리의 감각이 꿈이나 맛이나 소리 또는 향기로부터 자연스럽게 반응할 때와 같은 추억들을 상기시킨다. 이 사진들은 우리에게 추억을 묻고 또 추억과 상상의 차이점을 묻는다.


Photographers:
Derek Winchester

전혜지

Kyung min

Laine Alexander

박형렬

Tommy Roscoe

Travis Lee Street

Young jin

Art Exhibitions for Seoul and surrounds - from July 2009

Art Exhibitions from July onwards (Source: Korea Times, June 26, 2009)

Earth Alert: A Photographic Response to Climate Change
Daelim Museum
Through Aug. 23
Climate change is a serious threat, and this photography exhibition encourages visitors to think about their own personal impact on the environment and how they can reduce their carbon footprint. On display are 100 photos by 13 British and Korean professional photographers that show the impact of climate change around the world.
Entry: 4000 won
Hours: 10:00 am~6:00 pm (closed Mondays)
Address: Daelim Contemporary Art Museum 35-1 Tongy-Dong Chongro-Go Seoul, 110-040 Korea
Tel: 82-2-720-0667
Directions: use subway.
Number 3 line to Kyongbokgung station and take exit number 4. Follow the orange sign board in the street.
URL (good English pages): www.daelimmuseum.org


Heo Wook Solo Exhibition
Gallery LVS
Through July 11
Gallery LVS is hosting Heo Wook's solo exhibition. Heo's works look like colorful jigsaw puzzles. Call (02) 3443-7475.

Hans Heinsbroek
July 7-21
Raemian Gallery
The Embassy of the Netherlands is holding an exhibition of paintings by Hans Heinsbroek in Raemian Gallery. It is located near Changdeok Palace. Get off at Anguk station, line 3, exit 4. Call (02) 765-3304.

The Between
Urban Art
July 1-20
A group exhibition of works by Korean and foreign artists such as Kwon Ki-soo, Kim Jun and Patricia Tobacco Forrester is being held at Urban Art. Call (02) 511-2931 or visit www.urbanart4u.com.

My Heart’s Jewelry Box
Gallery Ssamzie
Through July 5
Moon Chang-bae is showcasing his glistening seascapes at a solo exhibition at Gallery Ssamzie, located on the basement of Ssamzie Gil in Insa-dong. Visit www.ssamziegil.com

Kim Young-kyun Exhibition
UM Gallery
Through July 4
Kim Young-kyun is holding his third solo exhibition at UM Gallery. Visit www.umgallery.co.kr

Shared Illusion
Cais Gallery
Through July 17
Cais Gallery is hosting an exhibition of works by Yi Hwan-kwon. Visit www.caisgallery.com or call (02) 511-0668.

Love Me Tender
Opera Gallery
Through July 7
French sculptor Marie Madeleine Gautier makes smooth bronze sculptures of females with small heads and exaggerated hips and legs. Vietnam-born, Paris-based Kelyne creates paintings that effortlessly combine Western and Eastern cultures. Email seoul@operagallery.com or call (02) 3446-0070.

Dissonant Visions
Seoul Museum of Art
Through Aug. 30
The Seoul Museum of Art opens its new exhibition featuring 21 Korean artists with a reception June 23. Visit www.seoulmoa.org or call (02) 2124-8800.

Rose
The Museum of Photography, Seoul
Through July 25
Photographer Joo Myung-duck loves beautiful roses, and it shows through his works. At the age of 70, Joo says that showing these photographs of roses is like revealing a part of his life. Call (02) 418-1316.

Frozen Flowers II
Posco Art Museum
Through July 9
Artist Hong Ju-young takes photographs of beautiful flowers that have been frozen. These flowers have undergone a condensing process, capturing their beauty in ice. Posco Art Museum is at the second floor of Posco Center, Daechi-dong, Gangnam. Call (02) 3457-1667.

Based on a True Story
Michael Schultz Gallery Seoul
Through July 31
Roemer & Roemer is having an exhibition at Michael Schultz Gallery, Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam. Visit www.schultzgallery.co.kr.

Julian Schnabel Print Exhibition
Watergate Gallery Seoul
Through July 10
Around 39 prints made by renowned American artist Julian Schnabel in the last 30 years will be on display at Watergate Gallery. Schnabel is known for his groundbreaking paintings and films, but he is also a prolific print-maker who uses various media and techniques to create a body of work that transcends the traditional applications of printmaking. Visit www.changart.com.

London Calling
Total Museum of Contemporary Art
Through July 26
British artists such as Phillip Allen, Fiona Banner, David Batchelor, Martin Creed, Dryden Goodwin, Peter McDonald, and Nathaniel Rackowe are participating in this group exhibition featuring British contemporary art. Total Museum of Contemporary Art is located in Pyeongchang-dong. Visit www.totalmuseum.org.

Between the Border
Gwangju Museum of Art
Through July 28
The Gwangju Museum of Art has organized an extensive exhibition of contemporary Korean, Chinese, and Japanese art. Visit www.artmuse.gwangju.go.kr.

Musical Offering
Gallery 2
Through July 11
Hong Seung-hye’s works are characterized by minimalist squares of color. Visit www.gallery2.co.kr or call (02) 3448-2112.

100 Years of Korean Comics
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Through Aug. 23
"Manhwa'' or Korean comic books are in the spotlight at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province. The exhibition traces the development of Korean comics over the last century. To get there, get off Seoul Grand Park Station, line 4, exit 4. A free shuttle bus to the museum is available. Admission is 3,000 won. Visit www.moca.go.kr.

A Way of Self-Confession
Gallery Soso
Through July 19
Twenty paintings by four Korean artists, Kwon Soon-young, Yang Yoo-youn, Lee Yoon-ju and Hong In-suk, are on display at Gallery Soso. Visit www.gallerysoso.com.

Nervous Track
Atelier Hermes
Through Aug. 9
Atelier Hermes, located in Sinsa-dong, is hosting the solo exhibition of Scottish artist Jim Lambie. Lambie, born in 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland, was short-listed for the 2005 Turner Prize with an installation called ``Mental Oyster." The exhibition in Seoul features his signature striped floor installations.

100 Daehangro
Arko Art Center
Through July 5
Arko Art Center is commemorating 30 years since it moved to Daehangro with a special exhibition. The center’s memories and experiences in the past 30 years are presented in the context of visual arts. Thirty artists and artist groups are participating. Visit www.arkoartcenter.or.kr or call (02) 760-4850.

Meet the Blythe
Coreana Museum
Through July 12
The big-eyed Blythe dolls are a cult favorite among many. Collector Kim Yun-seon is showing off her Blythe doll collection, which she started in 2002, at the Coreana Museum’s 1st floor open gallery. Visit www.spacec.co.kr.

Ceramics-Climax
Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art
Through July 5
This contemporary ceramic art exhibition sheds light on the tradition and legacy of ceramics in Gyeonggi Province. Aside from ceramic artworks by a range of artists, the museum is also introducing a video installation of the late video artist Paik Nam June ``Shaping the Future with Earth.'' Visit www.gma.or.kr.

Multiple/ Dialogue
National Museum of Contemporary Art of Korea
Through Feb. 7, 2010
This yearlong exhibition brings together the works of the late Paik Nam-june and Korean-American artist Kang Ik-joong. On display is Paik’s multimedia installation and Kang’s installation work, made of thousands of paintings, woodcuts and drawings. The two artists may have come from different generations and have distinct artistic styles, but their art continues to enthrall. To get there, get off at Seoul Grand Park Subway Line 4, Exit 4, where a shuttle bus to the museum is available every 20 minutes. Visit http://www.moca.go.kr.

Known Unknowns art project- Gallery Loop Hongdae -opening July 4 - Aug 11

"Known Unknowns" art project -
Opening 2009년 7월 4일 Sat July 4, 5:00 pm running til August 11, 2009
Venue: Gallery LOOP, Hongdae
Open hour:Monday ~ Sunday, 11am~8pm
Tel : 82.(0)2.3141.1377
Website: http://www.galleryloop.com/ (see Information page of website for map and info in English)

1. Artists:
Elizabeth MAGILL (엘리자베스 메길)
Graham GUSSIN (그라함 거신)
Jacques NIMKI (자크 님키)
Ruth CLAXTON (루스 클락슨)
Sofia HULTÉN (소피아 헐튼)

Exhibition Opening TV12 Gallery, Hongdae July 11 - 26

What: Joint exhibition of paintings by young Korean artists: Jangpa and Yoo Chang Chang
When: Opening - July 11, 5pm
Where: television 12 Gallery, Hongdae
For more info: Click on the poster at left for larger view

Exhibition opening 'MoNAF Seoul' Gallery Sogool, near Hongdae, July 24 -30

MoNAF Seoul
an exhibition at Gallery Sogool, Hongdae, July 25- 30, 2009
Opening Friday, July 24, 6-8pm

Brad Betts and Josh Daniel's show at Gallery Sogool will explore ideas about the 'art museum'- what its purpose is, how and why the public interacts with it, and the motivations behind establishing and running an art institution.

They plan to create an installation throughout the entire gallery space, temporarily transforming it into an imaginary art museum called 'MoNAF' (Museum of National Arts Foundation). MoNAF will be presented to the public as a real museum, with 'ticketing facilities', an 'education centre' and different 'collections'. Yet these won't be exactly the same as what a visitor to a real art museum would find. Instead they'll reference the real thing, allowing the viewer to think about the experience of visiting an established, respected museum and how the museum creates that experience. The tone of the exhibition will be humorous, however everything in the installation will look and feel as if it is intended to be taken seriously. The artists aim to unsettle and intrigue the visitor, and make them question the motivation behind this, and other, museums.

The installation will be created through fitting out the gallery spaces with furniture and art objects that are made to look like objects normally found in an art museum, but are actually made of cardboard or other cheap and impermanent materials. On first glance these will look real, but on closer inspection they will be obviously fake, with the aim of both amusing and disconcerting the viewer.

Brad Betts and Josh Daniel are Australian artists, currently residing in Seoul. Brad studied sculpture at the Victorian College of the Arts and animation at international college Animation Mentor. Josh majored in printmaking at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Monash University. They have both exhibited in solo and group shows in Australia, with Josh curating and project managing an event for the 2006 Next Wave Festival, while Brad also works as a freelance 3D animator.

Gallery Sogool, #393-4 Chang-Jeon Dong, Mapo Gu, Seoul
www.sogool.in
Contact us on 010 3143 8899 (Brad), 010 8050 7743 (Josh),
011 9472 1084 (Joo Yeon, Gallerist)

Contemporary Art of Latin America July 17 - August 8, KFCC, Seoul

The Korea Foundation Cultural Center is holding Borderless Generation: Contemporary Art of Latin America from July 17 through August 8.
Held as part of the "Latin American Cultural Festival," the exhibition will feature 27 artists from 16 countries and their artworks. It will be an occasion to explore the diversity of the Latin American contemporary arts. Gallery guide is scheduled to be held every Wednesday and Saturday at 3pm during the exhibition period, and a special lecture will be given by the invited curator, Yoon Chea-gab, on July 17, Friday at 4pm. Those who wish to attend the lecture, please contact shpark@kf.or.kr for reservations.

During the exhibition period, Latin American films with social, cultural, and historical themes will be screened daily (July 17---August 1). The KF Cultural Center is open from 10am to 9pm Monday through Friday (Saturdays until 6pm) and is closed on Sundays and national holidays. Admission is free. For further information, please contact the KF Cultural Center at www.kfcenter.or.kr/english or (02) 2151-6520.

Film Festival "Flesh Mind and Spirit" - Prada Transformer Seoul til July 9

It's film festival time at Prada Transformer through July 9.
World-renowned film director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Babel") and former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell have teamed up to select 14 films for the "Flesh Mind and Spirit" festival.
The films are an eclectic bunch chosen with no regard to era or nationality and include titles such as Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961), Karl Dreyer's "Ordet" (1955), Werner Herzog's "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (1972) and Charles Burnett's "Killer of Sheep" (1977), as well as the 2008 Korean blockbuster "The Good, The Bad, the Weird."
All films are filmed in their original language with English and Korean subtitles.

Screenings are free, but you need to reserve a spot. For more information, including reservation information, see English website :http://prada-transformer.com/
Location: Prada Transformer, the revolutionary arts venue designed by the office of famous architect Rem Koolhaas, is located on the grounds of historic Gyeonghuigung Palace, central Seoul (a 10 minute walk from Exit 4 of Seodaemun Station, Line 5.

8th Gwangju Biennale opens Sept 5- Nov 10, 2009

THE 3RD GWANGJU DESIGN BIENNALE OPENS IN SEPTEMBER
September 18 - November 4, 2009

Under the theme "The Clue", the Gwangju Design Biennale will open its 3rd edition on September 18th 2009 in the metropolitan city of Gwangju, South Korea. It is one of only a few design biennials in the world trying to create a tradition of thinking about design systematically.

The 3rd Gwangju Design Biennale sets out to reevaluate the truism "think globally and act locally" by examining five examples of traditional culture of Korea. These examples will be used to bring the potentialities of very specific local solutions to the fore and reconfigure them in an international design context: Perfect design is enacted in clothing, eating, living, enlightening and enjoying. Because these five human actions form the basis of a complete and harmonious life across all cultures, they are also themes in which designers, who want to improve that life, may search for clues. The extraordinary resources, objects and values upon which Korean culture thrives serve as a starting point for international designers and artists in their creation of new design concepts.

The five themes of 'Clothing', 'Eating', 'Living', 'Enlightening' and 'Enjoying' are expressed with the Korean words of '옷 [Ot]', '맛 [Mat]', '집Jip], '글 [Geul]' and '소리 [Sori]'. The curators of each theme exhibition try to pinpoint their relevance to specific culture and design. 'Clothing' is stratified into subjects: from the significance of traditional costume, to haute couture, to the garment as a work of art. Form uplifts function in 'Eating', where the symbolic color of food and the ceremonial table setting are reinterpreted. The organic spaces of the theme 'Living' offer elemental architectural inspiration. The themes 'Enlightening' and 'Enjoying' examine Korea's unprecedented specializations in the fields of graphic design and music. Each of the five themes will be filtered and interpreted through a set of responses by international artists and designers.

Three expanded projects cross section the five culturally located themes. 'Design to Save', 'Design to Care' and 'Design to Share,' proactively address major topics of global contemporary design such as sustainability, Universal Design and social engagement. Many of these projects utilize the citizens, economy and site of Gwangju with global enterprise. For Korea, the exhibition will be a venue in which to lay the groundwork for a new design culture, propelled, as the title suggests, by assets arising from the expanded meanings of traditional cultural manifestations.

The participating artists and designers of the Gwangju Design Biennale 2009 include among others German automobile designer Peter Schreyer, Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, Moshen Mostafavi, architect and Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, or Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk.

Artistic director is Byungsoo Eun. Eun launched the design brand of VIUM in the US, Korea and Japan in 2001; he performed as a guest designer at Maison de Objet of France in 2004 and he curated Asia Design, the main exhibition of the first Gwangju Design Biennale in 2005. Under his direction 15 curators are responsible for the seven different sections of the biennale.

The first edition of Gwangju Design Biennale in 2005 was titled "Light into Life". 707 designers from 33 countries presented their works. The main exhibition was centered on Asian Design and Future Life, it was accompanied by seven special exhibitions, international conferences, workshops, festivals and performances. A total of 280,000 visitors came to see the Gwangju Design Biennale in 2005.

"L.I.G.H.T." was the title of the second edition in 2007. The main exhibition had five sub-categories: Life, Identity, Green, Human and Technology. 927 designers from 45 countries exhibited their works. The Gwangju Design Biennale in 2007 had 250,000 visitors.

The Gwangju Biennale, which started in September 1995, was Asia's first contemporary art biennale. The first edition was visited by 1.6 million people. More than 500 artists and performers from 60 countries took part in the first edition. Ever since, each edition of the biennale has been visited by more than half a million viewers and the event has grown to become the most influential, respected biennial in Asia and one of the most prominent biennials in the world.

The 8th Gwangju Biennale takes place from September 5 until November 10, 2010. Artistic Director is Italian-born Massimiliano Gioni.
More info see website: http://www.gwangju-biennale.org/?mid=sub_eng&mode=03&sub=01

Korean Music Concert for foreigners- June 29, Namsan, Seoul

The Korea Foundation will host its "The Korea Foundation Concert for Foreigners 2009 --- Into the New Tradition" at the Seoul Namsan Gugakdang located in the Namsangol Hanok Village on Monday, June 29 at 7:30 pm.

The concert will feature an exciting performance by "Yeoul," a gayageum quartet playing various genres of music on the traditional Korean musical instrument gayageum, and "wHOOL," a percussion group creating music based on traditional Korean music which people of all ages and cultures can enjoy.

The two groups will perform together in the concert's finale to create beautiful melodies on traditional Korean musical instruments and harmony between traditional and modern, presenting the audience with an unforgettable summer night's entertainment. Hosted annually by the Korea Foundation since 2003 to help foreign residents in Korea understand Korean culture, the concert is free, but requires an advance reservation.

Those who wish to attend the concert are kindly advised to make a reservation via e-mail (kfcenter@kf.or.kr) by June 23.