‘Show Real Drama’ at Festival Bo:m
Now in its 6th consecutive year running, Festival Bo:m is a four-week (3/22-4/18) international event featuring artists of every discipline from around the world. As Korea’s leading festival in contemporary art, the event aims to bring innovative, avant-garde Korean and international art to Seoul, with a focus on discovering new artists. Experimentation and challenge are...
Events This Week: 12/04/2012
There are so many things going on this weekend that it’s almost too exciting. Despite the fact that the blossoms are beginning to burst out and everyone is flocking to the Han River, there are still other places to be. Here are some of the best events this week. THURSDAY The Lomography Gallery Store is...
Events This Week: 08/3/2012
It seems we were fooled by the rise in temperature last week. After creating beautiful mental images of rooftop barbeques, drinking magkeolli outside on benches, tandem bike rides along the Han River, and Hongdae park discos, a spray of annoying fat rain washed the dreams away. As always, even though it is rainy and cold...
Super Sketch
Last year we were lucky enough to catch Super Sketch at Theatre Zero in Hongdae, where we took some photography of the combination of live art and music that makes this night so special. This year Super Sketch is being held on Saturday the 25th of February at Platoon Kunsthalle in Gangnam, with the same...
Events this week: 05/01/2011
It’s the weekend after New Years, and although everybody needs a well deserved break there is no rest for Seoul. Admittedly there isn’t as much going on as usual, but there is still more than enough to keep you occupied and to keep your spirits up as the freezing January weather descends. Friday Prime Vol.5...
Jankura Artspace
Mike Stewart is a foreigner who has lived in Korea for over four years and has been teaching art in Seoul for around the same amount of time. He is now working on opening the first foreign-owned art academy in Korea, to be named Jankura Artspace. The classes being taught at present are popular with...
Spotlight: Artist Dominique Sarah Benton
South African artist Dominique Sarah Benton will be showing her work at a joint exhibition at Myeongdong Gallery’s Fantasy Festival this Sunday (October 16th). Her artwork gives a quirky impression, fabricated from alluringly bright colours, semi-disguising a melted, grotesque effect. It could be described as sugar-coated darkness; her art permeates your brain with its kitsch...
Aweh
When other people find themselves in a foreign country, most start a blog as a way of showing their corner of the world to the rest of its inhabitants. When Ollie Walker and Dann Gaymer moved to Korea they decided to do the exact opposite. The mission of their eye-catching website Aweh (titled from a...
