Help Fund L VE M TEL
L VE M TEL is the name of a single-issue art publication, a “tribute of sorts” to Korea that will be printed and bound locally. The magazine’s editors — who, along with its contributors, are some of the most talented people I know in this country — plan to bring together Korea-produced photography, writing, drawings...
Future Shorts Seoul Autumn Season 2013
FUTURE SHORTS IS BACK!!! “Leaves are falling, and the Future Shorts Festival Autumn Season 2013 has arrived. This season we have 7 films from around the world and will be screening them at Platoon Kunsthalle, Gangnam, at 7:30pm on Nov. 16. From India comes Andrew Hinton’s documentary Amar (2011), which follows a 14-year old boy through his...
Seoul Urban art Project’s “Hello, Stranger!” Event
Seoul Urban art Project (SUP) are a collective of artists working in contemporary mediums such as graffiti and outdoor installations. According to the crew, they “espouse an ‘open gallery’ concept to communicate with people more directly, away from the traditional white cube art gallery system aiming at a particular audience.” This means they can often...
(b)racket: Capturing South Korea’s Art Scene in Print
Greg Laychak, Chris Cote, and Jess Hinshaw are the founders of [b]racket, a monthly print magazine covering various artists and their work in South Korea. The magazine is currently mainly distributed in Daegu but the aim is to make it widely available in the rest of Korea soon. We chatted to one third of the...
Seoul Urban Art Project: Frenemy and Joni’s ‘The Idea’
Illustrator Kristopher Kotcher, aka Frenemy, and videographer Joni Els, both members of the Seoul Urban Art crew, worked together to create this unique, clever and amusing stop-motion animation. Set 5 minutes aside today and indulge in some inspiring digital art which will leave you wondering where you put those pencils and that film camera. See...
Music. Art. BYOB
Live art and music came together this past Saturday as POWWOW and Exit Six hosted their Music. Art. BYOB event in Itaewon. POWWOW is a relatively small venue but what it lacks in size, defiantly makes up for it in character. Plus, I tend to enjoy small venues like this because it allows the audience to be much more intimate with...
Gyotaku: Printmaking With Dead Fish at Jankura Artspace
I was ten years old. Before following my classmates outside, I grabbed some sheets of white paper and a thick crayon—the homemade kind, comprised of old, leftover pieces of Crayola crayons, the colors swirled together, molded by cupcake wrappers. Outside, I pressed my paper against bark, leaves, bricks and chain-link fences, boldly rubbing my cupcake-shaped...
A Shot of Soju With: Artist Cora Kobischka
Interactive art. Painting. Jewelry. Sound installation. Drawing. Graphic design. Cora Kobischka is the Jack-(or Jill)-of all-trades when it comes to immersing herself into Seoul’s art scene. As a multidisciplinary artist and part-time creative director, Cora doesn’t close herself off into one medium of art, but dabbles her way into creative projects that goes far beyond...
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