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FIRST, IMAGINE a trip involving the hottest models on Instagram, sea cruises atop a sunlit deck, and the top-charting music artists blasting their best hits on a luxurious beach island. Beautiful people dance and have drinks on the edge of the cruise ship, eagerly anticipating the next day. Now, imagine thousands of confused crowds, huddled up on a small, barren island with no food, water, information, nor escape. The weather is unforgiving, and panic is thick in the air, everyone clueless and scared. Both scenarios describe the infamous 2017 event, the Fyre Festival, but only the latter becam
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Kim So-yeon
2019.03.06 11:10
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“ALL THINGS considered, there’s a lot worse stuff that's happening today, I mean, a couple of people getting killed by one guy with a knife is not that big a deal,” said the latest victim of Michael Myers* in the recent cinematic release of Halloween (2018). With the drastic increase of societal “horrors” in America, a few of which include a plethora of gun violence, racial hatred and increasingly visible incidents of sexual assault, it is understandable to see a heightened reflection of these themes within the horror industry. And this has not gone unnoticed by mainstream Hollywood critics.
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Aimee Miller
2018.12.02 19:01
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SEARCHING IS the first mainstream thriller featuring an Asian-American lead, but it is heralded for its unprecedented casting because it never particularizes his race. This hints at a more normalized onscreen diversity, and even if this film is not the panacea to undoing all institutional racism in cinema, films treating race as secondary to narrative might be. Searching for what?Searching follows David Kim, portrayed by Korean-American actor John Cho, as he unravels the sudden disappearance of his teenage daughter, Margot. Audiences watch the film from the vantage point of a webcam as David u
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Clarissa Kwee
2018.11.02 21:13
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HE WAS a man with humble beginnings, one who kickstarted his memorable career with a simple, five-minute short film. He was a man with a vision, whose stories would sweep over the globe for their beautiful artistry and tear-jerking storyline. He was a man who, after countless days of solitary endeavors, succeeded in creating one of the most breathtaking movies of all time. This man is Shinkai Makoto, the director of the world-renowned animation: Your Name. To commemorate his long journey and enormous success, the Shinkai Makoto Exhibition: From Voices of a Distant Star to Your Name has launche
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Kim So-yeon
2018.09.02 11:59
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DAY BY DAY, we make new memories and write our stories as we move from one place to another. Among the many places where people come and go, hotels are where transitions occur the most. Some people may be on their way out after a nice rest and others may be coming in to make new memories. Yet because of the hotel cleaning services and facilities, we never get to hear the story of each and every person. When we enter the newly checked-in rooms, we are welcomed with clean sheeted beds, shiny bathrooms, and brand new furnishings. However, we remain unaware of who stayed in the very same room or w
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Lee Kyo-jin
2018.05.09 15:01
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HAVE YOU ever spotted a mysterious red-vested figure standing in front of the exit of a busy subway station of Seoul, waving a red magazine in the air and giving the warmest greetings to the passerby? These figures are the vendors of The Big Issue, one of the most prominent social enterprises that offer the homeless, disadvantaged, and underprivileged people with the opportunity to reconstruct their lives through the sales of street magazines. Like this, social enterprises are transforming the way conventional business models work. Business is no longer just about earning money. Rather, it is
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Shin Ye-sun
2017.11.13 20:39
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AFTER YOU step out onto exit number 1 of Anguk station, you will find European-style cafes and expensive “traditional” keychains on the way to the Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). Although traces of the old royal promenade are barely visible, the MMCA stands as a modern palace of its own for lovers of contemporary art. This summer, MMCA brings the first retrospective of the globally renowned conceptual artist, Krzysztof Wodiczko to Seoul. Take the long escalator ride to a wide space in B1 to meet one of the greatest living artists of our era. In Front
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Lee Ha-eun
2017.09.03 22:39
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REMEMBER THE Fridays when you came back home with a group of friends, gathered around a DVD player, and munched on a bowl of snacks? What were you watching? Were you a fan of mysteries? Science documentaries? Or were you also one of the chick flick addicts? Chick flicks usually refer to romantic comedy films about love between a guy and a girl. The term initially was used to describe erotic movies, but now the Oxford Dictionary defines it as “movies that appeal to young women.” Gary Martin, the author of The Phrase Finder explains that chick flicks’ specific appeal to women only started in the
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Kim Min-jung
2017.09.03 18:58
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“WHEN WE feel sad, let’s do laundry together.” Why would people do the laundry when they feel sad? The answer is shown in the musical Bbal-lae. Bbal-lae was first performed in 2005. Widely loved by audiences, it has been performed over 3,600 times. Now, the musical is heading for its 4,000th performance. Those who feel weary these days or need to recover from their harsh daily reality are invited to the musical. Bbal-laesymbolizes people’s painful memories, therefore doing the laundry means alleviating the pain from those moments. Come and enjoy the calming fragrance of the aromatic softener t
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Jo Eun-ho
2016.11.08 15:39
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WE CONSTANTLY think about how we can improve our lives. But how many of these thoughts become reality? Often they remain mere fleeting fancies, and nothing comes of them. However, Thomas Heatherwick, English designer and founder of Heatherwick Studio, tirelessly worked to turn his creative ideas into masterpieces. Since he couldn't do this alone, he founded a special group, Heatherwick Studio, consisting of 180 people all eager to bring ideas to reality. Heatherwick Studio presents a very special exhibition in D Museum, Seoul; now, everyone is invited to a space full of world-changing ideas.
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Jo Eun-ho
2016.09.07 01:45
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“AND THEY all lived happily ever after.” Most fairy tales end with such a happy ending. In contrast to people in the real world, characters in fairy tales seem to be carefree. At least, they are never concerned about how they could earn a living and seem to be in bliss by falling so easily in love. Furthermore, most fairy tales seem to guarantee that “anyone can be anything”, as the saying goes in the Disney movie Jutopia. Yet, the reality is not that simple; life is very much unfair in many aspects and, sometimes, financial conditions prevail over love. Then one might wonder, what if fairy ta
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Lee Kyung-chul
2016.06.16 17:31
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HAVE YOU ever tasted Italian pizza, Chinese noodles or Japanese sushi? South Korea is also blessed with a plethora of tasty traditional foods, such as bi-bim-bap*. Instead of merely going to a restaurant and ordering such foods, there is another unique way to taste them. The non-verbal performance, Bi-bap presents a cooking competition involving food around the worldthrough impressive beats and b-boy dancing. Ever since the show was first performed in 2012, it has been massively successful in attracting not only the South Korean public but also foreign visitors who yearn for an exotic experien
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Lee Kyung-chul
2016.04.12 17:24
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KOREA IS blessed with a plethora of creative and individualistic performances. Nan-ta, for one is a great example of an original Korean performance well known all over the world. The Original Drawing Show continues this legacy. As the world’s first nonverbal performance combining visual arts and dance, The Original Drawing Show displays an unprecedented form of an original stage piece. Since the show’s first appearance in 2004, it has been massively successful in entertaining the Korean public as well as international visitors looking for exotic experiences in Korea. Some theater-going fans mi
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Kim Yeon-seung
2015.11.05 03:29
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HAVE YOU ever fully basked in the splendor of Korea’s high Rocky Mountains, force of the river valleys, and the melodious trickles of waterfalls? Have you maybe even felt the specific emotions of joy that are solely existent in the Korean vocabulary, like heung or shin-myung? Become swept away with a kaleidoscopic array of hues on Korea’s beautiful traditional wear, han-bok? In this particular Korean traditional dance performance, called Bae-bi-jang-jeon or The Story of Secretary Bae, viewers might peek at the idea of what experiencing Korea really might be. The epic chant, pan-so-riThe origin
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Kim Yeon-seung
2015.09.10 09:46
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“THE OPERA ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants, or the concierge. No, he existed in flesh and blood, though he assumed all the outward characteristics of a real phantom, that is to say, of a ghost.” -Gaston LerouxThere have been many cases in which novels are transformed into different genres, such as movies, musicals, and so on. In most cases, the original novels
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Namgyung You-kyung
2015.06.08 23:00
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MYSTERY DRAMAS are always interesting. In fact, mystery dramas have been loved by millions of people for a long period of time as these dramas stimulate people’s curiosity and enable them to imagine their own plot for the rest of the story. In this way, a mystery drama with a reversal is guaranteed to keep audiences on the edge of their seats… The play Hangover: the Start of the Game, is that very play which will stimulate your curiosity and keep you imagining about what is to happen next. Why would I kill my beloved wife? Chul-hee is a cook who loves his wife, Su-hyun, a lot. To celebr
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Namgyung You-kyung
2015.05.11 20:07
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“TO TELL the truth, the peasant subjects suit as there were no painters who studied paintings that focused on people.This quote by Jean-François Millet best portrays what Millet was trying to convey through his paintings. Born in the 19C, Millet concentrated on not only the nature surroundings in peasants’ working life, but also in the details of people. It was an unusual phenomenon at that time in the artistic community as there were no painters who studied paintings that focused on people.Bicentennial anniversary of Jean-François MilletThe year 2014 was Millet’s 200th birthday.
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Namgung You-kyung
2015.03.02 15:31
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“PEOPLE ASK what kind of paintings I draw. Honestly, I do not know my paintings very well. I cannot explain in only few simple words, so I just tell them that I do not know. My paintings are rough and unambiguous, emotional and symbolic, neither realist nor expressionist. They do not have definite forms, but are not that abstract at the same time. Let us think this through. Must we always precisely classify paintings? My paintings are simply paintings”—extraction from the author’s note. Ganghwa, the museTitled “Lives and Works in Ganghwa,” the exhibition is presented by the Sunggok Art M
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채지원
2014.11.07 18:40
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“HOUDINI* OPENED them ten feet under the water... but you can’t!” All of sudden, as soon as Clifford wears the handcuffs, Sidney strangles a thick rope around Clifford’s neck and thin string music is played with fierce piano accompaniment. Full of agony, Clifford struggles to get free from the rope that suffocates him but eventually loses his balance and stumbles over a carpet. Gasping for a breath, Clifford slowly chokes to death… Sidney’s eyes glow in wickedness, revealing the green monster inside. Disclosure of desire After its first curtain call in July 2014, Deathtrap is raising it
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Paik Ji-eun
2014.09.05 12:30
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THROUGHOUT RECENT decades, Korea has undergone rapid economic and political development. People’s lives have become much more affluent than in the poverty-stricken past. Also, democratic values were further spread throughout the country, providing its citizens with more political freedom. However, Korea is still being plagued by many unsolved problems. Concerned with such issues, three overseas Korean women artists, Min Yong-soon, Yoon Jin-me, and Jo Sook-jin address these problems in the exhibition “SeMA Gold: Nobody”, held in Seoul Museum of Art. Through the exhibition, the three artists imp
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Seo Hyeon-dong
2014.05.09 14:08