Survive & Thrive in Korea
Billed as the Seoul of Asian contemporary Art my friend Ian and I went out to the exhibition in search of artistic beauty that expands the consciousness. The gallery was a tiny places sidled up next to Cafe NoNo in Samcheon dong. Chung Sung Myung won my heart that day. His work is haunting, arresting, […]
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When my friend Kalli suggested to my brother and me that we attend her friend’s exhibition I admit I was a little hesitant. I had visions of pretentious overwrought crap with snooty vigliante art students ready to take down passerby with incoherent jabs of “insightful” art theory. It turns out I was completely wrong. The exhibition combined the work of a photographer, fashion designer, and sound engineer […]
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Gi Hyeong-do (1960-1989) is one of the most highly recognized names in modern Korean poetry
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KICK ASS KOREA reason 25 This past weekend the world DJ festival hit Seoul for it’s fourth birthday! I’d missed last year’s bash so I was even more excited to attend this time around. The event brings DJ and musical acts from around the world to perform. For 2010 included Freemasons, Dirty Disco Youth, Fantastic […]
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2NE1 is one of the newest girl groups to hit the K-Pop scene. They more than stand out and top the charts because of their own distinct and non cookie cutter looks. The girls of 2NE1 don’t do the usual glam, girly-girl, cutesy thing. Now, there’s nothing wrong with the girly-girl cutesy thing in general […]
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Movie: Kick Ass Director: Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake) Starring: Aaron Johnson(….), Nicolas Cage( white Elvis!), Poster: The colorful neon latex costumes are giving me visions of Joel Schumacher’s horrible Batman and Robin. Artificial nipples anyone? The splashes of neon paint blood like on the background give me a vision of something promising. Trailer: Irreverent, witty […]
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