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Belgian guitarist Denis Sungho Janssens is one of the adoptee artists who will be performing at Kring Cultural Complex in Daechi-dong, southern Seoul.
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By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
A group of leading artists will highlight overseas adoption through an eclectic art festival in Seoul this weekend.
The 1st Foreign Adoptees' Art Festival will continue through Sunday at Kring Cultural Complex, Daechi-dong.
Organized by the Global Overseas Adoptees' Link (GOAL), the inaugural event's opening ceremony Friday featured speeches and greetings by various adoptee-artists and a performance by American jazz saxophonist Jonathan Haffner.
An art exhibition will welcome visitors until 7:30 p.m., Sunday. Works on display include installation pieces such as ``Maps in Flux'' and ``Desert Roaming'' by Swedish adoptee Hanna Alvgren. Local artists Ahn Yun-mo and Kwon Nam-hee are also presenting their works, ``Dream'' and ``Meet Me at the Train Station,'' respectively.
Visitors can also enjoy video artworks ``The Unwed Mothers'' by Jette Hye-jin Mortensen and ``Korean War Memorial'' by Jane Jin Kaisen, both from Denmark.
At 7 p.m. on Saturday, Maja Lee Langvad (Denmark) will give a speech, which will be followed by a recital by violinist Kim Wha-rim.
At 8 p.m., modern German dancer Lena Soon-hee Meierkord and Haffner will offer a collaborative performance.
At 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Belgian guitarist Denis Sungho Janssens, who is also the festival's art director, will appear as soloist with the Soliall Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Sung Ki-sun will helm the ensemble. The program will feature Samuel Barber's ``Adagio,'' Joaquin Rodrigo's ``Aranjuez'' Concerto and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
The festival organizer, GOAL, is a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by Korean adoptees based in Korea. Its main functions include helping Korean adoptees search for their birth families and facilitating their stay in the country.
Admission to the festival events is free of charge. For more information, visit www.goal.or.kr
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