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Fri, August 14, 2020 | 02:59
Master mechanical engineer's speaker wears young design
Master mechanical engineer's speaker wears young design
In the era of digital music, people mostly listen to music through their mobile phone or computer with sleek earphones or digital speakers. However, there is still a nostalgic demand for the analogue sound of the golden era of audio. Such a trend is reflected in the vacuum tube Bluetooth speaker co-created by Knot Lab and Above Studio, which won the Grand Prize for collaborat...
2019-12-12 17:25
  • Euljiro's lighting industry seeks originality
Euljiro's lighting industry seeks originality
Euljiro's lighting industry seeks originality
Euljiro is known for its lighting district, spanning between Euljiro 3-ga Station and Euljiro 4-ga Station. Despite rapid urban development, the Euljiro area in the heart of Seoul has been a hub of technicians, craftsmen and manufacturers, clustered in small factories. The lighting industry is one of Euljiro's specialties, which boomed in the 1970s and 1980s along with buildi...
2019-12-12 17:24
  • Master mechanical engineer's speaker wears young design
Artist Shim honored
Artist Shim honored
Artist Shim honored: Prof. Shim Young-churl, left, of Suwon University, is given an award by Chung Kwan-mo, an honorary chairman of the Korean Fine Arts Association (KFAA), at the Korean Artist's Center in Seoul, Thursday, in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the fine arts. Shim heads an association of women sculptors. Courtesy of Shim Young-churl
2019-12-09 18:39
Jenny Holzer awakens disturbing awareness in text art
Jenny Holzer awakens disturbing awareness in text art
Renowned American conceptual artist Jenny Holzer brings her provocative text work, for the first time in the Korean language. The pieces will show at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) in "MMCA Commissioned Project FOR YOU: Jenny Holzer" through July 5, 2020.MMCA director Youn Bum-mo said this commissioned project represents the artist's first en...
2019-12-08 22:05
Designers, small businesses collaborate for design fair
Designers, small businesses collaborate for design fair
The DDP Design Fair at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) will bring the bright ideas of young Korean designers to life with the collaboration of master craftsmen in Seoul's old downtown manufacturing district. Projects on show will include Cirkus and Mozzi lighting designed by Yoo Hwa-sung's BYMARS studio and made by lighting manufacturer AGO.Held at the DDP's Art Hall 2 and Inte...
2019-12-03 17:03
Gaya Confederacy revisited in 'Iron and Tune' exhibit
Gaya Confederacy revisited in 'Iron and Tune' exhibit
The Gaya Confederacy (42-532) is a lesser-known chapter in Korea's history. The National Museum of Korea is holding "Gaya Spirit - Iron and Tune," a special exhibition shedding light on the rich cultural and historical heritage of the ancient kingdom."Gaya is vaguely known as a confederacy of states, often dubbed the kingdom of iron due to its flourishing iron production," Na...
2019-12-02 17:51
Last day for exhibition featuring Spanish artist Munoz
Last day for exhibition featuring Spanish artist Munoz
An exhibition featuring Spanish artist Gloria Munoz, “Marvelous” is open only until Saturday, completing six weeks of display at the Trinity Gallery in Seoul. Munoz has been teaching as a professor in Barcelona, New York, London, and San Francisco, and is well known for her deliberative work. She puts “meditation” as a keyword for her world of art. During the interview she sa...
2019-11-29 16:08
Former ammunition facility gets new life
Former ammunition facility gets new life
Gangwon Province is pushing forward with art to develop tourism and culture in the region. The Gangwon Triennale 2019 opened last week at the Hongcheon Art Museum and a former ammunition maintenance facility in Hongcheon County, featuring the work of artists from the province.The Gangwon Art and Culture Foundation overhauled an array of art-related events held in the province...
2019-11-24 19:35
Illustrator reinterprets Western fairytales in Eastern way
Illustrator reinterprets Western fairytales in Eastern way
When people think of “Alice in Wonderland,” they naturally envisage a girl in a puffed sleeve sky-blue dress as Alice. Illustrator Wooh Na-young, also known by her pen name “Obsidian,” changes the popular image of the protagonist of Lewis Caroll's novel. Woo presents something unique in Alice falling down the rabbit hole - the girl is in “hanbok” or traditional Korean costume.
2019-11-22 17:49
Tomas Saraceno seeks symbiosis with spiders
Tomas Saraceno seeks symbiosis with spiders
Argentinian-born artist Tomas Saraceno learned how to have a symbiotic relationship with nature through spiders."I always think of the spiders collaborating with me, not me collaborating with them," Saraceno said during a short visit to Seoul to open his solo exhibition at Gallery Hyundai, which runs through Dec. 8. "They have lived on the planet Earth longer than humans - ov...
2019-11-17 17:35
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