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Book launch on Jeju
Author Brenda Paik Sunoo celebrates the official release of her latest book, “Stone House on Jeju Island: Improvising Life Under a Healing Moon” this Saturday at Nori Gallery in Jeoji Art Village.
The book features 25 autobiographical essays on Paik Sunoo's experiences moving to Jeju Island, restoring a stone house there and becoming part of the community in the fishing village of Aewol.
“I was always attracted to Jeju because the women and the shamanism and just the history have a confluence of all the things I feel passionate about ― there's something that just brought it all together,” Paik Sunoo told The Korea Times.
The author will read a passage from her book, and her husband Jan Sunoo will provide music along with Ruth Minnikin.
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Hanoi's underground music in Seoul
A handful of Vietnamese music acts are coming to Seoul next Monday for a showcase of ambient, neo-soul, electronic, hip-hop and beatboxing at Strange Fruit, a basement venue near Hongik University.
The acts all use various looping techniques to create multi-layered vocals and instrumental sounds. This includes ambient musician LinhHafornow and Australian expat Speckdrum, who also perform together in the duo Tiny Giant. They will be joined by beatboxing duo Loopernatural, as well as Korean “female shamanic psychedelic pop/drone/ambient” musician Itta.
The event starts at 9 p.m. and entry costs 10,000 won. Visit