Experimental & Avant-garde music

Now this is the sort of collaboration I like: new compositions by a Korean composer who is a member of the Korean Artists Association UK, in a project commissioned by an Englishman, David Kilburn, who lives in one of Seoul’s last original hanoks, in Bukchon – one used by Kim Ki-duk in filming 3-Iron. Performances [...]

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Exhibition visit: Nam June Paik at Tate Liverpool

by Philip Gowman 21 March 2011
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Korean-born artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006) is often called the father of modern video art. Think of Nam June Paik and you probably think of his massive tower of 1,003 TV sets entitled The More the Better (1988) which dominates the entrance to the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Gwacheon just outside Seoul, or [...]

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10 in Stoke Newington tomorrow

by Philip Gowman 26 February 2011
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Tomorrow, Sunday, is your last chance to catch experimental Korean-Japanese duo 10 before they head back to Seoul. 10 FINAL CONCERT IN LONDON WITH THE RUNS F$?&ED 4 WAYS IDLERICH Time 27 February · 20:00 – 23:00 Location Ryan’s bar 181 Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0UL [Map] London, United Kingdom Featuring: 10(itta x [...]

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Balloon and Needle: The New Korean Avant Garde

by Philip Gowman 17 January 2011
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Balloon and Needle: The New Korean Avant Garde starts a three day residency at Cafe OTO this Thursday: Balloon & Needle THURSDAY 20th, FRIDAY 21st, SATURDAY 22nd January 2011 Choi Joonyong (cracked CD players) Hong Chulki (turntables) Ryu Hankil (self‐made electro‐acoustic instruments) Jin Sangtae (cracked hard‐drive) Lee Hangjun (16mm film projection) Through live performance, screenings [...]

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