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Seoul and the Mal of Instant Architecture

Seoul and the Mal of Instant Architecture

Daehangno is one of the places in Seoul that I have known the longest. I went there often in the 1980s and liv...
Posted on March 10, 2018March 13, 2018Categories Korea in the 1990s, Robert J. Fouser Photographs, Seoul NeighborhoodsTags change in Seoul, Daehangno, Sanggye-dong, Seoul architecture, 대학로, 상계동, 서울 건축, 서울 변화
Gyonam-dong: A Photo Essay in Neighborhood Extinction

Gyonam-dong: A Photo Essay in Neighborhood Extinction

In late 2011, I got wind of impending redevelopment in Gyonam-dong, an old neighborhood close to Seochon w...
Posted on April 4, 2015September 9, 2017Categories Redevelopment in Korea, Robert J. Fouser Photographs, Seoul NeighborhoodsTags Gyonam-dong, hanok, redevelopment in Korea, Robert J. Fouser photographs, Seoul, urban memories, 교남동, 재개발, 한옥Leave a comment on Gyonam-dong: A Photo Essay in Neighborhood Extinction

Looking for the “Inner Being” of Korea: Kim Ho-suk

I first saw Kim Ho-suk's work at a gallery in Daehangno in the summer of 1993. Mr. Kim was greeting visitors a...
Posted on April 2, 2015October 10, 2015Categories Korea in the 1980s, Korean Contemporary ArtTags Kim Ho-suk, Korea in the 1980s, Korean contemporary art, 김호석Leave a comment on Looking for the “Inner Being” of Korea: Kim Ho-suk

[Review] “Gold Rush” by Miri Yu

I first learned of Miri Yu's work in 1997 when she was awarded the 116th Akutagawa Prize for Family Cinema (Ka...
Posted on March 22, 2015October 10, 2015Categories Japanese Literature, Zainichi KoreansTags Japanese literature, Miri Yu, zainichi Korean literature, zainichi Koreans, 柳美里Leave a comment on [Review] “Gold Rush” by Miri Yu
Having Fun with New Toys: Nam June Paik and the Aesthetic of Jaemi

Having Fun with New Toys: Nam June Paik and the Aesthetic of Jaemi

I first heard of Nam June Paik around the time of the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. I first saw his work, Fractal Tu...
Posted on March 13, 2015Categories American Contemporary Art, Korean Contemporary ArtTags Nam June Paik, ナム・ジュン・パイク, 백남준Leave a comment on Having Fun with New Toys: Nam June Paik and the Aesthetic of Jaemi
Life without Zero: An Interview with Tatsuo Miyajima

Life without Zero: An Interview with Tatsuo Miyajima

I first saw Tatsuo Miyajima's work in the summer of 1993 at an art exhibition held as part of Expo '93 in Daej...
Posted on March 12, 2015Categories Japanese Contemporary ArtTags Japanese contemporary art, Tatsuo Miyajima, 宮島 達男Leave a comment on Life without Zero: An Interview with Tatsuo Miyajima
The Second Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale and the Potential of Community Art

The Second Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale and the Potential of Community Art

In 2003, I read an article about the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in a Japanese art magazine and was intrigued...
Posted on March 10, 2015Categories Community Activity, Japanese Contemporary ArtTags community art, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Japanese contemporary art, 越後妻有大地の芸術祭Leave a comment on The Second Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale and the Potential of Community Art

In Praise of Mad Shadows: The Photography of Tokihiro Sato

I first encountered Tokihiro Sato's photos by chance in a Japanese art magazine in 1997. "Haunting" is the cli...
Posted on March 9, 2015February 23, 2018Categories Japanese Contemporary ArtTags Japanese contemporary art, Japanese photography, Tokihiro Sato, 佐藤 時啓Leave a comment on In Praise of Mad Shadows: The Photography of Tokihiro Sato

Yook Taejin and The Art of Meditation

In September 1998, I interviewed media artist Yook Taejin (1961-2008) at his studio in Daejeon for an article ...
Posted on March 9, 2015Categories Korean Contemporary ArtTags Korean contemporary art, Yook Taejin, 육태진Leave a comment on Yook Taejin and The Art of Meditation
Seochon: Seoul’s Retro Neighborhood Wakes Up to Change

Seochon: Seoul’s Retro Neighborhood Wakes Up to Change

I wrote this article for Korean Heritage in the early 2011, less than a year after the city announced plans to...
Posted on March 8, 2015Categories Hanok, SeochonTags Bukchon, hanok, preservation, Seochon, 북촌, 서촌, 한옥, 한옥 보존Leave a comment on Seochon: Seoul’s Retro Neighborhood Wakes Up to Change
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