Published by the Gwangju International Center since 2001
Most people love their country. You’ll hear many reasons why people think their country is the best in the world. Maybe it’s the delicious food. It could be the beautiful landscape and architecture. Perhaps it’s the friendly, good-looking people. Korea possesses such beliefs about its country as well.
If you pass through Daein Market on a normal day, you may not notice anything special about it right away. You will see the usual vegetable stands, smell the salty air preserving dried fish and hear the friendly calls of elderly shop owners. However, upon closer examination of this archeological site, one can also feel the vibrations of new life pulsing through the veins of each alleyway.
This is an exciting time to be in Gwangju; art is very much alive in our city, don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. Come and check out the Gwangju International Media Arts Festival and become part of art in real-time.
Music is a universal language that also carries within it great differences. Music is living history. It is the influences of culture that run deep wherever we come from, told and shared in song. In one place we can hear the wonderful diversity this world has to offer in a language we can all understand. It is what music does best.
Of the handful of music festivals held in hot and humid Korean summers, Jisan stands out for precisely one reason: location. Tucked away in the inner folds of Incheon city, the Jisan Forest Resort presents an idyllic landscape; a winding strip of land surrounded on either side by lush green walls with a cool stream flowing around its circumference.
Our Book Reviewer, Elton LaClare looks at a novel account of the Korean War.
In May, Doug Stuber was handed an exhibit space initially set up by Park Kwang-suk, his wife, at the Jami Art Center in the Buk-gu district on northern Gwangju, near Chonnam National University.
GMA first opened its doors on August 1, 1992, and since that day, it has made a special purpose of preserving what Gwangju stands for. Every exhibition that comes through the museum places special emphasis on the theme of social justice. The curators at GMA work to bring socially conscious art work to the museum to reflect the themes that Gwangju is known for: art and human rights.
