Monthly Archives: May 2015

Struggling with the Korean Past: Book Review of Plays by Oh Tae-Suk in German Translation

Posted on 23 May 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

Last summer in Berlin, I received a book for review, a collection of plays by Korean dramatist Oh Tae-Suk (오태석) in German translation: Mumiengrab und andere Theaterstücke (The Grass Tomb and other Plays, Edition Peperkorn, 2013). I knew one of … Continue reading →

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Myeongdong Theatre (Theater and Globalization 2)

Posted on 21 May 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

While most of Christopher Balme’s Coursera-MOOC on Theatre and Globalization was about ephemerals and moving things (ensembles, people, ideas etc.), “immobilities” (Korean: 부동산, German: Immobilien) such as theatre buildings also played an important role as cultural hubs and “contact zones” … Continue reading →

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Back Home: Seoul Stages Just Turned Five Years

Posted on 12 May 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

It’s been exactly five years since I started this blog,*** right after arriving in Seoul for a year of intensive Korean classes at Sogang University. My first post is, when I read it today, a rather obscure text on memories, … Continue reading →

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New Exhibition at Hapjungjigu: Incompetent Talents by Kang Dong-Hyeong

Posted on 7 May 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

After the opening of art space Hapjeong Jigu (합정지구, Facebook) earlier this year, this is already the third exhibition. On show are recent works by painter Kang Dong-Hyeong (강동형), graduate of Kookmin University (국민대학교). If there is a connecting theme, … Continue reading →

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We’ll Meet Again: Lee Man Hee Retrospective at the Korean Film Archive

Posted on 2 May 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

I had seen a few Korean movies in Paris, but those were for the most part international festival darlings like Oldboy (올드보이) by Park Chan-wook, Binjip (빈집) and almost everything else by Kim Ki-duk, The President’s Last Bang (그때 그사람들) … Continue reading →

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