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Pansori, Relational Art, and the Gwangju Biennale 2024

On the way to this year’s 14th Gwangju Biennale, I was surprised to read news about the next one. Art critic and curator Nicolas Bourriaud, who had been appointed artistic director of the 15th Biennale some weeks ago, had given a press … Continue reading

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What Artificial Intelligence Can Tell Us about Pansori

“What is pansori?” (판소리란 무엇인가?) – that is maybe the most frequently asked question in pansori scholarship. Many books use it as their opening chapter, at least one even as its title (최동현, 『판소리란 무엇인가』, 에디터 1999). The answers vary, … Continue reading

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Promotion with Pansori: Rapid Rhythms and Looped Lyrics in Leenalchi’s Online Ads (2022 World Congress of Korean Studies paper)

This is an addendum with some links and videos on my paper “Promotion with Pansori: Rapid Rhythms and Looped Lyrics in Leenalchi’s Online Ads”, to be presented at the 11th World Congress of Korean Studies at the Academy of Korean … Continue reading

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From Straw Mat to TV Screen: Liveness and Spectatorship in Pansori Programs (#IASPM2022 Online Conference Paper)

This is an addendum with sources, links, and bibliographic information on my paper “From Straw Mat to TV Screen: Liveness and Spectatorship in Pansori Programs”, (to be) presented at the XXI Biennial conference of the International Association for the Study … Continue reading

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Love Everywhere? A Short Talk about “Chunhyang on Page, Stage, and Screen”

I was invited to talk a bit about the story of Chunhyang (춘향 春香, meaning “scent of spring”), a well-known Korean folk tale about a girl and her love to a boy, against social expectations. Sometimes called the Korean version … Continue reading

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Hot Potatoes: Research on Pansori in English, French, and German #europansori

It’s rare to get paid for academic publications but the Korean-language article I’d like to briefly introduce here actually earned me some money! I received it with my author’s contract after dinner, pre-Covid. The book arrived in early 2000 and … Continue reading

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Expanding Art Worlds: Pansori Theatre in Korea’s Contemporary Performing Arts Ecosystem (#IFTR2021 Online Conference Paper)

This is an addendum with links and videos for my paper “Expanding Art Worlds: Pansori Theatre in Korea’s Contemporary Performing Arts Ecosystem”, presented on July 16, 2021 at the annual conference of the International Federation for Theatre Research (#IFTR2021). The … Continue reading

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Playing Pansori Post-Corona: Two Old Stories Told in New, Traditional Ways

During the long last months, I’ve seen some online #Coronastreams of pansori. Interesting new stories, good music, inspired performances and visual experiments. Here are some screenshots: But what can I say? It’s just not the same… To me, these videos, … Continue reading

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Showing Sounds: Music in the Gallery and Museums on Pansori

https://www.tumblr.com/gongso/649429652972158976/2021-04-25-hong-yoo-reflection-%EB%B3%B4%EC%95%88%EC%97%AC%EA%B4%80 This is the empty stage before a music performance – the first one I saw in quite a while, in an unusual place: Artspace Boan 1942” aka Boan Yeogwan (보안여관), a remodeled inn with an illustrious history. Usually, I … Continue reading

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Vitalising Tradition: New Creative Flows in Pansori Theatre (#AAS2021 Online Conference Paper)

This is an addendum with links and videos for my paper “Vitalising Tradition: New Creative Flows in Pansori Theatre” (March 26, 2021 #AAS2021) It’s been a while since I’ve attended the annual conference of AAS (Association for Asian Studies). It’s … Continue reading

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