One Month In…

So, I have missed out on a ‘One Month In’ post by one day, but it only just occurred to me to write one.  I won’t recap. If you’re interested, you can read for yourself.
But these are the things that are on my mind:
I have slowly been working through the essay I am writing on [...]

…getting pretty serious…

On Monday we met once again at the Total Museum of Contemporary Art.  This is the venue for our open showcase, COMP (Crossing Of Movements Project) that will premiere next Saturday.  We have had a while now to get oriented with the space, to explore Seoul, so start generating material, and to create improvised performance [...]

Been Busy…

So, this week we have been busy refining the ideas and implementation of our showcase next Saturday.
It has gone relatively smoothly.
Have visited some more places, made more observations.
I have a long subway ride ahead of me today, so I will take that time to reflect.
But for now, Vegemite on toast is in order I think.

Transcript. Day 11.

COMP Meeting Friday, May 15, 2009 – 2.00 pm
Present:     Soonho, Kyeonghi, Fonkam, Hakima, Jeremy, Rasun, Oliver,
CJ, Akino Sauri
Absent:     Xenia
Agenda:     Discussing our ideas for the performance.
Location:    Maxwell House
Rehearsal room,
Finally basement of dormitory building.  2.45 pm
Because it will rain tomorrow, we have decided that we will go to the Korean National Museum, rather than [...]

The Excitement Of Collaboration

Tomorrow I will tell you what we did today. But as for this evening…
Let’s just say that tonight’s artist laboratory bordered on the hideous.
We are preparing for a guerrilla performance tomorrow at Kookmin University, a kind-of demonstration for the dance and art faculties.  We were given the stimulus for the mostly-improvised performance on Monday.  The [...]

COMP Artist Lab #2

Tonight we shared our homework with the group.  We were asked to prepare as short piece of movement, inspired by our research so far.
Fonkam:          Beggers, lovers, workers in Cheonggyecheon
Si Jae:              Enjoying the natural beauty of Seoul
Jeremy:            Drunk man on subway
Kyoon Hee:     The story [...]

Performance Art at Kookmin Dae

Today I accompanied Si Jae to assist in her Performance Art Class at Kookmin University (Kookmin Daehakyo).
I have never visited the mountainous northern suburbs of Seoul.  The university is situated in Songbuk-Gu, a very affluent neighborhood that is reached by driving past the House with the Blue Roof Tiles, through Sam Cheong Dong (one of my favorite parts [...]

COMP – Day One

I fell out of bed. For me, the morning literally came in with a crash. I didn’t think it was very funny, but apparently it is.
Last night we had the first meeting for the Crossing Of Movement Project, which is being held as part of the Modern Dance Festival (MoDaFe) in Seoul.
It is hard not [...]