LAUNCH-PARTY of the latest PLATOON project: ABOUT magazine

hello PLATOON network,

some of you might know that in the last months we have been busy in our containers to research and develop a new magazine - and we are more than happy to finally talk ABOUT and party!

so please feel warmly invited to hold it in your hands and celebrate with us. we would love to see you at our launching party at lounge 3/club naked in sinsa-dong on coming saturday, october 11, 9 pm. the club is in the basement of the andre kim designer store in sinsa-dong, close to garosu-gil. 

important: please do not forget print out and show the attached flyer for free entrance and free drinks! ^^

see you on saturday!

also check out www.about-mag.com


그동안 두문불출 하고 계획해왔던 PLATOON의 최신작 magazine ABOUT 의 신고식을 하고자 여러분을 다시 초대합니다. 새로운 잡지 ABOUT 과 더불어 모든 땀과 노력을 여러분과 진심으로 나누고싶습니다...꼭 !꼭!꼭!  오셔서 PLATOON만이 드릴수있는 party를 즐겨보세요.
**글구 초대장을 꼭! 인쇄해서 오셔야 입장료 무료와 음료권을 드립니다.절대!절대! 절대로 잊지마세요. 10월11일 토요일 9시 도요.

KIAF2008-korea international art fair.

the korea international art fair (kiaf) 2008 opened in seoul at the coex convention center in seoul.
kiaf is a project organized by the gallery association of korea and took place in 2002 for the first time. the kiaf 2007 was a great success with about 64,000 art lovers visiting. in 2008, over 5,000 pieces are shown. the place is such a huge space, i couldn't look through all the booths but it was a very nice impression to me. i liked especially the fact that all different kinds of art works were shown there. most gallery didn't allow taking picture... but i did some, you can tell how hard it was to take all these pics.^^* i got almost kicked out of there hehe. but... i have highly advanced technical skills muhahahahaha...






i went to the exhibition with udo's friend hae-lin and we both thought that this is an amazing piece of art (painted on acrylic)








here are some art works by korean artists - this time many korean artist were involved.































































i met many european artists.






























this picture is full of 'korean emotion'... i like it a lot.































scribble on the wall. .. i did something too hehehe... a fun time.


















i only wrote "www.platoon.org" and name part did...

















we randomly met some of udo's friends... (hansong and soang)










also hansong's mom song hyun-soo is an artist at the kiaf, she will have an exhibition from next week on at the hakgojae gallery.













nam june baik!!! we can't miss his art works.also in yongin (suwon) opened nam jun baik's useum.

















2009 kiaf will be on again....to be continued...

MANIFESTA 7

what are students doing in long holidays?????? ;-)
i had a great trip to MANIFESTA 7.
here a short recommendation ...

MANIFESTA is an european festival/platform for contemporary art. it is held in different locations, every two years.
this year MANIFESTA 7 takes place in italy, in the region of trentino-alto adige/south tyrol. manifesta 7 is located in bozen, franzenfeste, rovereto and trento.












MANIFESTA 7 occupied with the topic "art in industrial buildings". the exhibitions and events in those four cities are held in extraordinary places ... an old tobacco factory, an former aluminium factory, ...

the bigger part of those (about 200) artists are rather nameless - which definitely changes nothing in quality of works!! you'll see things like drawings, different installations, videoclips, music-experiments, smell-experiments, light-art, also works with nonsense material or waste, sound-installations, documents of writers, silent-movies... and many many more!!! besides, a huge supporting programm and some workshops.







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MANIFESTA 7
19.07.2008 - 02.11.2008
trentino - alto adige/südtirol
opening hours: 10am - 7pm
free entry: < 18, 65 >, students

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by the way, at the exhibition in bozen (i really recommend you the exhibition there!!) i also "found" an ETOY container > 5 crew members did there a "self-encapsulation" for a so-called "mission eternity" (more infos).













i had beautiful days there!!
maybe you've time to visit...
so long / angi

What would the ultimate chessboxing fight be like?

the time for the ultimate chessboxing fight is getting closer...
Lennox Lewis has expressed some interest about the possibility for such a fight in an ESPN interview... the WCBO crew is aiming at the top! fair enough, after the many chessboxing championships they organized around the world, they achieved a well deserved international attention, and are now ready to enter the next level!

best wishes to all you chessboxing fighters...PLATOON is always on your side.



by the way here is a new blog where the fighters post

urban art inspires fight against global warming

well, we just saw this incredible video and thought to share it with you although it has been around since a while. the original idea came from NYC based street artist Joshua Allen Harris, check out some of his previous stuff via woostercollective and the interview below. however the video above was made for the Environmental Defense Fund by director Tim Godsall and the agency: Ogilvy for the fightglobalwarming campaign. i find it very interesting to see how subcultures influence and interact with the corporate and political sphere these days...

watch this video to know more about Joshua and his art.
Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris' Inflatable Bag Monsters

water color on paper

"art from pyongyang korea" is the first official exibition of north korean art abroad.

readig this you'd think of colorful propaganda art and at least two portraits of kim jong-il.










the ministry of culture presents us mainly beautiful landcapes with snowful mountains and, of course,cherry blossoms trees and birds at the art center berlin.













fortunately there is a box in a corner of the exibition space with much more paintings:

















you can have a deeper look into this strange and interessting world where regime conform artists are divided in the people's artists and merited artist


september 2nd-30th | open daily 11-21 h

designer survival game at PLATOON site.

hey you guys! was guckst ihr?









yesterday something has been going on at the PLATOON seoul site. our friend jay kim (producer) and olive cable tv in korea are doing a youngsters design competition show. out of 300 just 7 candidates are still in the game and were challenged to find their concept for the mission.

-conditions of this project-
1. choose music from the list(chosen by us)
2. create a visual idea according to the music.
3. and then: design a party room.

3 candidates have been dismissed, the remaining designers are sent to italy for the next challenge.























christoph was one of the judges. the other judges were university professor eunkyung choi, professor of samsung art&design institute sukhee ko, a korean song writer dohyun kim and the president of colombo korea faye lee (sponsor).

the tv show will be broadcasted in november ^^*.














#1- music: chemical brothers. the concept: designing a blooming lounge party room.





























#2- music: buena vista social club. the concept: a cuban jazz social club .





























#3-music: chemical brothers music and concept was powder -make up-room before going to party.































#4-music: a bob marley song. the concept: partying the korean traditional way in nature and the city.





























#5-music: a bob marley song. the concept: an easy style club for young juniors.





























#6-music: tango music. the concept: a room of passion.

































#7- music: chemical brothers. the concept: travel stuff in a suite case having a party (a contribution to the chemical brothers music video).



































looks like really serious tv stuff huh?

















ah!ah!ow!ow! mike test! mike test! eins...zwei...eins...zwei....^^*














they will never leave me alone~~~ udo! ohyun! j1! don't you need to work sometimes ....gosh~~~ hehehe^^*











yeunsu was seriously fulfilling her duty as always......?


this program will be announced soon on there website.

Hands away from mellowpark

It has been feared since a long time but now it´s official, europe´s biggest outdoor sport- and leisure park, the MELLOWPARK will be closed on the 31st of december 2008.
the park, existing since 2001, offers to children, youngsters and families supervised skate facilities, a playground as well as volley- basketball, and football grounds. furthermore the park gathers all aspects of youth culture, going from rehearsal rooms for bands to a youth hostel.

Mellowpark made a name of itself during the years also outside berlin. mostly through events like Highway to hill, German Open (BMX championship) and Summerclash.

unfortunately a nightmare has become true for the operators of the park.
the Treuhand-Gesellschaft handed in notice to the „all eins e.V“ who runs the mellowpark, which will officially terminate on the 31st of december 2008. they are in fact planning to build luxus apartments on the site.

the syndicate of the initiative „hands away from Mellowpark“ dont want to give up thou, they will keep fighting for their park! at least to find an equivalent site for it.
PLATOON supports Mellowpark....and you should do it as well.