GANA Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition.

most of the art spaces in seoul are in ...? it's pyungchangdong! we all went there yesterday for gana art gallery's 25th anniversary exhibition .
the exhibition will be opened from 04/09 ~ 21/09.
it was a very nice opening party. here is more information about the exhibition.
"celebrating its 25th anniversary, gana hold the present exhibition.the exhibition filled with stories of artists who have worked with gana. preparing the exhibition,the 24 participating artists had some special time to converse with each other. 12 artists who have collaborated with gana art for over 20 years and 12 young ones who have just started to work with gana made pairs and had heart -to-heart talks sharing their thoughts on art, questions on each other's works,view of art world,and the philosophy of life.it is not fresh or new idea to arrange this kind of conversation between old&young. however, these days, there are not many chances the both could meet and have open talks. this is why gana prepared the encounters between them.the views on art that the artists working with gana have could stand for the gallery's orientation. through their mouths,gana art wants to unfold its story and values.
as the way of life have changed with years, the way of artists' entering upon the art world have a lot changed.here, the positive change was that the newcomers do not depend on any special route or power to step forward in art circles any more. now,they could solely depend on their art to express themselves. in the mean time,however,the individualism, snobbish attitude, and trend-chasing tendency have widely spread among artists. moreover,many people are worrying that it is not easy to find names of senior artists in exhibition pamphlets.in their self-scorning talks that old artists,the main props and stays of korean art, are losing ground in present art scene which is only focusing on young artists ,i see the reality of korean are world which have a burden of thinking to establish a healthy vision for the future art......"
"25주년을 맞이하며 가나아트센터에서 선보이는 이번 전시는 그렇게 가나아트와 함께하는 작가들이 들려주는 이야기다.이번전시에 참여한 24명의 작가들은 전시를 준비하는 과정속에서 새로운 대화의 시간을 가졌다. 가나아트와 20년 넘는 세월을 동고동락해온 중견작가 12명과 이제 막 가나아트와 인연을 맺은 젊은 작가 12명이 서로짝을 이루어 , 함께만나면서 서로의 작품세계,작업에 대한 궁금중,예술관,더 나아가 인생관 등을 터놓고 얘기하는 시간을 가졌다. 어찌 보면 상투적일수도 있는 이러한 관계를 설정한 이유는, 과거에 비해 미술계 선후배가 만나 서로 작업에 대하여 터놓고얘기 할 수 있는 장이 부족한 현실 속에서 그러한 장을 만들어 보자는 생각과, 가나와 함께하고 있는 작가들의 작업관,예술관과 가나아트가 지향하는 예술관이 서로 통할것이므로 그들의 이야기를 통해 가나아트의 역사와 가치관을 이야기해보자는 의도에서였다.
세월의 흐름 속에서 삶의 방식이 달라진 만큼이나, 작가들이 미술계에 입문하는 방식도 많이 바뀌었다.긍정적인 측면이라면,과거와 비교했을 때 특별한 루트나 어떤 특정 권위에 의존하지않고, 오로지 자신만의 작품만으로 승부가 가능한 열린 세상이 되었다는 점일 것이다.그러나,한편으로는 작가들이 훨씬 개인주의적으로 변하였고, 유아독존적 성향이 강해졌으며,트랜드에 좌우되어 생명이 짧아져버렸다는 이야기들도 들려온다.그리고, 언제부턴가 전시회에서 원로 .중견작가의 이름을 찾기가 쉽지 않아졌다는 한탄과 우려의 목소리도높다. 너 나할 것 없이 젊은 작가만을 찾는 풍토가 만연하여, 한국미술의 핵심적 기둥인 중견작가들이 설 땅이 없다는 자조섞인 이야기속에서, 건강한 미래비젼을 세워나가기위해 고민하고있는 한국미술계의 오늘을 본다......" more information.-3rd bridge





































elvis? is that you?^^*.





































i really like those photo works.



































what makes ohyun happy? only beer !













what makes udo happy? as you know ....sleep n free food hehehe~~.















nice mountain behind and fresh air with beautiful sky at a great art exhibition...krass gut!

international tee tour exhibition vol 2.seoul

last weekend there the tnt exhibition got down in gangnam for 4days area.











organizer t-artist soo is doing an announcement for the party to start~~.























































































people can buy a t -shirt and get an own there to do a print on their own.



















i really like this mini dj booth.^*~


















yo~ somebody calling me, i gotta go! danke und auf wiedersehen~~

TNT - NEXT ROUND

tshirt artist soo is inviting to a new round of the TNT-exhibitions where everything will be about... t-shirts! 20 artists from 5 countries will present their latest fresh works, surrounded by artist performances and sets by some of seoul's finest djs.
the event begins on thursday, august 14, 8pm and will be going on until sunday, august 17, 7pm. see you @ iws, for more infos check the website! take care~

JONG WHA PARK -PIANIST-

last week we all went to the french cathedral to listen to the berlin international classical music festival and especially to watch the extraordinary performance of JONG WHA PARK, a good friend of PLATOON, whom we met in seoul:.

he played in the master series, executing works of schumann, bach and chopin.
it was great! only set back was the bad acoustics in the room -there was a sort of echo that was distracting the artist, first of all, but also the audience. It´s kind of strange that no one thought about it beforehand.















nonetheless the pianist was brilliant. a wonderful piano-concert.; the listeners applauded enthusiastically and JONG gave us 4 extras.

DROP THE BOMB

tomorrow started a night of entertainment
in the BangBang Cub Hackescher Markt.
come on, because it´s a great pleasure.
door is open 10pm. 4 euros befor 11 pm
6 euros after...

among others you can see and hear gene,
a kooky vocalist with a great voice.

PLATOON presents Trolleybooks

following the wave of new recruits we had after the opening day, we are really glad to invite you to another recruitment.session here at PLATOON.


for the occasion we´ll have a slideshow evening organized and presented by Gigi Giannuzzi, publisher and director of Trolleybooks, an independent publishing house specialized in social documentary and photo-journalism, who will present some of his latest publications here at PLATOON.


Trolleybooks has been often described as guerrilla style reportage bordering with contemporary art. a description really fitting PLATOON´s tradition of culturally involved events.


it´ll be a special evening presenting the latest Trolley slideshows of new and forthcoming books, featuring:


‘A Million Shillings - Escape from Somalia’ by Alixandra Fazzina

and ‘Delta Nigeria - the Rape of Paradise’ by George Osodi.


with a book signing and exhibition of photographs from 'Shelter' by Lucky Michaels.



here some more info about Trolleybooks





Wednesday 30th July 2008
start around 7:30 - 9pm
(slideshows start as soon as it gets dark!)
admission free -
please send us a confirmation email to be on the guestlist! - marcello@platoon.org

Pecha Kucha Vol.10

nonsense, of course not 10 years Pecha Kucha. but the 10th Pecha Kucha evening in Berlin!

as always,12-14 eminent speakers present their ideas and their work while scrupulously abiding by the Pecha Kucha format: 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds. a presentation lasts 6 minutes 40 seconds – enough time to explain one’s personal work approach while getting the basic message across and keeping the audience on its toes.

Anke Hoffmann will be supporting the event as guest curator:

"Anke Hoffmann, producing culture between content and form, from Berlin with learning years in London and Karlsruhe, stations at transmediale, ZKM, art+com and among other things work as a free curator at RealismusStudio, NBGK."

# Vera Tollmann (Author and curator / What you should know (the future)
# Maria Mohr (Filmmaker/ Holy in 3 steps)
# Anja Schwanhäuser (Ethnologist / Horse Art – Activist of No Hoof - No Groove!)
# Wedding (magazine)
# Tom Solo (Photographer / Around the world on a private plane)
# Stefan Liske (berlin.unlike / Cityguide for the mobile generation)
# Lemke Kraan (Biologist / Anti-Panda Campaign)
# Cardoso (Pecha Kucha Porto Alegre, via Skype)


Pecha Kucha Berlin Vol.10 - come celebrate!
29. Juli 2008
Brunnenstraße 64 / Close to U-Bahnhof Bernauer Straße or Voltastraße
Start 20:20 h / Doors open 19:30 / Entry: EUR 5,-

linked via PechaKucha

Southwark LIDO - London´s urban baths

the Temporary Architecture fever is hitting London as well. for this week-end only, you can enjoy having a roman bath & sauna at Southwark Lido in London, a project by french architectural collective EXYZT. The temporary public bath was commissioned by the Architecture Foundation for the London Festival of Architecture.

the theme of urban regeneration through community interaction is something we support as well... afterall it is one of the reasons why we have been featured at the BLN/NYC dialogues last year.

also the construction is somehow very familiar to us...it almost feels like home. maybe for the fact that EXYZT also used layher-system, although in their own very creative way. or maybe it is for that Badeschiff flair...


however we love this project, it works so well in London´s urban setting under the tube´s bridge!(pics)
it turns out to be quite surreal to have a sauna and lay in the sun in this post industrial background.

EXYZT are quite familiar with Berlin´s architectural scene....in 2005 they joined forces with raumlabor in the temporary hotel project „der Berg“ at the former Palast der Republik, which now, unfortunately, is being dismantled.

so, if any of you EXYZT guys are ever in Berlin again, dont forget to come around for a chat here at PLATOON.















watch this video about „der Berg“