KOREAN MUSIC AWARDS press conference at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE

SEOUL · today the press conference for the korean music awards 2010 was held at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE with members of the jury introducing the nominees and explaining criterias.


head of the jury chang nam kim stated that nominations and winners for the korean music award are judged and based on musical accomplishment and value, not album sales or popularity.


the awarding ceremony will take place on tuesday, 30 march 7pm at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE. for more infos:
http://www.kmusicawards.com/

p.s. the site is only in korean, article in english:
http://seoulbeats.com/2010/02/korean-music-awards-saving-music/

REVIEW:NIGHT FLEAMARKET VOL.7

last saturday, our 7th night fleamarket took place at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE. from 7:30 pm people were standing in long line outside already. as soon as we opened the door, people surged into the building!








it was a quite hard to walk around among the sellers and the crowd, but people didn't stop to shop and finally discovered stuff they were into.














this time it was nice to find some more handmade stuff like prints, t-shirts, hair band etc. and even travel photos by a photographer!
















these two girls in pink uniform were a true eye catcher.














we appreciate handmade goods like these and hope there will be more at our next fleamarket.































spring is back, so we started our tasty bbq again!















this time live performance was contributed by "atom returns" aka tae yeon the editor with bling.

REVIEW: MOVIE NIGHT 'RIP! A REMIX MANIFESTO' by BRETT GAYLOR

SEOUL · last night, the movie 'rip! a remix manifesto' was screened at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE. web activist and film maker brett gaylor explores issues of copyright piracy in the 20th century and claims the need of changing the policy in this matter. the protagonist, mash-up musician girl talk makes sample-based songs that enthuse people. he argues current copyright system only limits creating any form of art.


























the film offered the chance to really think about rationality of existing copyright system. what do you think?




























the night had a casual and relaxed atmosphere as always. next movie night is mar. 30 at 8. hope to see you all there!

REVIEW: ARTIST TALK by E

SEOUL · on this tuesday 8pm, we had a pleasant talking session with our residency artist 'e'. he shared his philosophy, sources of inspiration, and projects in past.










while putting emphasis on performance art, he is keen on crossing over various genres like painting, sculpture, video, sound, and movement in a process of creating artwork.















































have a look at some of his previous projects.

he is also a member of performance group 'ee'. 'curiosity kills' is a track from their digital single album. two different versions were shown; original and remix.














he tended to visualize racism that he experienced when he stayed in london as an exchange student by putting parts of doll together as one figure.













this is an extension of the project above. message written on t-shirts directly delivers a notion of racism in humorous way; text written in korean means shitty british. the text right below, meanwhile, is 'i love uk'.

this was actually on sale and it was all sold out.
















this project starts with an interesting question, 'does genius really exist?' he installed huge banner around a building saying 'e is a genius' with his cell phone number written below. he received various text responses including a lot of swearing, then exhibited them inside the building afterwards.

pursuing fun is definitely his way of creating art.



















surprise, surprise! no one ever imagined a residency artist proposing to his girl friend at the artist talk! but e did. it was very sweet, congratulations!

REVIEW: SHOWCASE REBOOT vol. 9 & DJ NIGHT

SEOUL · last thursday feb 18, PLATOON KUNSTHALLE held showcase reboot vol. 9 organized together with a growing artist group 'a2artist'.













kbl, the event organizer of the group and artist himself, giving a welcoming speech. he is passionate about artists getting opportunity to show off their work.






























hong seung tae's work began when he watched a video of animals being skinned for fur. he questions human-animal relationship while focusing on various forms of human-cruelty toward other living beings such as animal experiments or factory farms.






























cha joo sang talks about humans being extremely incomplete and irrational through his digital characters. rather than criticizing others on this matter, he wants to write and paint for the process of self healing.




























main theme of paintings by cho sung hoon is "ego". he chose to depict multiple "i" figures which he calls monodrama. with this witty way of reflecting inner self, he aimed to express "ego" as an independent being created through experience.





























jeon seung sook's work is a story about her. she chose bathroom as a setting which is probably the most naturally private space and blue as skin color to gain a sense of self defense.






























party time! dj night was led through the night!
















thanks to dj unjin and dj flamenco for deriving wild excitement.














from march on, we will have dj night with more spacious setting every thursday. so come out and feel the beat!














good that we prepared the dance floor in front of the dj booth ;)

CONTAINER ATLAS by GESTALTEN

not even one year after the opening of our PLATOON.KUNSTHALLE in Seoul, and we already got several recognitions by reknown institutions and passionate academics alike. the news spread like a buzz, inspiring lovers of Container Architecture from all over the world.

so we are excited to announce that Gestalten is finally ready to publish a new book on the topic: Container Atlas – a practical guide to container architecture.

„The book itself presents a wide range of projects in container architecture. It features container structures used as pop-up stores and temporary exhibits as well as sophisticated housing and office spaces that provoke and inspire while setting new standards in functionality and aesthetics“.
via gestalten

we´d like to thank hereby the authors of the book. we have followed the development of the project since we´ve been contacted last year by Sonja Tinney, co-author and member of ExEK , the research team from the department for Experimental Design and Construction at the Leibniz Universität Hannover.

professor Han Slawik and his team have established themselves as international experts in the fields of container architecture and modular building, after years of theoretical and practical experience.

unfortunately the ExEK project has now come to an end... but with great results! thank you again for your passionate work!
we look forward to have the Container Atlas in our KUNSTHALLE.LIBRARY!

REVIEW: NIGHT FLEA MARKET VOL.6

SEOUL · last saturday we had our 6th night flea market and it was the fullest ever!!!


50 sellers and the most fun people seoul has to offer gathered together to shop, chat, eat, drink and enjoy.










with the night flea market getting bigger and bigger the diversity of the participants grows what makes the flea market even more interesting






































there are more & more regular sellers like our friend chad
























and this time even old friends visited us again:
vj kwon and artist riu daeyoung having a currywurst :)































new artist in residence tilman performed in the hyper capitalism sexy supermarket jamsession (what a title... click to listen to the live recording^^)





























and what would night flea market be without our djs:
dj baya & dj mang












for the first time mc phryme presented "wanted": 6 "shopping victims" presented their purchased items. and here's the lucky winner of a bottle of champagne!!! :)





hope you all will join when we shop & chill again at the next night flea market on the 6th of march ^^








see for yourself:

SAT 6 FEB · 8 PM
NIGHT FLEA MARKET VOL.6

shop & chill

let’s dive into the world of forgotten things and beloved junk at the 6th night flea market presented by THE BLING and PLATOON KUNSTHALLE. this time there are more things to expect than ever: dj mang and dj baya will delight our ears and there’s also a chance to win a bottle of champagne for the shopper with the most “wanted” item to present, not to mention food & drinks, more fun people and action with mc prhyme.


sorry, no more seller booths available for this time!
for the next night flea market apply at the BLING homepage or write a mail to mail@kunsthalle.com