PREVIEW · SHOWCASE REBOOT VOL. 11: MARC BRINKMEIER

SEOUL · 10 jun 2010: showcase reboot vol. 11 · world cup 2010 special

for this year's football extravaganza, world cup 2010 in south africa, PLATOON KUNSTHALLE presents a special showcase with photographer marc brinkmeier.

marc brinkmeier is a portrait and documentary photographer from berlin who lived in cape town, south africa for the duration
of four years. his work is focused on authentic life stories and candid situations.
especially the living of the black people in the slums was a central point of his interest.

“my camera is an alternate way to communicate.the presentation of the "rainbow united fc" exhibition is closely adjusted to the reality of a south-african township. out of necessity improvisation is born. everything is used again and alienated."

more information: http://www.kunsthalle.com/showcases/marc-brinkmeier

REVIEW · WORKSHOP VS

last saturday 20 participants had the chance to experience stencil art first hand with the guidance of street artist VS.

VS is a street artist who showcased his artwork two times already here at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE. for this special workshop within the scope of NIKE energy space he prepared a program where the attendees could discuss the topic of street art and create an artpiece together with symbols and colors of the korean national soccer team.





many participants had art background so that they started creating their own symbols right away.





after 3 hours of hard work to understand and create stencils the participants could begin with the spraying.





at the end the two pieces, the tiger made by today's teacher VS and the TUHON piece by the students, were proudly presented. the two chinese symbols mean TUHON and stand for the fighting spirit of the korean national soccer team, wishing them the best for 2010 world cup!

PREVIEW · CLOSING EVENT of 2010 NIKE ENERGY SPACE & PUBLIC VIEWING SPAIN vs KOREA

5 weeks with 3 public viewings, 5 artists, a special workshop and football all over the place! it has been a great time and now we are facing the closing event of pre-world cup NIKE 2010 energy space.

PLATOON KUNSTHALLE invites you to the closing party with the public viewing of the warm-up match spain vs korea. let's chill and cheer with drinks and barbecue when our favorite national soccer team presents us their fighting spirit! the musical part is taken care of by 360 sounds djing and vjing and don’t miss the special scratching performances and live drum by wegun + drum song, son + sq!

this event is by invitation only. PLATOON KUNSTHALLE gives away 50 x 2 tickets for the closing event with public viewing on the 3 june. to get free tickets just send a mail with your name to mail@kunsthalle.com!

PREVIEW · WORKSHOP VS

as special program within the scope of NIKE energy space, we are offering a workshop with street art artist VS at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE.

With his stencil based guerilla art VS developed a working style using a symbolic language influenced by personal experiences with martial arts and the military. for the workshop he will introduce the participants to street art and let them experience it on their own, by learning basic skills and creating an art piece together using the KNST's tiger symbol.

the workshop begins at 2pm on sat 29 may. attendance is without charge but for an intense workflow the number of participants is limited to 20 person. To attend, please apply with an email to mail@kunsthalle.com and don't forget to send your name and phone number.

REVIEW: EAT CAKE SUNSET PARTY

last saturday, the first EAT CAKE SUNSET PARTY opened on our rooftop at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE. Shortly after the party began rain started coming down on us as we have worried a little bit, but of course no rain could stop our party!
It surely would have been better with sunny weather, but nobody cared about the little bit of rain. that was one of the cool things, I think.
























many new faces could be seen this afternoon that we usually don’t meet at PLATOON KUNSTHALLE before and enjoyed our special brunch with selected foods.

































producer/dj matheus k and resident dj baya rocked the rooftop and made people dance till after sunset.
































EAT CAKE PARTY by ire cortes have been presented 3 times already at different places, but a EAT CAKE SUNSET PARTY with brunch is a new concept party, held for the first time, and we all hope to have this chillaxing party at our rooptop bar again.







the party host, ire cortes poses with bright smile and mimosa.

KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU: FLOWER OF MAY

12 may - 13 june 2010

before completing its whole construction, KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU opened its doors for the first time on 12 may on the opening day of the "the flower of may" art exhibition, which commemorates the 18 may democratic uprising in gwangju 30 years ago. "flower of may" has been organized by gwangju biennale foundation and gwangju museum of art and consists of exhibitions, performance, and series of panel discussions with well-known international artists.

participating artists:
at gwangju museum of art
kader attia, candice breitz, baptist coelho, lee bul, chonggon byun, dora garcia, igor grubic, dalyong heo, alfredo jaar, sunguck kang, juyon kim, kyungho lee, leenam lee, tony ourseler, nam june paik, michaelangelo pistoletto, giuseppe stampone, caecilia tripp, ai weiwei, cai yuan & jian jun xi,

at kunsthalle gwangju:
baptist coelho, rainer ganhal, seungchan gwon, moonho ma, caecilia tripp

in front of kumnamro exhibition space of gwangju museum of art:
matthew schreiber

concert performance:
arto lindsay

REVIEW: PLATOON PRESENT :HUNEE

last thursday night PLATOON KUNSTHALLE presented the first episode of a special party series with dj hunee from berlin. he presented some real disco music -a rare thing in this city. i felt like he really put big passion and effort for digging out and playing music to us.




























after a nice set of our homie dj bedalboy, we followed hunee to the 70s and 80s and enjoyed his funky and soulful music injection. his cool music kept people dancing and dancing until the end.















we will develop more special party concepts and themes for this party series! be prepared for crazy summer parties~

KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU PRE-OPENING

by Tutu

Finally the day arrived when KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU kicked off on May 12th its pre-opening as part of 'The Flower of May' art exhibition. The opening ceremony was held at the Gwangju Museum of Art and afterwards a shuttle bus escorted the crowd to KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU that hosts art works from Baptist Coelho, Rainer Ganahl, Seungchan Kwon, Moonho Ma and Caecilia Tripp.

The exhibition is going to be held until 13th of June and the opening hours of KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU are 10:00 a.m - 18:00. Details and directions can be found on www.kunsthalle-gwangju.com

Find out further details on the participating artist (Ai Wei Wei, Leenam Lee, Alfredo Jaar and many others) at the Gwangju Museum of Art website.


KUNSTHALLE GWANGJU is born :)


Mr Lee from the Ministry of Culture, Sport & Tourism, Tom and Anton opened the new venue with a toast.









Installation by Seungchan Kwon











Matthew Schreiber's laser installation in an old and empty basement close by KUNSTHALLE