[KS] Korean Studies at Goethe University of Frankfurt (Visiting talk)

[Yonson Ahn]

Dear Korean Studies list members, 

Please note the forthcoming visiting talk at Korean Studies at Goethe University of Frankfurt.

“The North Korean and Guyanese Artists' Collaboration of the Mass Games (1971-1991)”

by Vicki S. Kwon (PhD candidate, Department of Art and Design,University of Alberta, Canada)

May 31, Wednesday, 4:15-5:45 pm, Juridicum 717, Senckenberganlage 31, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

(Abstract)

Although known as a hermit kingdom, North Korea was once a lead of postcolonial socialist regimes in the global south. In 1979-1983, North Korean artists travelled to Guyana and worked with Guyanese artists and performers to stage the Mass Games—spectacular multimedia performance played out by thousands of young performers, artists, and musicians presenting group choreography. From 1980, Guyanese artists and performers annually presented the Mass Games for twelve years incorporating some Guyanese cultural elements in the form of the North Korean ritual. Vicki S. Kwon explores transnational art, culture, and ideologies between North Korea and Guyana via their collaborative creation of the Mass Games. Based on the archive materials she found in Guyana in 2015-2016, she curated two exhibitions in Canada and South Korea. Her doctoral research examines interactions between travelling artists and local participants in the contact zone. 

(Profile)
Vicki S. Kwon is an art historian, curator, and art and culture project manager. Her doctoral research explores socially engaged art and public participation in conflict-driven contact zones. After completing a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Semiotics and Communication Theories and a Master’s degree in Art History at the University of Toronto, she worked as a curator, administrator, and researcher for non-profit art and cultural organizations in Toronto.

Best Regards,
Yonson Ahn, PhD
Professor & director of Korean Studies, korea.uni-frankfurt.de <http://korea.uni-frankfurt.de/>  
Deputy director, Interdisciplinary Centre of East Asian Studies (IZO)
Deputy director, Cornelia Goethe Center of Women’s and Gender Studies (CGC)   
Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main
Senckenberganlage 31 (Postfach 159)
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Email: Y.Ahn at em.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:Y.Ahn at em.uni-frankfurt.de>
Tel.: +49 (0)69 798 23769
Fax:  +49 (0)69 798 24969

Administrative contact:
Ms. Yasemin Kis, MA
Email: kis at em.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:kis at em.uni-frankfurt.de>  <mailto:kis at em.uni>
Tel.: +49 (0)69 798 22872
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