[KS] Korean Studies Seminar Series - Nicholas Bonner on DPRK Art

[Jasmine Barrett]

Hi Everyone,
We are very pleased to welcome Nick Bonner, the founder of Koryo Studio
<https://koryostudio.com/>, to present the next seminar in our Korean
Studies Seminar Series: "Printed in North Korea".

Abstract:
*"We all have our own preconceptions about North Korea, but this tends to
come from an extremely limited perspective, often resulting in very
black-and-white viewpoints. No one was actually engaging with North
Koreans, nor did the West have any new insights into the country,*” says
Bonner. "*Another layer of information was needed to question or confirm
this pre-conceived view on the country.”*

Over the last 28 years, Koryo and I have looked for ways in which to work
with the North Korean people – whether that be through tourism, film, art
or other cultural events – and, ultimately, promote engagement as a tool
for creating dialogue and understanding.”

Amongst various art commissions and exhibitions Bonner was approached to
co-curate the North Korean inclusion for the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of
Contemporary Art in Brisbane in 2010. Bonner also worked with a North
Korean architect and artist on a series of images imagining their country’s
future landscape for an exhibition that made up part of the South
Korea-curated pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale, which then won the
Golden Lion.

In this seminar Bonner will discuss his book on North Korean graphics ‘Made
in North Korea’, which was published by Phaidon in 2017, and ‘Printed in
North Korea’, on the art of the linocut, published in 2019.  Bonner
continues to travel regularly to North Korea, and is currently working with
a number of emerging artists there by providing them with a space and
platform to experiment outside of their everyday restrictions.

About the Speaker:
Nicholas Bonner is the owner of Koryo Tours and Studio established in 1993.
Koryo Studio facilitates cultural projects and commissions art outside the
tightly controlled limitations that the North Korea art studios prescribe.
Bonner is the producer of several documentaries about North Korea. The
Studio’s collection of North Korean graphics and linocuts have been
published in two books and fine art exhibited internationally including the
Korean pavilion at the Venice Architectural Biennale in 2014.

Thursday 4 November at 6PM (Melbourne time), which is 4PM in Seoul.
Registration link
https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrd-qpqzoqE91jJtSd46htRPGWUvZ2Q7dh

Hope to see you there,

Jasmine Barrett
PhD Candidate in Korean Studies
University of Melbourne
jasmine.barrett at student.unimelb.edu.au
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