[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art

'Concept Korea' brings the Wave to New York Fashion Week, catch a peek of daily life in North Korea, Observer Culture gets political at the 11th Annual Gwangju Biennale, and see why North Korean defectors were asked to draw a picture of their homes for Ik-Joong Kang's "Floating Dream" project.

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"Concept Korea Takes the 'Korean Wave' to New York Fashion Week"

South Korean fashion is on the rise and the country's designers will be hoping to make a statement at one of the world's most prestigious fashion events: New York Fashion Week. "Globally, there are many countries, including the United States, that are fond of Korean culture. These different markets are interested in Korea's lifestyle, music, beauty, and fashion. Concept Korea celebrates this 'Korean Wave'", says Sung-gak Song, president of KOCCA (Korea Creative Content Agency).

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"Man Illegally Documents Trip to North Korea, Smuggles a Ton of Photos Home"

Get an inside look at North Korea in this gallery of smuggled photographs that made it out. The photographer in question is Michal Huniewicz who "somehow managed to take prohibited photos during his visit to the militarized state and make it out with them intact". The images he came back with "reveal the kind of day-to-day existence that North Koreans lead, but few know about". Fascinating, and the pictures themselves are fantastic.

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"South Korea Needs Political Art...and the 11th Annual Gwangju Biennale Delivers It"

Guelda Voien says that South Korea needs more political are and that the Gwangju Biennale is where it's coming through. In this piece on Observer Culture, you can read more about some of the pieces of art (video art was central) as well as some interesting commentary on the event itself, the themes driving the creators, as well as the socio-political context to which many of the pieces spoke.

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"What we left behind: North Korean refugee drawings lit up on the Thames"

Over 500 North Korean refugees have contributed towards Ik-Joong Kang's massive sculpture currently floating on the River Thames in London, titled "Floating Dream". The illuminating piece forms part of the Totally Thames festival and all the North Korean participants submitted a small picture of the home they remember somewhere over the DMZ. The festival runs until the end of September.

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