Arts Avenue S3Ep05
- 10 years ago
Fine Art
East Side Story
Kim Myung-sik's "East Side Story" celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The series began in New York in 2004. Since then, the artist has been using houses to represent and express his view of the east side New York, a city of diverse ethnicities and cultures. "East Side Story" depicts the frustration and hopes in life as well as the ultimate harmony of the East and West. Let's take a moment to reflect on our lives with Artist Kim.
[Fine Arts] Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the "East Side Story" series.
- Sun Gallery http://www.sungallery.co.kr/
Performance
FANTA-STICK
"FANTA-STICK" is a Korean live Gugak musical that epitomizes the harmony of East and West. The musical consists of b-boying, Sangmo dance or hat spinning, percussion, string performances, Brazil's samba and Argentina's tango. Through this unique collaboration, "FANTA-STICK" offers a modern and delightful interpretation of Gugak, while preserving Korea's beautiful traditional music.
[Performance] Enjoy the essence of Korean performances in "FANTA-STICK"
- FANTA-STICK http://www.fanta-stick.co.kr/
Design
Character Designer Hozo
Character Designer Kwon Soon-ho is better known by his pseudonym Hozo. He created the caricature for world star PSY's 6th album. Hozo is also the mastermind behind "Kakao Friends", an array of emoticons for the multi-platform messaging app with 140 million users around the world known as ‘Kakaotalk'. He is also responsible for "EveryFace", a mobile app with around 3 million downloads in 2013, in which users can create their own characters. "Cynical Rabbit", the main character of a webtoon, is another of his creations. In addition, Hozo uses his creativity to put his own unique twist on existing fairy-tale characters. His unexpected interpretations of existing stories is sensationally popular because it is more realistic and relatable.
[Design] Meet the exceptionally creative Hozo, a new cultural icon of the mobile era.
Hozo http://www.hozo.net
East Side Story
Kim Myung-sik's "East Side Story" celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The series began in New York in 2004. Since then, the artist has been using houses to represent and express his view of the east side New York, a city of diverse ethnicities and cultures. "East Side Story" depicts the frustration and hopes in life as well as the ultimate harmony of the East and West. Let's take a moment to reflect on our lives with Artist Kim.
[Fine Arts] Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the "East Side Story" series.
- Sun Gallery http://www.sungallery.co.kr/
Performance
FANTA-STICK
"FANTA-STICK" is a Korean live Gugak musical that epitomizes the harmony of East and West. The musical consists of b-boying, Sangmo dance or hat spinning, percussion, string performances, Brazil's samba and Argentina's tango. Through this unique collaboration, "FANTA-STICK" offers a modern and delightful interpretation of Gugak, while preserving Korea's beautiful traditional music.
[Performance] Enjoy the essence of Korean performances in "FANTA-STICK"
- FANTA-STICK http://www.fanta-stick.co.kr/
Design
Character Designer Hozo
Character Designer Kwon Soon-ho is better known by his pseudonym Hozo. He created the caricature for world star PSY's 6th album. Hozo is also the mastermind behind "Kakao Friends", an array of emoticons for the multi-platform messaging app with 140 million users around the world known as ‘Kakaotalk'. He is also responsible for "EveryFace", a mobile app with around 3 million downloads in 2013, in which users can create their own characters. "Cynical Rabbit", the main character of a webtoon, is another of his creations. In addition, Hozo uses his creativity to put his own unique twist on existing fairy-tale characters. His unexpected interpretations of existing stories is sensationally popular because it is more realistic and relatable.
[Design] Meet the exceptionally creative Hozo, a new cultural icon of the mobile era.
Hozo http://www.hozo.net