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Thursday, February 6, 2014
February Movie Club !
In celebration of Black History Month in the US, Cafe Empathy is showcasing two movies covering related issues. First, on February 12th is the acclaimed movie, Boyz N the Hood, featuring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube who portray the struggle of young Black Americans in South Central Los Angeles. Then on February 26th is Driving Miss Daisy, which follows the development of an interracial employer-employee relationship which improves over a period of tumult in America.
We hope you can join us!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
The Empathy Guesthouse cordially invites you to a book concert and a documentary concert in celebration of our opening anniversary!
Friday, January 24, 2014 7:30pm
Dr. LEE HYUN-SEOK speaks on his recently released book, a "A Traveler's Notes on the Humanities," in which he shares thoughts and friendships made from Spain to India to China. This book was recently awarded a prize by the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea.
Dr. Lee will be joined by the local indie band, "오늘도 무사히" which roughly translates into "No accident today" or "Pass the day safely without accident."
Friday, February 7th, 2014 7:30pm
Deputy Director of the Video Contents Departmet of tbsTV, PAEK NAM-WOO speaks on his award winning documentary, "서울, 시간을 품다," roughly translated into "Seoul, Embracing Time." Awarded by the Media and Future Institute, this documentary series examines the living histories of various locations in Seoul. Come enjoy a discussion about documentary film-making and Korea's modern history. Location
Refer to our "Getting Here" page for directions to the Cafe (first floor of the Empathy Guesthouse).
For more information, please feel free to email us at empathy215@gmail.com, or call us at 070-8915-8991.
Monday, December 30, 2013
January Showings for Movie Club @ Cafe Empathy!
The January showings for Movie Club are movies that reflect on identity and personal growth. Come and join us for viewings and discussions afterwards
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Join us for a night of wine and good cheer at the Empathy Guest House 공감 게스트 하우스!
와인과 새로운 인연들로 연말을 보내세요~
Entrance/참가비: 15,000won (2 glasses of wine, finger foods, gift lottery ticket; 와인 2잔, 핑거푸드, 추첨 쿠폰)
Dress code/드레스코드: STOPLIGHT
레드- 커플
옐로우- 커플도 싱글도 아닌 (it's complicated!)
그린- 싱글
Proceeds go toward programming for underprivileged populations.
For more info: 070-8915-8991
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
[Daegu Travel] Kusama Yayoi's, A Dream I Dreamed Exhibition at Daegu Art Museum
Hello Empathy Guest House fans! Today
we are excited to introduce to you Daegu Art Museum’s exhibition: Kusama Yayoi,
A Dream I Dreamed.
The Daegu Art Museum, located in the
Suseong area of Daegu, is a municipal art museum that was inaugurated in May
2011 supported by the Daegu Municipal Government. The museum’s state of the art
facilities support and exhibit social and artistic facilities of the times and
leads trends in the global art scene through domestic and overseas exchanges.
July to October of this year, the
Daegu Art Museum has the honor of being the first museum in Asia to exhibit the
works of Kusama Yayoi, a world reknown artist who started her global career in
1957. Yayoi has worked in a variety of media, including painting, collage,
sculpture, performance art and environmental installations, most of which
exhibit her thematic interest in psychedelic colors, repetition and pattern.
She is known to have influenced contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and Claes
Oldenburg. Kusama Yayoi is now acknowledged as one of the most important living
artists to come out Japan, and an important voice of the avant-garde.
Kusama Yayoi’s
exhibition, A Dream I Dreamed, is currently travelling through various cities
across Asia such as Seoul, Taiwan, Shanghai and more. Daegu Museum was the
first stop for the exhibition to open its doors and it was quite a popular site to visit
for those traveling in and out of Daegu!
Why wasn’t Seoul chosen to be the
city of the exhibition’s opening you ask? We’re just as baffled, but it was
most exciting to have this world class exhibition in the Gyeongsang region!
Pictured above is the entrance to
the Daegu Art Museum during the exhibition. We can see an army of dots
decorated on the entrance doors before walking in. This is only a very small
cross-section of what Kusama Yayoi has in store for us inside.
P.S. The pouring rain this day made
the trip quite difficult. We recommend that everyone come visit the museum on a non-rainy day!
As soon as we walk into the museum
we were greeted by big red polka dotted structures, and we quickly
began learn that the very core of Kusama’s work revolves around
dots, dots, and more dots!
This piece pictured above left quite
an impression. Although we just mentioned that all of Kusama’s works include
dots, this one is an exception – Ladder to Heaven. This sculpture made of
mirror, metal, lamp and fiber cable is made into a makeshift ladder that looks
like it reaches up into the sky with no end. Those who do not believe in a
heaven might just be convinced there is after taking a look at this piece.
Pictured above you can see the image
of an eccentric elderly lady with bright red hair. That lady is the very Kusama
Yayoi!
Kusama Yayoi was born in 1929,
Matsumoto, Japan, and is currently 84 years old in Korean age. Despite her age,
she is still very active in various activities.
The piece in the second photograph that looks similar to what you would see in a kaleidoscope is a piece made of mirrors, water drops, and repeating patterns that she started to work on in 1973.
The piece in the second photograph that looks similar to what you would see in a kaleidoscope is a piece made of mirrors, water drops, and repeating patterns that she started to work on in 1973.
We’re pretty sure you can see how
much Kusama loves dots without us having to explain.
You will be able to feel it if you
go see the
exhibition in person.
Although Yayoi is in her eighties,
her artistic abilities have not stagnated. She still vigorously strives to
create new work. She pursues to extend her artistic scope: seeking the boundary
between reality and fiction, life and death, the finite and infinite. Her wish
is that whoever you are, wherever you come from, whichever religion you turn
to, her work will allow us to transcend these cultural and regional boundaries.
We hope you enjoyed the exhibit as
much as we did! And even if you do not get the chance to go before the
exhibition ended, you
might be able to catch the exhibition in Seoul or its other future
destinations. Even though Yayoi’s exhibition has left the
Daegu Art Museum, there are always new and exciting
exhibitions to see here!
Daegu Art Museum Website: http://www.daeguartmuseum.org/eng/main/
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