BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Embassy of Korea (KORUS)

DC -- Embassy of Korea (KORUS):

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. EMBKOR_160507_039.JPG: Digital Museum Traditional Korean culture coexists with 21st century technology in the Digital Museum at the Korean Cultural Center Washington, DC. Utilizing Korea's cutting-edge IT, visitors can experience the authenticity of Korean cultural assets and their rich heritage like never before. Korean art in all forms -- traditional and contemporary, tangible and live performance -- takes on a new vitality through a dynamic medium designed to enhance interaction. The Digital Museum will feature a variety of high-tech exhibits including those featuring augmented reality, 3D visuals, and contemporary media arts.
2. EMBKOR_160507_053.JPG: Sarangbang In a traditional Korea home, or hanok, the sarangbang is the master's quarters, used for studying, writing, leisure, and receiving guests or fellow scholars. The sarangbang was generally reserved for men, reflecting the Confucian principles that prevailed during the Joseon Dynasty, including prescribed roles and spaces for men and women, owners and servants, and older and younger generations. It also decorated sparingly, in the interest of frugality. The overall design of a hanok, built using wood, stone, earth, paper and other natural materials, is intended to achieve harmony between man and nature.
3. EMBKOR_160507_099.JPG: Migration Series TeaYoun Kim-Kassor My current research is focusing essentially on exploring my creative manifestations of an ever-ending identity inquiry, "Who am I?" More precisely, I seek to understand how my migratory history, my creative and academic reflections, and my personal recollections have shaped my identity, what defines myself and other individuals. In this project, I pursue the quest to understand the question of identity by binding the visual into the conceptual with the help of a traditional Korean textile sewing technique called Nubi, whereby two layers of fabric with cotton or Korean traditional mulberry paper are joined together and sewn with silk threads. I used this particular sewing technique, on the visual side, as a vehicle and, on the conceptual side, as a cultural voice. Due to its intricate craftsmanship, the fabric is hand-stitched and the work involves significantl attentiveness, and methodical training that are interpretation of iconographic configurations of my motherland, South Korea. Using the Nubi sewing technique, I have created manifestations where fabric is behind fabric, colors behind colors, space behind space. I have created limitless, boundless, and dimensionless entities, a personal representation of identity.
4. EMBKOR_160507_118.JPG: Tension TeaYoun Kim-Kassor The primary concept of the exhibition is the illustration of tension as a catalyst of reflective moments. More precisely, I used the physiological tension of aesthetic display and illumination to stimulate viewers toward reflections on the ageless identity question of "Who am I?" or "Where am I?" Born in Korea where I lived through adolescence, I had a good fortune to be exposed as an adult to two other and different cultures, Japanese and American. The amalgamation of all three cultures has fueled my passion for exploring artistically the many tensions involved in confirming one's cultural and personal identities. Philosophically, I see identity, and the quest to understand it, as a series of contentious pushes and pulls. I found myself, for instance, torn between wishing on one hand to escape the "hold" that my native culture has on me and the many and inexplicable pulls that keep bringing me back. In like manner, I reach out to belong to the American culture only to be me met with inadvertent push backs to deny me full acculturation. I use my own work to reflect on life, its identity, as a tug-of-war of contentious forces, and to invite viewers to reflect on many tensions surrounding us. The installation draws attention to tension, through its physical and artistic foundation, providing an experience with a cognitive outcome; a chance for the viewers to remove themselves from their daily routines and to reflect on life and its many tensions.
5. EMBKOR_160507_131.JPG: Jeju Dol Hareubang: While wooden carved statues called Jang-seung traditionally stood near villages on the Korean mainland, stone statues called Dol Hareubang are native to the volcanic island of Jeju, off Korea's southern coast. Historically, Dol Hareubang were erected at the entrances of Jeju's three major counties, where they meant to ward off danger and harm as a guardian deity. Literally meaning Stone Grandfather, these iconic statues vary by size and style, but generally exhibit the humorous and smiling appearance of a friendly, neighborhood elder. Dol Hareubang are today an important symbol of Jeju and its rich folk culture, and can be seen displayed across the island near homes, businesses, and public spaces. February 28, 2011 Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Republic of Korea
Wikipedia Description: Embassy of South Korea, Washington, D.C.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of South Korea to the United States. Its main chancery is located at 2450 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. The current ambassador is Lee Soo-hyuck.

Due to the rather small size of its main chancery building, the embassy has an annex nearby in Arlington County, Virginia. It also occupies two additional buildings close to its main chancery building to house its Consular Section and a Korean Cultural Center. The ambassador's residence is located in the nearby Spring Valley neighborhood, close to American University.

The embassy operates consulates general in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. In addition to those consulates general, the embassy also maintains a consulate agency in Guam as well as two consular offices in Anchorage and Dallas.

A statue of Dr. Philip Jaisohn, an independence activist and journalist, was dedicated in 2008 in front of the Consular Section building at 2320 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.

The consulate includes the Korean Education Center.
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