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2013 Edinburgh Festival KOREAN
Wherever you go in Edinburgh this summer, you won't be far from a Korean show. A vibrant array of artistic talent from Korea will be on display between August and October as 14 groups from the country visit our shores. This is the i rst time any of these companies have appeared in Edinburgh, and their performances offer Scottish audiences a rare chance to witness the vast wealth of creativity coming from Korea. A large-scale exhibition of works by Nam June Paik, widely considered the creator of video art and a pioneer of contemporary Korean art, will be on display during the Edinburgh International Festival 2013. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the artist's i rst solo exhibition, Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds, will run
from Fri 9 Aug to Sat 19 Oct at the Talbot Rice Gallery. There'll also be an LED installation, titled Media Skins, celebrating the bonds of friendship between Korea and Scotland. On Tue 20 & Wed 21 Aug, a stage production of classic 1950s Korean i lm Madame Freedom will fuse digital technology and live performance at the King’s Theatre. The story of an ordinary woman with extraordinary dreams, Madame Freedom promises to be an innovative, thoroughly modern take on the classic i lm.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe also welcomes nine performers from Korea in shows spanning contemporary and traditional music, comedy, classical music, theatre and dance.
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FESTIVAL EXHIBITION TRANSMITTED LIVE: NAM JUNE PAIK RESOUNDS
Talbot Rice Gallery, Fri 9–Sat 19 Oct, 10am–5pm Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Paik’s i rst solo exhibition, Exposition of Music – Electronic Television (Wuppertal 1963), when the artist brought television into the realm of art for the i rst time, presenting it as a tactile and multisensory medium. As part of the counter-culture movements of the 1960s, Paik believed that artists should humanise technology, get their ‘i ngers in and tear away the walls’ of the establishment. Paik, a trained musician, treated technology as a
material part of his repertoire, which later expanded to include video, satellite transmissions, robots and lasers.
VISUAL ART MEDIA SKINS Lothian Road – Usher Hall/Festival Theatre, Fri 9 Aug–Sun 1 Sep
Seeing is believing, but believing what? Experience the spectacular and ask yourself what you believe, especially about the future and your place in that future, as you try to absorb a proliferation of LED images (satellite pictures from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute) of both Scottish and Korean cultures in this astonishing transformation of the analogue world to the digital.
DANCE MADAME FREEDOM King’s Theatre, Tue 20 & Wed 21 Aug, 8pm, £12–£30
A stunning and stirring fusion of A stunning and stirring fusion of
Madame Freedom
live performance, fantastical i lmed imagery and innovative digital technology, Madame Freedom dances with the classic Korean i lm of the 1950s of the same name, as well as with themes of identity, myth, and a sense of being trapped by the past. It tells the story of an ordinary woman and her dreams – of different lives, of different selves – and the choices that she can or cannot make.
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FESTIVAL FRINGE 2013
DANCE & PHYSICAL THEATRE A ROMANCE C venues - C, Thu 1–Mon 26 Aug, 4.05pm, £7.50–£11.50
‘A Romance’ is a new piece from one of Korea’s most acclaimed physical theatre companies. In a male-centred era, women met in m secret to share stories and exchange s ideas. Combining traditional music i and beautiful costumes Modl Theatre a weave together a cultural tale of a w noble family who are preparing for n their daughter’s wedding. Sewing t in a secret room, whilst the bride i reads aloud to the illiterate servants r to thank them for their work. They t continue late into the night, eventually c sharing their own personal love s stories. s ‘Sensual storytelling, powerful ‘ acting!’ (Today’s Theater, Seoul). a
PUPPETRY P C CLIMB A WILLOW TO THE S SEA GOD’S PALACE t theSpace on Niddry Street, Mon 12–Sat 24 Aug (except Sun 18), 1
2.35pm, £5.50–£8 This is a story about brotherly love and one’s i lial duty towards their parents. Once upon a time, two friendly brothers lived in Gangwon Province. Their father’s last words lead to a disagreement between the brothers, and they go their separate ways. The younger brother follows their father’s words and is reunited with him in the palace of the Sea God but there he hears some disturbing things about his older brother.
MUSIC KEEP CALM AND LISTEN TO CLASSIC St Giles’ Cathedral/St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, Mon 12 Aug, 12pm/8pm, Free
The Korea Union Youth Chamber Orchestra and Choir (KUYCOC) consists of talented young boys and girls from South Korea. During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013, they will introduce Korean folk songs and well-known classical music to the public. Join them and see what KUYCOC has to offer! Keep Calm and Listen to Classic!
MUSIC K-SORI AKDONG Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s, Mon 19 Aug, 7pm, Free
A show made by a group of young musical prodigies, Akdong, and two very famous musicians (singer and pianist) from Korea. They have created an experimental performance of crossover music with traditional instruments such as the gayageum - the Korean harp, piri - the Korean pipes, and Pansori - the