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 Exhibiting Korea 2007
A New,
Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs at The Korea Society
The Kyopo Project
with
Cindy
Hwang
Photographer
Thursday,
November 15, 2007 at 6:30 PM
The Korea Society Auditorium
Millions
of Koreans live outside of Korea;
many of them have never even set foot in their home country. In Korean, they're
known as kyopo. And the Kyopo
Project, organized by photographer Cindy
Hwang, tells their story.
Begun
in November of 2004, the Kyopo Project is a collection of over 100
portraits-both photographic and literary-of overseas Koreans from around the
world. The stories and images of these kyopo,
fully integrated into countries as far afield as the U.S.,
Canada, Denmark
and Brazil,
reveal an emerging, dynamic identity that defies received wisdom on kyopo in both Korea
and around the world.
At
an enlivening and inquisitive gallery talk, Cindy Hwang will display sections
of the Kyopo Project, and discuss how today's trans-national kyopo communities are reshaping their
host countries and Korea.
Photo: Daniel Dae Kim, Photo © CYJO
About the Presenter
Cindy Hwang is a
freelance photographer in New York City. Her photos often
seek to capture the inherent beauty of her subjects through traditional and
interpretive portraiture. Much of her work included in the Kyopo Project
focuses on capturing the collective persona of a cultural diaspora and the
inherent synergies produced by subjects during the documentation process. Hwang
is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Fashion
Institute of Technology in New York. A fashion industry
expert, her clients include Guess Watches, Equilend, Elle International, Angelo
Filomeno and Jessica Corr.
Questions, registration? call Jinyoung Kim,
senior program officer for arts,
212-7597-525 ext 316 or
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Exhibiting Korea
A New,
Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs at The Korea Society
Exhibiting
Korea, a new monthly series of presentations on the fine arts, film, fashion
and architecture of the Korean Peninsula, is debuting this April. Series
programs will address contemporary trends in cultural expression in Korea, and
take audiences back to important movements they might have overlooked. These
gallery talks, given by top experts, critics and artists, will put the colors
and shapes of modern Korea on display-and explain the cultural and historical
contexts behind them. Please join us.
Other Programs in this Series
(all held at The Korea Society Auditorium, 6:30 PM)
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