What do you think about the bullying problem in modern society? Have you been bullied? Have you bullied someone? Nowadays, bullying among classmates has become a big issue. In addition, there are some related social problems that exacerbate bullying. Ryeoryeong Kim describes the tragic consequences of bullying and these related problems in her book Elegant Lie.The book starts with a terrible incident. The main character, Cheon-ji, commits suicide. The book tells us some stories about Cheon-ji’s family and her acquaintances to solve the mystery of Cheon-ji’s death. Cheon-ji left some messages t
·Period: 2013/12/7 – 2014/3/16·Place: Hangaram Art Museum in the Seoul Arts Center·Pee: Adult 12,000 won, Youth 10,000 won, Child 8000 won Hyundai Card Culture Project is a cultural marketing brand that finds and introduces a variety of cultural icons. The Culture Project is the third art exhibition project, following the Tim Burton Exhibition and the Studio Ghibli Layout Exhibition. This exhibition greets the audience with the theme “The Art Player”. Actually, Mariscal calls himself that because he wants to enjoy art the same way as plays. Thus, Mariscal’s pieces have an optimistic mood
When we take a train trip, we often see small train stations. Hwabon Village is located in Gunwi-gun Gyeongsangbukdo and has a whistle stop. Hwabon Station, the entrance to Hwabon Village, was built in 1930 and still has the original water tower, so visitors can feel the history of this place. Hwabon Station was called the most beautiful whistle stop by train fans. Like the station, Hwabon Village feels authentic and historical, too. When you go out of the station and walk along the stone wall, you can see many murals on the wall. These paintings make Hwabon Village more beautiful. The theme o
My Exciting Life, published in 2011, has sold more than 140 million copies so far. According to Seoul National University (SNU) Central Library, this book was ranked the second most popular book at SNU in 2013, and this story will be released as a movie in 2014. Song Hye-kyo and Kang Dong-won will play the title role. Why is this book loved by many people?The first reason is rare material. Arum's mom, Mi-ra, gave birth to him when she was 17. Although Dae-su and Mi-ra were young and immature high school students, they did their best to raise Arum. When Arum was 3, they found that he had proger
‧ Directed by Richard Curtis‧ Genre: Romance, Comedy‧ Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams‧ 123 Min.Time goes by and cannot be turned back. A person meets many people, falls in love, does lots of things and suffers hardships throughout a lifetime. This movie is about one man’s life and his attempt to make it better by repeatedly going back in time to change things. What he learns through doing this is helpful to everyone.Tim Lake, the hero of About Time, learns the unbelievable family secret from his father on his 21st birthday that men in his family can travel ba
Byeol Byeol Art Village has started to become a public art place. There are 45 various works of art in several places around the village. An ordinary farming village turned into a huge art gallery. All of the works of art in this village have special value because they are eco-friendly: using idle land to display art. Furthermore, a normal tree looks like a work of art because the other works are harmonious with the landscape. The best thing to see in the Byeol Byeol Art Village is the five-forked roads. The roads are so beautiful they are named New Mongyudowondo (Dream Journey to the Peach Bl
· Written by Katherine Boo· Genre: Society· Published in August 2013· 388pagesHave you ever heard of the small Indian town Annawadi? Annawadi is part of India’s largest city Mumbai where one-third of the poor people of the world live.This book is about the 3000 people who live in Annawadi. While living in India for 4 years, the author, Katherine Boo, carried a notebook, recorder and camera and she recorded every little story. Finally she published this book based on these stories. The writer realistically shows the difficulty of life in Annawadi in this book.In Annawadi only 6 people have regu
Period: 2013. 11. 23 - 2014. 2. 16Place: Umi Hall and Gallery 1 in the Daegu Art Museum Exhibition fields: Installation art, painting, picture, videoThis is the 4th Animamix Biennale, and it is different from other biennales because of its organization. Other biennales are organized and held in one place at a time, but this new style biennale takes place simultaneously in various cities for a sustained period under the same theme: Animamix. This Animamix Biennale is co-organized by major art museums in six Asian cities, so this biennale is an Asian project. Animamix is a combination of the wor