GWANGJU — How can "pansori," a traditional Korean form of minimalist folk opera, become a thematic anchor for contemporary art from around the world? At this year's Gwangju Biennale, French star ...
This year the whole show in the Biennale Exhibition Hall was curated by a prominent French artistic director, Nicolas Bourriaud, all under the name, “Pansori, a soundscape of the 21st century.” That ...
An installation view of “Pansori, a soundscape of the 21st century" (Park Yuna/The Korea Herald) GWANGJU -- The 15th edition of the Gwangju Bienanle, which kicked off on Saturday in Gwangju ...
Korea’s traditional dramatic genre is pansori. It’s just one singer, narrating and playing the parts, accompanied by a drum, telling a long narrative story in a harsh and growly singing style ...