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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...