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CULTURE
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Lookingintoeffortstodevelopperformancecultureinlocalcity
BucheonfeelsnoenvyforSeoul
S
eoulisthebiggestcitywithadeveloped
numerouspeoplearoundthenationgathered
AchallengingCEOofHUFS
culture of performances of high level.
in Bucheon. Kim Han-jun, the team leader
When citizens in Seoul want to see a
of Luminaries’ advertisements, informed
performance, they can easily see one. How
that over 400,000 visitors came to see it in
about citizens in other cities? Most local
first week. He said, “At the present, our
cities have only few theaters where
economy and politic is very dismal. So we
performancescanbeseen.Incontrast,Seoul
hopedthatwecouldshowtheimageofhope
has various theaters, even though they are
and peace. Two tunnels of the biggest
not characterized. For example, Daejeon
structure, that was named “Prayer for
Culture & Art Center shows its limit. Its
Peace,”arefacingthesquareinfrontofthe
poster title reads “the biggest theater in the
lake. It means prayer for peaceful
central districts.” Actually, about 96 billion
coexistence and harmonies of North and
won was spent to make this building.
SouthKorea.”
However, most performances which have
ABucheoncitizen,JeonKyu-young,and
been played here have already been
hisgirlfriendlivinginUijeonbutalkedabout
performedinSeoul.
the performances of Bucheon and
“InSiheungIcanseesomeperformances
Luminaries.“Advertisementledustocome
likepopconcertsjustinNewYear’sDayor
here to the Luminaries. Its size is very
Chuseok,” said an Australian-English
surprisingandamazing.Buttheentrancefee
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
teacher living in Siheung City. Also he
is quite expensive and there are too many
NumerouspeopleareenjoyingBucheonLuminaries.
added that there are only few performances
merchants,” he added, “Recently most
LeeJi-man(BE-03)
that foreigners can enjoy. In these poor
festivalsandeventswereallcartoonsorfilm
Bucheon Cultural Foundation
situations, few local cities try to develop
Bucheon may appreciate programs by
festivals. These cultural events made me
www.leejiman.net
their cultural performances. Bucheon is the
showingperformancesbytheseason
payingonlythirtythousandwonmaximum,
proudofourcity.Moreover,Ienjoyedmany
T
exemplarycitythatdoesvariousattemptsto
Bucheon Cultural Foundation (BCF) was
anddon’thavetogofarforaperformance.
culturaleventshere,notevengoingtoother
hesedays,peoplewhocansolvemattersmoreeffectivelyandactivelyarethought
develop its cultural performances. Bucheon
set up in 2001 to offer many performances
Ticket price in Bucheon is already proper,
places like Seoul.” His girlfriend, Kim Do-
of more intelligent than those who have much knowledge. And here is an
City aims to be a cultural city. In the past
withgoodqualitytothecitizens.AfterBCF
but they have three more ways to save
yeon, mentioned, “But intrinsic attribute of
exemplary student, Lee Ji-man (BE-03), equipped with sufficient knowledge and
Bucheonwasthoughtasjustabedtowncity
was established, it promoted several
money. Carrying out the system of the
events which can be enjoyed together by
creativenessstridingaheadforhisdream.
betweenIncheonandSeoul.Tochangethis
businesses in cultural welfare, literary and
BucheonSarangTicketisoneofthem.The
visitors have to be increased other than
As a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of “Critiworks, Inc.,” which is an IT venture
image Bucheon City tried many works in
artisticpromotionandpolicyofcivilization.
Korean Culture and Arts Promotion Fund
commercialaimedevents.”
company of antivirus technology, he gained an admission to HUFS as a special
culture. Let’s take a look at some of the
BCF have made plans to show
startedtheprojectforthespectatorstowatch
selection for venture company. There are also many novel students entering other
specificworks.
performancesbytheseason.Thisisthemost
pure artistic performances. By conducting
Foramoredevelopedculture
universities as presidents of companies, but his career is somewhat different. He has
considerable feature among businesses of
businessforBucheonSarangTicket,people
TheeffortsandattemptsofBucheonCity
wonthe1stplaceofmostofthescientificandcomputer-relatedcontests.Whenhewas
Puchon International Fantastic Film
BCF.Byopeningallperformancesbeforea
can save five thousand won per
is a model that other cities consider in
just13yearsold,hehadthehonorofministerialawardbyparticipatinginacontestof
Festival
season,spectatorscanbuyticketsinadvance
performance. Second, the package program
developing their cultural performances.
computer skills. As a reward, his parents bought the first computer for him and
Puchon International Fantastic Film
forlowerpricesandmarketersdon’tneedto
and reservation is provided. If one books a
BucheonCity,whichbeforewasasmallcity
afterwards,hecouldconcentrateonlearningcomputers.
Festival(PiFan)isthefrontrunner.In1997,
spend more money on advertising. “Swan
package before the season starts, he or she
recognized as a small bed town of Seoul,
Using his computer, he contacted many internet forum sites, including “Sejin
PiFan started having feature for “fantastic
Lake,” was staged on as a curtain raiser in
can get from 10 to 30 percent discount.
changed their image-a cultural city. Other
ComputerLand,”andhebecametheonlineforummanagerin“Nownuri,Chollian(one
movie”,thatmadeitpossibleforPiFantobe
2003 season for BCF. “Swan Lake”
Lastly,membershipisoffered.Memberscan
cities should also try these attempts too.
ofthemostfamousPCcommunicationnetworkinKorea).”Onlyasamiddleschool
successful.
performed by Korean National Ballet
take advantage by receiving mailing
Peoplelivinginlocalcitieswhodonothave
student,hewasanhonorary,part-timeemployeeorganizingeventsforpromotion.In
Now everybody agrees that PiFan is one
Company, is the first ballet performance to
services,discounts,usingmaterialsandetc.
manychancestoenjoyvariousperformances
theyear1998,hewonagoldprizeoftheKoreaOlympiadinInformatics,andin1999,
of the top international film festivals along
be performed entirely. 2003 Fall Season of
in comparison with citizens living in Seoul
he won a blue ribbon at the 1st competitive exhibition of information sponsored by
Luminaries, the banquet of the light
with Pusan International Film Festival. Not
BCFconsistsof3sections:play,danceand
orBucheonshouldhavethechanceandthe
MinistryofInformationandCommunication.Besides,hehas4ministerialawardsand
only the citizens in Bucheon but also many
music. Most admirers of performances who
celebrationinBucheon
samerightstoenjoyperformances.
morethan6titlesofmajorcomputerycontests.
visitors from other cities and foreign
live in Gyeonggi-do usually go to Seoul,
LuminarieswasheldfromOctober1to20
The fruit of vigorous activities, he got a proposal for business partnership and he
countriesvisitPiFan.Withothereventssuch
payingexpensivecostforperformances,and
inBucheonSangdongLakeParktocelebrate
servedasamanagerofsoftwareplanningteamof“GPHoldings,Inc.Korea,”untillthe
ByJoHyun-mi
as street concerts, the festival changed the
alwayshaveproblemsbecauseoflongtrips
Bucheon’s 30th anniversary of being raised
secondyearofhishighschool.
ReporterofCultureSection
imageofBucheon.
towatchperformances.However,citizensin
to the status of a city. To visit Luminaries,
Behind his successful career, there are some troubles. Actually, because of his
business-centered, busy life, he was far from studying the regular courses of his age
whichothertypicalstudentswouldhave.Heseldomparticipatedintheschoollifeand
hadsomeconflictswithhisteachers.However,hehaswillinglychosetoliveinSeoul
andspentmostofhistimethere,thoughhisbirthplacewasChungju.
Re-illuminationofdailylife
And now in his university life, he is still working as both a businessman and a
student.Mostofhisclassesareinthemorningtimeandaftertheclassesend,hegoesto
hisoffice.Hesaidwithhisbusylife,“Frankly,becauseIwasratherclosetotheworld
ofadultsthancontemporaries,Iamlessclosetothecultureofmyfriendsandnotmuch
cliquism. He opened 15 individual
also shows my inevitable solitude.” Ahn
Actually, Ahn is already a succeeded
interestedinit.”
exhibitions and many group exhibitions,
explained.Headdedthattheexcrementwith
artist. It is difficult to live on selling their
“NeverdidIhaveaspecificgoaloreagertoachieveit,Ijustwantedtobeprepared.
includingGwangjuBiennialExhibition.The
colorful markings is his work of art. It is a
drawings in Korea, because of its weak
ItwasjustacontinuouslifeofmewhenIrealizedIwasonarelativelyhigherplace
artist was also awarded a prize in France
paradox that ordinary people get those
picture market. But artist Anh Chang-hong
than other students of my age.” He emphasized to be an effective man with creative
Cagnesinternationalartexhibition.Heonce
excrements and carefully collect them in
never had another job. It proves his
thinkingskillsasa“McKinseyconsultant.”
participatedinthemovementofpeople’sart
frames. There are many other series of his
capabilityandconfidenceofart.“Iamvery
Havingsuchanenterprisingmind,attheage18,hetransformedastheyoungestCEO
in 1980’s. He was not ideological but
work. The reporter asked whether he could
goodatdrawing,soIalwaystrytoshowthat
of “Critiworks, Inc.” with his friend who took the role as a technical development
regardedhimselfasaproletarian.Hethinks
show his masterpiece or not, then he
I am doing good work with my capability
manager.Becausethedomesticmarketwasmostlyoccupiedby“Ahnlab,Inc.,”which
theartexistsforlife,notformoneyorself-
answered, “I cannot pick a specific one
and figurative arts, not with an academic
Mr.AhnChul-soohasestablished,theyreceivedpartnershipproposalsfromtheformer
satisfaction. His art criticizes civilization,
among my drawings, because there are too
clique,” he emphasized. “I think a flawless
founder of “Symantec,” a famous antivirus technology company. Now, his friend is
society, and even revolted against the
many.” But in his studio located in
truthcouldnotbehidden,soIneverfeared
managing “Critiworks, Inc.” and Lee is the strategy director of “Dreamfirst, Inc.” a
“wrong” politics. He always tries to
Gyeonggi-do,thereweremanytypicalseries
about my future as an artist. Only self-
mobile game developing company. His job changes frequently, but the works for
illuminate something people do not want to
of him, such as drawing on the black and
examination without a break, and passion
remainsthesame.
show.“Ithinktheartmusttouchsomething
whitephoto,fishinaglassfishbowl,andso
without an account can form the perfect
“I am not good in English at all, do not have enough knowledge as other general
essential in life and help people. But our
on. Currently, the main theme of his
truth.” Ahn added. Obviously his talent
students have either. But I am relatively good at time management, English for
nation is so conservative and covered by
collection is about death. He sketches very
seems to be real. People like his art not
business,andIknowwhatimportantthinginasocietyis,”attheendoftheinterview,
vague moral code that many artists hesitate
little things like an animal’s bone that is
becauseofitsbeautybutbecauseofitsown
hesaidwithconfidenceinhistonewhichonecouldfeelthespiritofayoungleader.
“OrdureofaPainter”byAhn.
todrawsuchthings,”Ahnsaid.“Andthat’s
buried under sand in a desert, a half-eaten
specialty. It has a kind of catharsis in
why I could not feel the necessity of
grasshopper,andweeds.Hetriestofindout
vulgarityinhisworks.Healsohaslectured
H
isworkofartisveryweirdatthefirst
universityeducation.”
thecyclesoflifeinsuchexamplesofdeath.
drawing in the Korean National University
glance,butthemotifofeverypieceis
Oneofhisworks,“OrdureofaPainter,”is
“AsIamgettingold,Icametoseethatthe
ofArtsbyaninvitationfromtheschooland
about human being. Anh Chang-hong, 50,
truly descriptive of his inner world. The
world is deeper. The end of every life is
hasmanymaniasofhisdrawings.
ByYeoHee-soo
who started to draw pictures right after the
paintingisAhn’sself-portrait;theevacuating
death, and I try to show the relationship of
AssociateEditorofNationalSection
graduationofhighschoolandneverentered
manonthemountainwitharolloftissueis
lifeanddeath.Thecyclesoflifeistheorigin
ByLeeJun-gul
university,isoutstandingintheKoreanarts
thepainterhimself.“Meonthesharppointed
ofeverything,Ithink,”Ahntalkedabouthis
ReporterofNationalSection
despite of strongly existing academical
peak describes my attainment in painting,
drawings.
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