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DECEMBER1,2003
CULTURE
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Focusingonthenewattemptsofyounggenerationinthemusicalindustry
LongingfororiginalKoreanmusical
Fulfillingdreamasa
T
here are various play makers. Unique
originally written by French writer Jean
universitystudent
andinterestingideashavebeenshown
Giono. Young creative makers got together
tothepublicbyyoung,andoldgenerations
toremodeltheoriginalwork.Thethreadof
producers.Koreanmusicals,however,arein
the story is same as the original, but some
a different situation. The performers wear
changes like personifying the acorn tree
O
blondewigsandhaveEnglishnamessuchas
which becomes the observer watches trees
ther people name her as a
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
Tom, Jenny and so on. That is the main
growing thick. Their producing way is
free-lancer, report writer,
current of our musical industry but Korean
somethingtothinkaboutit.Sinceitssubject
medical book publisher, New
musicals are changing nowadays. Young
is about protection of nature, its way is
Yorker, and sometimes textile
generation of makers and performers are
linked to organizations for protection of
designer. However, Jun Ok-
tryingtomakeourownworks.
nature. You Theater planned with Korean
ryung(40)fillsintheoccupation
Federation for Environmental Movement
blank
with
“student.”
Koreanmusicalinthepastandnow
and received full fund from National
Concentrating on the university
Therehavebeenmanymusicalsshownto
ForestryCooperativesFederation.Thiskind
studying,sheseemedveryhappy
thepublicinKorea.Mostofthem,however,
ofnewwaysoffundraisingthathavetobe
as she clamed. “I became a
were imported from foreign countries and
continued.
studentbecauseIwantedto,soI
translated into Korean. Among many
will sincerely struggle on
musicals, just few works such as “The Last
ThewayKoreanmusicalsshouldgo
studying,”shesaid,“AndIamso
Empress,” “Singin’ in the Rain” (There are
Korean musicals are changing. New and
happynowthatIcanlearnfrom
VarioustypesofnewKoreanmusicalsareontherise.
two“Singin’intheRain”thatwereshownto
predominant professionals jumped into the
outstanding professors and read
thepublic,onewasimportedfromU.S.,the
musical industry. The number of aspirants
excellent books on their
other was made in Korea.) obtained good
musicals with their own way of produce.
viewers. I wanted to show a sensuous and
for musical actors and students studying
recommendation.” she brightly
results among the works made in Korea.
“Peppermint,”“Tome,lovemeansnothing”
polishing description of moderners in
abroadforprofessionalworkareincreasing.
continued.
JunOk-ryung(IC-02)
Mostproducersdidnottrytomakeworksby
and“L’hommequiplantaitdesarbres.”
musicals,” said by Lee Yu-ri, the original
Also the exclusive theater for musicals, the
JunhasU.S.citizenship,visits
themselvesinthepast.Thereasonforthisis
Afterstepsofsqueezingoutvariousideas,
authorandproducerof“Peppermint.”
Popcorn House was founded. As can be
her home in New York every
because, investors had a prejudice that
two years of time was spent for
Director, Jeon Hun tried a unique
seen,thefutureofKoreanmusicalisnotso
summer vacation and reads
creatingmusicalsareawasteofmoney.That
“Peppermint.” Among seven scripts,
productionin“Tome,lovemeansnothing.”
desperate.
booksintheJohnsbeach,whilebathinginthesunwithwindsandwaves.Shewentto
brought insufficiency of making our own
performers, makers and monitor spectators
Thismusicalstartedhavingonlyverysimple
However, Korean musicals must make a
NewYork15yearsagoandbecameatextiledesigner,andmadeadesignshopwhich
creative works. Secondly, there were not
tookpartinpickingoutthebestscript.The
synopsis about a young couple waiting for
longjourneytoestablishanenvironmentsfor
isstillopenin5thAvenueinManhattan,NewYork.6monthshavepassed,andthen
enough talented people to create musicals.
musical industry is quite exclusive world.
their marriage. In that process they go
making the Korean musicals. Many created
thebravewomancamebacktoKoreaandvisitedanewspaperoffice.Shestartedher
This made investors import foreign works
Once a big star is born, no new face can
throughconfusionabouttheirvaluesoflove
musicalshavebeenshowntothepublic,but
free-lancer life mainly writing reports, interviews in 26 different magazines, such as
fromothercountriesratherthanmakingour
appear.Thestarsaretheonesproducersrely
and marriage because of a woman who
they did not get enough attention from the
Gaeksuk,andFinance,whicharemonthlymagazines.“Ioncehavereceivedmorethan
own. Reality that there were not enough
on to make people come and see. In
comes in between them. With this synopsis
audience than other imported musicals.
500fan-lettersbecauseofmyreportinmonthlymagazine“Finance,”anditwasareally
exclusivetheatersformusicalsiscountedas
“Peppermint” a new face in the musical
makersandactorsmadeallofthecharacters
Moreover,amongthem,mostbroughtdown
happy moment.” Jun recalled. Actually, she is a lucky person, but it seems to be a
oneofthepoorenvironmentsofourmusical
industry,singerBadastarsastheheroinand
and dialogs on scripts talking about their
with no interest from spectators. Like the
“created”luckofherhardworkingandasweettemper.“IthinkIhavebeenlovedfrom
industry. Even good musicals are made,
big star Nam Kyung-ju was starring as the
own thoughts and experiences about love
movieindustrydid,theyhavetogothrough
alotofpeople,soIwanttoreturnittosociety.”Sheheldaphotographyexhibition5
gettingatheatertofeaturewasnoteasy.
hero. Moreover, composer, Lee Du-heon
andmarriage.KwonMin-joongwasstarring
this tough period. Passing these transitional
yearsago,whichwasforthedisabled.AlthoughitwasduringIMF,theexhibitionwas
Since this September, however, the
who made the song - “Red roses on rainy
in this musical for the first time and Won
period, audience will give their attention to
a great success and even made encore exhibition twice. The charitable worker has
situations stand out in sharp contrast to the
Wednesday” took part in this musical as a
Mi-sol, quite young but having a various
these works. For achievements of these
continued her charity until now. She stated that she had never regretted about her
situations before. In the second half of the
music director. Also it had an open
career completed the music of this work.
works,moreandmoremusicalmakershave
decisionsforthelast15years.
year, more than 15 created works were
workshop having a form of a try out
Sonagi Art Communication that produced
to pursuit experimental, creative and
ButafterenteringHUFSlastyear,shestoppedalmosteveryworkthatshewasdoing,
shown or are waiting to be shown. This
performances.Tryoutperformancesarethe
“To me, love means nothing,” also is
continuous achievements rather than
andstartedstudyinghard.Theresultisthatsurprisinglyshehasneverbeenabsentor
numericalvalueisthebiggestnumberyetin
systemusuallyusedinBroadwaytolookfor
preparing another made in Korea musical,
commercial achievements. With this efforts
lateforaclass.Shewouldratherarriveattheuniversityanhourandahalfearlierand
the industry. This was possible because of
possibilities of how it will do on bringing
“Gas,” “Sonagi” which was originally
of makers, warm eyes from the audience
make copies of her newspaper scraps for professors and classmates. Nowadays, she
theyoungmakersambitiouspropulsions.
people to the theater by investors and
written by Hwang Sun-won and Kim Hak-
havetobecontinuedwithcheers.
studies in the university for 4 days a week. She audits some classes in Hongik
audience in advance. “The musical industry
muk, the representative of this company is
UniversityonMonday,applyingcrossregistrationsystem.Andfor3days,sheworks
Looking into features of today’s
have been active, but in creating works it
preparingambitiously.
for the publishing company which she owns. Her dream as a publisher is to make
ByJoHyun-mi
works
havenotbeen.Theprejudicethatourworks
“L’homme qui plantait des arbres” that
investments for academic works, like forklore which, nowadays is left out from
ReporterofCultureSection
There are three considerable created
are rustic is spread through many musical
means “The Man Who Planted Trees” was
publishment.“Itisverydifficulttocarryoutstudyingandworkingsidebyside,butI
amcapableofmanagingthembecauseIlovebothofthem.Ihavebeenreadingabout
200booksayearwithrapidreadingandselectionreadingduringreporterdays,butnow
Ireadmorethan400booksayear.ItisalwaysmypleasurewhenIlearnsomething
completely, completing a homework report with divers bibliographies, and preparing
Naturethrougheyesofsculptor
photocopies for professors and students.” Jun claimed with delight, “I feel warmness
andhappinesswhenclassmatessendmesomeverycutemessages.Ispenttwowhole
daysandnightstolearnhowtosendmessageswithmymobilephone,thatisoneofmy
biggest earnings in my university life, and also learning how to use computers is
N
owadays, most people live in cities.
pointoraworkplayingaroleofmilestoneis
relationship between nature and human
another one.” She continued and made a smile. Her wish is to graduate with good
Ruraldistrictshavebeendesertedand
themasterpieceofherworks.Althoughother
beings,thelightandshadowoflife,wound
gradesandtoresearchabouttheKoreanhistoryofspeech.
fewpeopletrytokeepnatureinthecountry.
people might not like the work, it is very
andhealingobservedbytheartist.In“Scene
Thegayuniversitylifehasalsoaseamysidetoit.Junsharplypointedoutuniversity
Yang Hwa-sun, a sculptor tries to reappear
importanttoartists,becausetheyrestarttheir
of the Noon,” the long shadow of a
students’ absence of public morality. “After a class, the empty classroom is full of
nature which she loves so much. In her
artworldbasedonthatpiece.Thenwhatis
sycamore is hanging over a little house,
garbage.Theyshouldconcernthattheyarewastingtheirregistrationfeeoncleaningthe
younger years, she lived in Seoul, but her
her turning point or milestone? She pointed
when it is supposed to be at its shortest at
classroombeforetheyfightforit,”shecriticized.
love for nature made her move to a rural
outoneofherworksofthe“InnerView”as
noon. But do not consider that a fact, just
Ontheotherhand,Junexposedherthoughtsaboutuniversitypointsystem.Shesaid,
districts,Namyangju.
readers can see on the photo. She used to
focus on the shadow giving indications of
“Ithinkhighgradesshouldbehonestlygiventohardworkingstudents,nottoinsincere
When she was a second grader in
makeherworkswithclay,butasshesaidthe
ominousfeelings.
orfamousstudents.Iseemanyirrationalhappeningsduringmyuniversitylife.”Asa
elementary school, she drew a picture with
way of working is changing because
Sheusuallyusesbronzewhensheworks,
free-lancerreporter,Junmentionedmanynamesandincidentswithalittleanger.She
her teacher. The next day, her drawing was
human’s thoughts are changing. She says it
because coloring and elaborate working is
wanted to make more justice society for younger students. Paying her interests into
theonlyoneframedandhunginthebackof
isnonsenseifanythingthatdoesnotchange
possible on bronze. The material is
theseproblemsshealsohadworriesandatthesametimecaringforthesocialissues.
the class. Also her teacher told her that she
exist.
permanent and it is suitable for her works.
SheseemedtobearealcaringandlovingpersonforHUFSandKorea.
hadatalentforart.Thatwasthebeginning.
Nowadays,however,featuresofartworks
She feels quite hard when she cannot gives
JunOk-ryung,wholikestojogasidetheYangjaecheon,saidbrightly,“Iwanttohelp
AndwhenasculptresslivinginArgentinain
thatsheworkedonlatelyarepictorialreality
fulleffortalthoughhergeniusnessinart.
andalsoreceivehelpfrommyfellowclassmates.Thatwaywecangettoknowand
anearlystagecametoherschool,whenshe
in sculpture and it is divided into five
“I don’t know why I love and express
understandeachother.Iamanopenperson,butsometimesImeetsomeonewhodoes
wasattendingjuniorhighschool.Seeingthe
subjects - Asking the Way to a Tree,
nature. It maybe because of karma as it is
notacceptmeasafriend.Anyway,Iamalwaysreadytotalk,sopleasecomecloser.”It
sculptress’ art, Yang was immediately
Reflection of Universe, Noumenon of
told in Buddhism. Because I am drawn to
willbegoodtosayhellotoher,ifyouareinasameclasswithher.Shewillwelcome
charmedbyherartworldandshedecidedto
Shadow, Description of Nature and
nature,IlivehereandIexpressit,myworks
youwithabrightfaceassomeonewhohavehadmuchmoreexperienceinlife.
enter Hongik University. She thought that
Nostalgia for the Golden Days of the Past.
areresembleinnature.”
she was so lucky to meet someone who
Herworks“Flood,”“Rattans,”“Sceneofthe
ByLeeJun-gul
knewherself.
Noon,” “Tree as the Earth” and “Storm”
ReporterofNationalSection
Yang Hwa-sun had been working on
seem to reflect her life and the meaning of
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
ByJoHyun-mi
“Inner View” by Yang Hwa-sun, at the
sculpturesunderthetitleof“InnerView”for
life as a woman. The earth and houses in
privateexhibitioninherhouse.
ReporterofCultureSection
alongtime.Shetoldanartworkinaturning
these works can be interpreted as the
The29thSeoul
CHAFS
ParkJi-yeon/CartoonistofTheArgus
IndependentFilmFestival
CHAT+HUFS
Dec. 5~14
DongSoong Hall and Hypertheque NADA
in DongSoong Art Center
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