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CULTURE
DECEMBER7,2004
Goodtrybutnotenoughtobetruefestivalofplays
Reviewingfortheyear2004thatwasfullofplays,“ASeriesoftheBest”
T
Half-success
he project that gained very much
couldfigureoutdifferentmeaningsfromthe
youth that is not so bright but hopeful, like
enter the stage in Daehakro again on
and the planning team, Dongsoong won to
attention from people in the theatrical
actors’ remarks depending on whether they
the high praises they won for directing and
December 8. In addition, “Youth
change the cast from director’s intention to
Thetheatricalworldturneditsattentionto
world. It is Yeongeugyeoljeon, A Series of
understoodthemastheirpropermeaningsor
actingfromthefirstshowing.
Glorification” started encore performance
theirsconsideringtheprofits.
YGYJovertheyearof2004.Itsresultisjust
theBest(YGYJ).Haveyoueverheardabout
as the actors pronounced them, which were
fromDecember1.
In the case of “Equus,” its quality was
around the corner. It had great success
PositivePoints
it? It is the Korean play project of the year
very uniquely spoken unlike the way
The change in audience’s attitude is also
quiet different in accordance with the
answering the first purpose when people
2004 which consist of fifteen works which
commonpeopleusuallypronouncesthem.In
The biggest achievement of the project is
considerable factor. It often happened for
conditionofthehero,JoJae-hyun,sincehe
look at the achievements such as
showedfrom1980sto2000sandwasgood
addition, the performers’ ceaseless
popularization of plays. Of course, people
visitorstobelate,takepictures,havefoodor
wasfilmingtwomoviesatthattime.Itwas
popularizationofplays,incitementofactive
in both the quality and the popularity. The
vituperationsuchasabouttheimpeachment,
whoareintheatricalworldormaniasofplay
drink,ortonotturnofftheircellularphones.
obviousthattightschedulewasnotgoodfor
participation, and recognition of seeing
bureau of YGYJ announced to offer the
theirrationalityandthecorruptionofKorean
paidattentiontoit.But,evenpeoplewhodid
YGYJ, however, banned these things from
both actors and audience. Spectators also
etiquette.
serviceforaudiencewithvariousexhibitions
society and politics made people feel
not enjoy plays before were interested in
the first, and infused the recognition of
saidthattherewereproblemssuchaslackof
Before this project, many people thought
of the works’ photographs, posters and
refreshed.Thebestpartwaspouringsaltand
YGYJ.
entering before start, turning off cellular
practiceandharmonyamongperformersand
that plays are difficult to enjoy and only
special packages, and to make long-run hit
water to the visitors, which was maybe the
“Igotthechancetocomeherethrougha
phones,andnotcarryingfoodin,whichwere
directors when they inspected “Mr. Han’s
special people can do it. Extensive
works in Korean theatrical world by
importantfactorthatmadepossiblethelong-
group viewing in my company. I think the
diffusedthroughoutplayviewersalthoughit
Chronicle”and“Hamlet.”
advertisement, appearing on most mass
activatingalarge-scalerepertorysystem.
termshowingofthisplay.
play well described our lives and death.
isnotperfectyet.
What play manias’ complain the most
media made common people feel less
The project started off with “Mr. Han’s
The expectation to “Youth Glorification”
Maybe I should visit theaters more often,”
The system of Yeonaein, which means
about is too light mood caused by YGYJ’s
isolatedfromplays.
Chronicle” on January 8 in 2004, and
thatmadethebigstar,ParkHae-ilwasgreat
remarkedKangSun-ja,a45-year-oldfemale
peoplewholoveplayswasalsoanoveltry.
pursuit for profits. “I was surprised at
These things are success of YGYJ.
“Equus”,“DebasingAudience”,“Urgebeing
from the start. The hero, Young-min is a
who watched “O-gu” as her first ever play,
Underthenameofit,YGYJmadethemvisit
someonecalling‘BarberParkBong-gu’asa
However,therearealsoquestionsaskingthat
men”,“TheFantasticks”,“Hamlet”,“’Night
wanderingsecond-gradehighschoolstudent
whichisthe13thworkofYGYJ.Itisquiet
Dongsoong Art Center providing special
curiosity-seeking, cruel drama. Recently,
they persuade too much profits after
Mother”, “Heosamkwan’s Blood-selling
whoisattendinghighschoolforfouryears.
great achievement to make people who did
discounts, leaflets, and gift events only for
thereismoodwidelyspreadtoregardseeing
obtainingexcellentresults,notcomingupto
Story”, “Taxi Driver”, “Please Turn off the
Hehasfriendswhoareinnotgoodsituation
not see any play appear in Dongsoong Art
them.
plays so easily and handily just for killing
people’s expectation who paid attention to
Light”, “In the Moon Night of Baengma
likehim.Also,thereareincompetentfather,
Center.
time.Itisgoodphenomenonformorepeople
them. Obviously, it immensely affected the
River”, “Youth Glorification”, “O-gu” were
motherwhobecameblindfromafightwith
The aim to activate repertory made
Negativepoints
to be interested in plays, but there is no
theatrical world. Looking back the year of
put on the stage. Only the last repertory,
herhusband,andwaitresswholovesYoung-
possible many plays’ long-term showing.
The highly motivated tries of the
earnestness at all. I think it is affected by
2004 of YGYJ, a little hope arise for next
“Blood Wedding” and “Barber Park Bong-
minandissufferingfromepilepsy.Theyare
Manyplayswereperformedinothertheaters
beginning became faint as time passed.
YGYJ’slightadvertisement,”criticizedKim
variousnewprojectswhichtopersuepurity
gu”areshowingnow.
sosadthattheymakepeoplesadandmoved
including regions, out of Seoul after their
When they announced the project at first
Hyang-ran who often appreciate many
ofplaysaswellascommercialsuccess.
evenwhentheyarelaughing.However,the
first performance in YGYJ. “Debasing
they said, the masterpieces will be shown
performances.
Works
charactersgivenotonlysadnessabouttheir
Audience,” has been doing its performance
withtheactorswhoappearedintheoriginal
EarlyplantomakeDongsoongArtCenter
“Debasing Audience,” the third work of
lives,butalsohope,whichisthebeliefthat
in other theaters in Daehakro. “The
works. Of course, there were some actors
theplaceofplayfestivalhasdisappearedand
YGYJ,maderecordswithitsticketssoldout
they can go forward against these sad and
Fantasticks,” which started on April, has
whodid,yetitisnowdifficulttomakebig
only meetings with people of the theatrical
ByJoHyun-mi
by giving audience unique laugh with the
bad circumstance because they are still
performed in other cities such as Daejeon,
stars to act on the YGYJ stage. After not
world that take place sometimes, discount,
EditorofCultureSection
form, “Play of the Absurd.” Each spectator
young. This work reflects well nowadays’
Ulsan,Ansan,Goheung,andPocheon.Itwill
well-known nerve war between a director
andgiftseventsarewhatisleft.
OVER
VIEW
Newsoundcompletedbynewtrial
Lookingforlittleheroes
T
here are four men who make novel
musicyoungpeoplecanresponseto;wedo
sound and do various performances.
not present any alternative proposal. We do
They are Park Seung-won, Cho Min-su,
notwantyoutomisunderstand.Peopleoften
W
hen we look around, it seems that the era of heroes has risen through TV and
Song Kyung-keun, and Kang Sun-il who
say“Youaretherepresentativeofgukakand
movies.Startingfrom“LeeSoon-shinoftheimmortality”whichfocusesonthe
gathered under the name of group Gong
should do a good job because you are
herothatfoughtagainsttheJapanesetroops400yearsago,and“Theheroicage,”the
Myoung. Gong Myoung, formed in 1998
already well-known.” It is true to do well.
storyofplutocracyleaders,to“Theageoftheprivatecitizen”whichwastelevisedand
with its members majoring Korean
But, we are just singing what we feel and
lovedwiththestoryofKimDoo-han,recentlythestoriesofheroeshavebeenscreened
traditionalmusic,isthegroupexperimenting
want. Please watch us as we are not as
manytimes.Thisphenomenonisnotlimitedinvisualmaterialsbutcontinuesinwritten
with new sounds. It has been getting
successionoftraditionalmusic.
materials.Thestoriesofheroeshavealwaysbeeninteresting.Butlet'slookatthereason
favorableresponsefromoverseasaswellas
thesestoriesaresuddenlygainingsomuchinterestfromthepublic.
in Korea. During the past seven years that
Nowadays fusion music is quite
popular, what do you think about this
Thereasonwewanttheseheroesisasfollows.Whenwewatchthenewsorreadthe
the group has been performing, they have
newspapers,therearealwaysstoriesthatmakeusfrown.Internationally,theU.S.that
produced two albums and many
phenomenon?
started the unjust war against Iraq is threatening North Korea with war. In addition,
performances including three of their own
I think succession and development of
China and Japan are fighting for dominance in the northeastern Asia and they are
concerts. They took charge of the music in
traditional music has to be led by music
threateningus,too.Underallthesecircumstancesthepoliticiansarefightingemotionally
such plays as “Lady Macbeth”,
museums like The National Center for
overtheirpersonalgainsinthegovernment.Socially,alongwiththeunemployment,as
“Seoanhwacha”,“19and80,”and“Hamlet,”
Korean Traditional Performing Arts, it is
the part-timers are increasing significantly, the society is becoming more and more
and took part in musicals such as “King
impossible to change the current of the era.
unstable.Suchcircumstancesmaketheheroesfromthepastcometolifeagain,andfrom
Uru” and “Mongyudowondo.” In addition,
Of course mixing became too messed up
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
thestoriesofheroespeoplecangetcourage.
theyalsocreatedandproducedmusicinthe
now, but it will be regulated. Continuous
Gong Myoung is playing “Sunflower” in their practice room. Song Kyung-keun,
Whenwelookatthesestoriesclosely,however,theydisappointus.Forexample,Lee
movie, “Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing
tryingwillmakereallygreatmusicianswho
ParkSeung-won,ChoMin-su,andKangSun-ilinclockwisedirection.
Soon-shinofthedrama“LeeSoon-shinoftheimmortality,”noonewouldarguethathe
Stairs.” The article dealt with fascinating
havefabulousmusicability.Nowadaysisthe
was not a hero that fought against the Japanese troops and protected our country.
groupGongMyounghasbeenplayingtheir
eraofcompetitionwheretheworldishaving
However,inthedramaLeeSoon-shinisdescribedasatotallydifferentperson,hewasa
own music, showing novel ensemble with
mindofactorsonstagethroughthisplay.It
named after our group name, Elec Jang-gu,
cultural fights even not make mention to
warheronotarebellion.Alsoheworksforamerchantwhoisconsideredinthelower
various novel instruments and pursuing
wasdifficulttoshownotonlyourskillsbut
instruments making sound of footstep and
fusion. Many advanced countries are
classandshowshisabilityofamanager.Ifhehaddoneallthosethingsundertherulings
popularizationandworldmusic.
alsothinkingwhatwehavetoactordirect.
water, and bell made from wood. Also, we
assimilatingothercultureandmakingittheir
oftheking,hewouldhaveonlywalkedalongthewayJangGil-sanandLimGguk-jung
Gong Myoung is the group trying to show
reformedexistinginstruments.Forexample,
own to sell those that have vision. Even
How did you meet each other and
did.Insteadofbringingtheheroesthatbecomelegendstolifeinrealityagain,weare
synthesize features, so any obstacles in our
ourmanagermadeSogeumpossibletoplay
though we have great culture, we Koreans
rewritingthehistoryinourownway,distortingitinsomeway.
makethegroupGongMyoung?
mind do not exist. This made us try other
various tones which original ones cannot
havelittleideatoprettilywrapitup.
Likewise,“Theageoftheprivatecitizen”idealizedagangstertobecomeapatriotand
We met in 1993 at the department of
plays, musicals, and movie. It was possible
makeandourdrumisdifferentfromexisting
thefinancialcliqueswhoaccumulatedwealthbyflatteringseemrighteousandgoodin
Korean Traditional Music at Chugye
to meet many people by boldly meeting
ones.
Please give some comments to
HUFSans
“Theheroicage.”Thesestoriesarenottrue.Butthesefalsestoriesdocatchattention.Do
UniversityfortheArts.Wehadachanceto
popular or general genre. This is power,
thestorieshavetobemadeup?Isn'tthereanyotherway?
performtogetherattheuniversityconcert.At
property, and studying for us. It is
You experienced many foreign
Ourexperiencehastaughtusthatlearning
festivals,wastheresomethingspecialin
The answer is to concentrate on the heroes of our time. People usually say that in
the time, we played percussion and its title
meaningfultoworkwithgoodpeoplehaving
foreign languages is very important. Even
reality there is no hero. This may be right in a democratic society where everyone is
wasGongMyoung.So,wenaturallystarted
thesamemindwithus.
there?
though music represents our thoughts, we
equal.Butwhenyouthinkofaheroinadifferentperspective,thenheroesdoexistin
doingmusictogetherafterwards.
Firstofall,wewereshockedbythegreat
wanttoexplainourmindandtraditionwith
reality.Inademocraticsocietyastoday,heroesarethosewhoresistagainsttheinjustice
Somepeopleintroduceyouasafusion
performances and the passion of Pina
language, so we envy those students who
DoesthenameGongMyounghavea
gukak group. What music do you
and love all people and follow the democratic rules no matter what the person's
Bausch in Germany when we took part in
study foreign languages. We hope that you
reputationorclassinsocietymaybe.
specialmeaning?
pursue?
Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal. Pina
willstudyhardandpublicizeourcultureand
Although“CheGuevara”hasdifferentideologyfromus,thepurepowerofresistance
“Gong Myoung” is Sino-Korean; “gong”
Fusionisthegenrewhichcategorizedour
Bausch, the old woman treated all invited
spirittoforeigners.
showsusthatheisahero.AlsothesacrificiallaborerJeonTae-ilenabledustothinkof
means “together” and “myoung” means
musicinrecordshops.Ourmusic’scharacter
artists, talked, and took pictures with them
him as a hero. Kim Gu who fought for independence when everyone else was
“ringing” so “Gong Myoung” means
is close to indie, so once we were called as
holding parties every night and she would
Interviewing Gong Myoung’s four
compromising with reality is the hero of our time. Even though they are regarded as
“ringing together.” When “Gong” means
an indie band of gukak. Even though we
take part in all the performances the next
members did not proceed smoothly, since
heroes,thesepeoplearenotdifferentfromus.Theyjustdidtheirbesttofollowwhat
“hitting”and“Myoung”means“ringing”in
majored traditional music, what we are
day.KontaktFestivalwasasimilarcase.The
thereporterpreparedthequestionsregarding
theybelievedinandresistedagainstinjustices.
Chinese characters, it means ringing by
pursuingismusicofcreation.Wemakeour
well-made works completed with humans’
their music as Gukak like other people’s
Notonlytheseheroesweallheardof,butalsotherearemany“littleheroes”inour
hitting,andif“Gong”means“together”and
owninstruments,writeourownmusicpiece
abilityandpowersnotmoneyareinvitedfor
misunderstanding.Unexpectedquestionsand
society around us. From those dedicating their whole life for those in need to the
“Myoung” means “being bright” it means
withthoseinstruments,playthemandmake
thefestival.Thefactorwhichmovedpeople
answersmadeanawkwardmood.However,
unknownpeoplewhoresistedagainstallkindsofinjustices,wecanfindalotof“little
that the music audience and Gong Myoung
ourperformanceart.Ifourmusicshouldbe
were not well-operated lights or the sound
the mood was completely converted when
heroes” near us. Like them, people who practice the democratic values in their own
themselves become bright together.
containedinonespecificgenre,worldmusic
system but the artists’ spirit. Gong Myoung
the reporter asked their performance for
placeintheirownwayarealsoheroes.Inordertosolveourproblemsweencounterin
Therefore,itbasicallymeansthatbyplaying
is better, because we are using various
isdreamingofmakingthatkindofstage.We
pictures. Even though the reporter already
lifethesearetheheroesweneedandthe“littleheroes”ofourtime.Theseheroeslive
ourmusic,itmakestheaudienceandGong
instrumentsincludingwesternandKorean.
want to have the stage appearing of the
enjoyed some of their concerts, it was
withusandwe,too,canfollowthemandbecomeoneofheroes.
Myounghappyandbrighttogether.
artists’ energy and efforts without any
exciting, delight, and live playing. Through
Highlightingtheheroesfromthepasttothepublicinterestcannotbecriticized.Using
How did you come up with making
specialequipment.
theirmusic,theysaidmorewordsthanthey
Youtookpartinmanyvariousplays,
instruments?Whatdidyoumake?
it commercially and distorting truth, however, seem to be thoughtless. If the society
told in almost two hours. Walking forward
needsheroes,let'sfocusontheheroesthatarearoundus.
musicals, movies. How did you feel
We thought that we needed new sounds
Some people blame you are not
of Gong Myoung, who express their words
aboutthoseworks?
preserving Korean traditional music,
andnewinstrumentstomakenewmusic.To
with their own music, is expectable. They
When we entered the stage in the play
makethecolorofGongMyoung,weshould
whatdoyouthinkabouttheopinion?
willneverdisappointyou.
“LadyMacbeth”asmusicians,weaquireda
findnewsoundinnewerinstruments.Maybe
We answer that we are not doing gukak
differentperspectiveofmusic.Untilthen,we
becauseallofusareinterestedinnewsound,
wheneverpeopleaskedwhetherourmusicis
ByJeonKyu-man
ByJoHyun-mi
thoughtconcertshavetoshowspecificgenre
new instruments came out. We made Gong
gukak or not. Even though we learned
EditorialConsultant
EditorofCultureSection
and instruments, but we learned about the
Myoung, bamboo instruments which we
traditional music, we just want to make the

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