Category: Ulaanbaatar and Seoul

Through Mongolia ‘Welcome to the City of Nomads’ hello Ulaanbaatar. Leaving Chinggis Khaan airport we drive into UB, the fast expanding capital of Mongolia. Much of the city is a building site enveloping a huge coal fired power station that dominates its surroundings. A rough road full of traffic and road works leads to wide muddy puddles outside the entrance of the newly built Platinum Hotel. It’s 11.30pm. The only lift, designated for 9 persons, fits 2 with bags. Thunder explodes outside as we enter our room. Next morning we meet Mongolian artists Nandia and Toegi at the Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, around the corner from Sükhbaatar Square. Together …

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Greetings from the 5th floor of the Yeha guest house and gallery, Seoul, a great base camp for our onward adventure, currently shared with NDHeaders Park Byoung-Uk (Korea), Susanne Muller, Daniela de Maddalena (Switzerland), Gabriel Adams (US) and Ola Janik and Magda Hlawacz (Poland). Susanne and Gabriel had an opening at the CY gallery last night. Performance artist Hyosung Pang invited us to a traditional meal in a tiny restaurant for traditional Bibimbap, one of Korea’s many delicious dishes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibimbap Tropical temps bring a sauna like feel to Seoul in comparison with the UK. We’re about to fly to Ulaanbaatar with the further prospect of nights in yurts, Ger in …

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Difference Screen travels to Ulaanbaatar and Seoul in association with Nine Dragon Heads Nomadic Party #3. The screenings at the Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery are part of the NDH exhibition Ger to Ger. Nomadic Party #3 continues through Mongolia as a rolling symposium before returning to South Korea where Difference Screen programmes will be shown on 7th September at ARKO, Seoul, the gallery of the Arts Council of Korea. Many thanks to Park Byoung-Uk, Founder of Nine Dragon Heads for setting up these possibilities. Nine Dragon Heads Nine Dragon Heads brings together artists from many countries with the aim of stimulating creativity and mutual understanding through shared experience. Founded …

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coming soon…. for programmes please see Ulaanbaatar ARKO Seoul