Category: Korean Studies

Join us for this thought-provoking exploration of how both global and local emerging issues can be deconstructed, explored, challenged, and recontextualized through the distinct lenses of architecture and design. Drawing from their recent publications the architects and educators Dongsei Kim, Drawing Hwa-Chaeng: Mapping Contested Territories, and Dongwoo Yim, Accessories, examine the contemporary practice of architecture and design in Korea, emphasizing its socio-political impact. New York based curator and designer Jean Im will moderate the talk.

The conversation is rooted in the mission and framework of the Tiki-Taka* Collective, initiated by the speakers in partnership with the Bureau of Architecture, Research & Environment (BARE, Seoul, Korea) and E Roon Kang (San Francisco, USA). The speakers share their unique methodologies and reflect on their firsthand experiences navigating increasingly globally dispersed multidisciplinary collaborations.

Two signed copies of Drawing Hwa-Chaeng and Accessories will be raffled to participants joining in-person. Both books will be offered for sale as well. This event is co-sponsored by the Korean Studies University Seminar at Columbia University.

* The term “Tiki-taka” draws inspiration from the Spanish style of football play characterized by swift, short passing and strategic ball movement. In this context, it is aptly employed to describe the informal yet impactful process of exchanging ideas among one another—a metaphorical passing of thoughts—enriched through a series of dialogues aimed at refining emerging concepts.

Tiki-Taka: Ways of Seeing Beyond Architecture with Design

Friday, November 17, 2023 | 6 PM (EST)

The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Dongsei Kim is an award-winning architect, urbanist, and educator. As an assistant professor of architecture at the New York Institute of Technology, his current research focuses on architecture and urbanism’s relationship to nation-state borders across multiple scales. It examines notions of “inclusion” and “exclusion” and how “us” and “them” are defined through spatial practices. His research on the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has been internationally recognized through multiple exhibitions and publications. Dongsei received his Master in Design Studies with Distinction from Harvard Graduate School of Design, a M.S. in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University, GSAPP, and a professional Bachelor of Architecture with Honors from Victoria University of Wellington. He was named the 2018 Sherman Family Emerging Scholar by The Korea Society in New York City.

Dongwoo Yim is an architect, urbanist, writer, and educator. He is the co-founder and principal of PRAUD and an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design at Hongik University. His research focuses on revisiting urban production as a mode for a circular city and a sustainable social chain. Dongwoo also explores typologies in architecture that not only examine contemporary architectural language but also create urban phenomena in a collective manner. He is the award winner of the Architectural League Prize 2013 and the participating artist in the 2014 Venice Biennale Korean Pavilion, the Golden Lion winner. Dongwoo was the co-curator of Pyongyang Sallim at the 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, co-curator of the Cities Exhibition in the 2019 SBAU, and the general director of Daegu Global Studio 2023. His publications include “AD Magazine: Production Urbanism: The Meta Industrial City (Wiley),” “A Language of Contemporary Architecture: An Index of Topology and Typology (Routledge),” and “Unprecedented Pyongyang (Actar)” amongst others.

Jean Im (Yeo Jean Im) is an architectural practitioner and curator based in New York. Beginning her career as a designer in numerous architectural firms, mainly in Seoul, she shifted on to curatorial works in roles such as the assistant curator at the Gwangju Design Biennale and, most recently, as Chief Editor at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. Further, she broadened her curatorial practices to arts and culture, such as the World Script Symposia and ECM exhibitions in Seoul and Shanghai, and more. She was also an organizing member of The Young Architects Forum and Open House Seoul. Jean Im earned her Master of Science in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices (CCCP) from Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Korea National University of Arts.

Join us and explore with Prof. Mark Peterson the ideas advanced in his most recent book, Views of Korean History by a Frog Outside the Well. Written in a conversational style for the general public, in this book Dr. Peterson offers a unique take on Korean history that differs from the standard history taught in Korea since liberation from Japan. It is a point of view that his Korean audience appreciates for its radical departure from orthodox history and finds “refreshing,” “positive” and “uplifting.” In a recent article for the Korea Times, Dr. Peterson writes that he offers a new approach to facts already well known… but looks at in an entirely new way and a way that many young scholars are starting to look at as well. The discussion will be moderated by Linda Tobash, Senior Advisor for Education at the Society.

A Look at Korea as a Frog Outside the Well
An Outsider’s Perspective on Korean History

Monday, November 6, 2023 | 6 PM (EST)

The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Dr. Mark Peterson is professor emeritus of Korean, Asian and Near Eastern languages at Brigham Young University in Utah. He is the author of countless books, articles, and journal publications, recipient of many awards and currently runs a research center and hosts a popular YouTube channel on Korean history, The Frog Outside the Well. He has been a guest lecturer on Asian/Korean subjects at universities and professional associations around the world. He is a founding member of the American Association of Korean Teachers, and a lifetime member of the Royal Asiatic Society—Korea Branch, which he has served as a board member and vice president. He was also elected chairman of the Korean Studies Committee, a national office and has served as executive director of the Korean-American Educational (Fulbright) Commission in Seoul, Korea. Dr. Peterson holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and East Asian studies from Brigham Young University and a master’s and doctorate in East Asian languages and civilization from Harvard University.