As a public school teacher in South Korea, Winter camp is a yearly event that allows us to spread our wings and take a stab at teaching projects in our specialized fields. Oh yeah, i did go to college for 'something in particular'.
In this case, I am doing the arts & Crafts unit. I have been reserching the traditional art of Korean quilting. It's called Bojagi. It is a culturally relevant art form as these cloths were used for storing household items, as part of a brides hope chest and also as carrying cloths in which people carried all their possessions during harder times. They are also connected to both common people, the royal families and also the Buddhist monks for ceremonial rites. cool
I recently took part in the DRIPAN Art Walk Event in Haebonchong, Seoul. There is my work on the wall of RUFXXX surrounded by some very cool paintings.
The event had artists walking from one venue to another in the style of a bar hop, only in this case, it was an art hop.
There were spoken word artists such as karis and lauren pictured above.
There was also soooooooooome drinking involved. Here we are in a tiny irish pub surrounded by good art and people. These were two Persian brothers we met.
At one point there was a music performance/ live graffitti performance going on in the underpass near Noksapyong Stn. The fumes of the spray paint added to the joy of the event
There was also a rap battle at this tiny undergound bar. The guys would take a theme suggestion from the crowd and make a rhyme based on it with impovised music and so on...
The evening had begun at the Laughing Tree Gallery. It has become kind of a hub for coolness in that neighbourhood. I love being part of something relevant and meaningful. A BIG thanks to Dann and Rippley for putting this all together. I hope this weill be the fist of many such events. :) dripan.blogspot.com
I also participated in The 'Art for Love' charity art auction again this year. I donated my two photographs from the Yongsan exhibition. Both of which sold. I also won a couple door prizes including this amazingly beautiful rose necklace!
Because it is Korea, the auction was taking a veryyyy long time and so, my friend Anjee and I stepped out for some corned beef sandwiches on rye bread at the wonderful 'Suji's Diner'.
Real bread! Real meat! Really cute tea pots! Amazing!
The quality of the work presented at the auction was actually much better than I had expected. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that this was a more contemporary philanthropic event that tended to attract a younger more socially conscious artist rather than the old entrenched korean men who do flower paintings and like predictable work.... Just saying.
I was surprised that the quality of the hanging was so shitty. no lables, things were crooked, unstable and soooooooooooooooo many works were damaged. Only in Korea. My frame was damaged as well which i am sure depreciated the sale. Fuckkers.
Buttttttttttt, on the whole, it's been rather a succesful month. I am patiently waiting for the end of the school year which is fast approaching. Then it is two weeks of camp, and to be honest i like my camp. the it is off home for almost a month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeehoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now to make sure i have my holiday plans all wrapped up. Another Christmas in Korea, let's see what this one brings.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! All I want for Christmas is Gaspard Uliel. Is that really too much to ask? A hunky man angel who will come down from the sky and treat me like a princess... yeah, ok, I know. Not going to happen, so instead, I settled for the next best thing, dinner and celebration with good friends. Here is a summative chronicle of my Christmas 2010. For some odd reason I can never load the pictures in order, so it may at this time be sligtly sloppy. Helen my dear came over the night before for Christmas eve dinner and a chat. She was off to Thailand the next day on a whilr wind adventure, so we decided to take it easy and stay in. Christmas was on a Saturday this year and thanks to my brilliant friends Dara and Jess, a bunch of us had reservations for Christmas dinner at the 'Wolfhound Irish Pub' in Itaewon.
So we shall skip right to the near end of the night. We got to the Wolfhound near 2pm and Christmas dinner was served at 3pm. It was a packed venue and we squeezed ourselves into the pub to enjoy turkey, mashed potatos and gravy with cranberry sauce. It was sooooooo worth it! There was also beer. A looooootttttt of beer. lol!
Jess and I getting our pose on in the bar. Red was a popular wardrobe choice it being very merry and festive and all. 
Jess, Alec, myself and this lovely Phillipina (whose name I can't recall, oops!) As you can see, people were making merry behind us. Sometimes the people watching in bars like the Wolfhoud makes the trip woth while in it of itself. By 8pm there was chair dancing. By 9pm a girl actually flashed the entire bar.... by 10pm there were couple making out in public... yup, it was a verry merry evening.
Later on we moved the party on to Woodstock bar. Alec plays the guitar base in a really good rock band. (not pictured here, these guys do Zeppelin covers). We proceeded to drink more beer, not get into fights and listen to some pretty good live rock music. 
Me, Alex, Phillipina, Jess, Dara, Gavin and Adira. and our food :) yum.
Me, Keelan and Alec. Keelan was a friend of Jess and Dara's who was visiting from Ireland for a couple of weeks. It was funny but somehow I ended up having Christmas with a table full of Irish friends... I call that a good time :)
Jess being the sweet heart that she is.
Dara and Jess might just be the most selfless, funloving couple I've met in a while.
Gavin and Adira follow that status up closely though. Unfortunately, they are soon leaving Seoul to go and get married in the US. Ah, c'est la vie! Well that is it. That was my Christmas day and I am thankful to have spent it with some great people and eating some good food :) Now it's time to get ready and look forward to the New Year! Can't wait!!!
Braving the cold to help each other get ready for the race.
