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November 24 - 30, 2000

Taken Away

“Apologize Before Us” by Duk-Kyung Kang, 1995 Acrylic on paper.
They served the staple wine and cheese. But the usual cool and detached art slummers stayed out of sight. Billed as an art opening, the Quest for Justice: The Story of Korean Comfort Women as Told through Their Art event played out like a global community gathering. Some 50 people of all stylistic persuasions crammed into the bright, small space of the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery: Urban, suburban, monastic, eclectic, national and international alike. No doubt most of them were there to be near the petite 80 year old Soon-Duk Kim, one of the artists featured in the show.

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In the non-Western tradition of “theater in the round,” performances usually take place at “the center of the village.” Such performances serve the practical purpose of affirming life in a spectacle where both performers and audience members participate.

My desire to experience this style of theater performance was fulfilled this week at the Korean Youth Cultural Center (KYCC) 14th annual fall show, which includes their second presentation of Mandang-Kut. What is a Mandang-Kut? It’s a Korean open-air village festival—a theater in the round, Korean style.

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