Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders

Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders

Stories need to be shared, tales need to be told. This exhibition left me art drunk and several times nearly in tears.

Hampyeong Butterfly Festival 함평 나비대축제

Hampyeong Butterfly Festival 함평 나비대축제

Spent a rainy day in Hampyeong for the 20th annual butterfly festival.

Heyri Art Village tour 헤이리 예술마을

Heyri Art Village tour 헤이리 예술마을

After lunch we met up with a woman and went on a walking tour of Heyri art village. I didn't understand most of it, but a lot of what we did was self explanatory. We first visited a tree growing through one of the buildings/museums that won an award. Then we visited 3 different museums. [...]

Pixar Animation Studios 30th Anniversary- Seoul DDP

Pixar Animation Studios 30th Anniversary- Seoul DDP

Taking Line 2, 4, or 5 to Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station and exiting out exit 1 will bring you to the DDP. Dongdaemun Design Plaza is a strange silver spaceship like structure which is host to a variety of events like Seoul Fashion week and from April 15- August 8th Pixar's 30th Anniversary exhibit. Located [...]

Flip Flop Hostel

Flip Flop Hostel

For our one night in Taipei we booked a room at the Flip Flop Hostel. I picked a room on the fourth floor which is the girls only dormitory and also a private room since we'd be getting in late and leaving early. The Flip Flop Hostel is located within walking distance of Taipei Main [...]

Deoksungung Palace 덕수궁

Deoksungung Palace 덕수궁

Deoksungung Palace is located near Seoul Plaza a short walk from the City Hall station. After our Chicago inspired lunch we headed to the palace specifically to see art currently on display at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art that is within the palace grounds. The exhibit is over now, but the Korean [...]

Ghibli Expo at the Mori Arts Center

Ghibli Expo at the Mori Arts Center

I'm pretty stumped at how anyone in Japan gets tickets to visit the Ghibli museum. My friend spent months trying to no avail, but while I was visiting Roppongi Hills was having an exhibit for Ghibli and a cafe to go with it which blew up on my Facebook feed. My friend, her boyfriend and [...]

Ilhyun museum East Hostel

Ilhyun museum East Hostel

After dinner we started the mandatory  노래방 (noribang) or karaoke. I don't mind singing, by myself or with friends, but I don't like standing up in front of people with a microphone and singing. There's no avoiding it though, when your boss takes you by the hand up 3 flights of stairs to the room the [...]