Hanmin

Extinction

jahanny — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 06:17:25 +0000

COVID-19 is only one among a long list of infectious disease outbreaks in history, and it definitely won’t be the last if humanity does not immediately change course by addressing the root causes behind them. It is a type of warning typically issued by health experts, scientists or activists, one might assume. But this time the voice comes from animals, the very animals suspected to have spread such pathogens to humans, and the many others that had to suffer from its consequences.

Animals cannot talk, which is why a selected group of artists have volunteered to talk on their behalf, as they believe artists possess the capacity of empathizing and ‘becoming the other’. Almost thirty writers, poets, musicians, and activists gathered in front of Sejong Arts Center, on Gwanghwamun square, Seoul on August 20th, Thursday to read out the respective messages each animals had to offer humanity. Co-organized by the creative collective ‘Edongshi’ and the Biodiversity Foundation, participants read out the words of the animal they chose to represent while donning a mask depicting the animal. Among the species ‘present’ were bat, pangolin, wild boa r, chicken, pig, civet cat, badger, moon bear, snake, camel, duck, reindeer, cow, humpback whale, chimpanzee, porcupine etc. The Extinction Manifesto was also drawn up from the collective voice of the animals and recited. After expressing their last ‘will’ to humanity, each animal collapsed, died and exited the scene, culminating in a powerful and stunning portrayal of extinction.

If a masquerade of animal-impersonating artists sounds unusual, there was yet another twist added to the event. Due to the recent spike in coronavirus cases in Seoul, all kinds of public gatherings pose a significant risk to public health and are best avoided. To accommodate this situation, all the artists were asked to arrive at a pre-determined time slot to have their recitals independently, and the footage/image was later superimposed on one another to create a virtual gathering of animals. By doing so, the setting suggests a novel non-contact model of social demonstration suitable in the post-COVID-19 era.

Vegan, Anyway

jahanny — Sun, 26 May 2019 07:48:45 +0000

will explore the main themes of veganism through facts and his own personal stories,
and discuss how veganism as a social movement can attract more people while staying true to its core values.

Fernando Pessoa – Poesias Escolhidas

jahanny — Sun, 26 May 2019 07:34:36 +0000

Translated and edited by Hanmin Kim. (In Korean)

Experts of the Low Season

jahanny — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 23:49:42 +0000

New book released.

Kafe Limbo on WordsWithoutBorders (Excerpt)

jahanny — Sat, 16 May 2015 09:11:32 +0000

Translated to English by Jamie Chang and Sora Kim-Russell

http://wordswithoutborders.org/graphic-lit/tell-me-where

“Theater Diary”

jahanny — Fri, 15 May 2015 06:23:19 +0000

The “Theater Diary” is a graphic anecdote of an experimental theatrical play, based on the original graphic novel “Kafe Limbo”(2012, workroom), which took place in Seoul, 2013.

You can also see the documented video version in:

vimeo.com/123713121
youtu.be/PF1PLnWbqyE

“They crawl into the hearts of everyone”

jahanny — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 09:42:14 +0000

was published this spring and Jane Goodall has sent a blurb!

“An absolutely crazy, wonderful, delightful book. Frogs and newts and their engaging relatives will swim and crawl into the minds and hearts of everyone – children and adults alike – who turns the pages. is timely too, as all over the world these marvelous animals are endangered and they need all the help and understanding we can give them.”

-Jane Goodall, Ph.D.,DBE

Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace

Ideograph

jahanny — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 09:08:13 +0000

The site is still under construction

see => http://emanatajournal.com/

Ideograph: The Journal of Graphic Narrative Studies is a born-digital, open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Our mission is to advance the study and production of works in the hybrid visual-textual artistic medium, such as comics, manga and animation.

Ideograph grew out of The Graphic Narrative Project, a collaborative group born at Stanford University in order to bring scholars, artists, students and fans together to promote an intellectual engagement with the graphic narrative medium.

Launching in 2014.

Pessoa e Pessoas : Prosas Escolhidas de Fernando Pessoa

jahanny — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 09:05:36 +0000

PROSAS ESCOLHIDAS (Selected Proses) — PESSOA E PESSOAS

by Fernando Pessoa

Selected and translated by Hanmin Kim

(Workroom Press, 2014)

My first translation of FP, and the first prose (of him) translated directly from Portuguese to Korean was printed out recently. It is the 6th volume of the series.

Contents

— 어지간히 독창적인 만찬(A Very Original Dinner)

— 알렉산더 서치와의 인터뷰(Entrevista com Alberto Caeiro)

— 최후통첩(Ultimatum)

— 선원(O Marinheiro)

— 무정부주의자 은행가(O Banqueiro Anarquista)

— 내 스승 카에이루를 기억하는 노트들(Notas para a Recordação do meu Mestre Caeiro)

— 악마와의 계약(Pact)

— 알베르투 카에이루 시집의 서문(“Prefácio” aos poemas de Alberto Caeiro)

— 신들의 귀환(O Regresso dos Deuses)

— 포르투갈의 감각주의자들(The Portuguese Sensationists)

— 금욕주의자의 교육(A Educação do Estóico)

— 영적 교신(Comunicações Mediúnicas)

— 꼽추 소녀가 금속공에게 보내는 편지(Carta da Corcunda para o Serralheiro)

— 이력서(Nota Biográfica)

— 세바스티앙주의 그리고 제5제국(Sebastianismo e Quinto Império)

— 편지들(Correspondência e Cartas de Amor)

— 영화를 위한 각본(Film Arguments[Argumentos Para Filmes])

“What it is like to make a Book?”

jahanny — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:00:15 +0000

…A book? What’s that?

Here’s how I used to think you made a book…

From A Cloud in Trousers, by Vladimir Mayakovsky.