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With ominous music signaling that something is not right, there pops up a warning: “There are 2 Imposters among us.” This announcement is not from just any social deception game with the purpose of guessing who the real culprit is. This comes from Among Us, the game of 2020 that gained surging popul
GAME
Jung Eun Chong
2021.03.31 17:51
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Is it possible to have the younger generation familiar with hip hop and electronic music listening to pansori, traditional Korean musical storytelling, every day? It seems so. Leenalchi, a fairly familiar and beautifully unfamiliar band according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has pi
ARTIST
Kim Seo Hyun
2021.03.01 18:03
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“What does Solaris want from us?”“Why do you think it has to want something?”An excerpt from the 2002 film remake of Stanisław Lem’s original novel Solaris, this short dialogue between scientists Kris Kelvin and Gibrarian represents the book’s plot quite poetically. Presenting a constant battle betw
BOOK
Goh Jinoo
2021.03.01 16:44
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You either love her or hate her. The icon of the early 2000s, Paris Hilton, has once more appeared in the limelight with her new documentary, This Is Paris. In this documentary, Hilton reveals intimate stories that far differ from her television (TV) persona, instigating a reevaluation of her establ
FILM
Oh Ji Su
2021.02.28 22:02
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Nowadays, people spend more time on their cell phones than reading a book. It is rare to find someone reading a book on public transportation, and no one seems to borrow books from libraries or even visit them anymore. As the number of people reading books decreases, books and bookstores are gradual
EXHIBITION
Kim Sur Hyun
2021.02.28 16:16
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Kareiski is a term in Russian that refers to the Koreans who were deported in the early 1900s from the Soviet Union. Koreans had lived in the Maritime Province, which is adjacent to the Korean border, from long ago to cultivate crops. In 1937, the Soviet Union government decided to use the Maritime
BOOK
Kang Min Seo
2020.12.08 11:26
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“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.” A big fan of the film Mary Poppins(1964) may remember this line and feel nostalgia for the family movie that warmed many hearts. Mary Poppins is one of the most famous musical fantasy films based on the novel of the same title. The story
PERFORMANCE
Park Sumin
2020.12.05 17:58
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The title of the television (TV) series This Is Us may seem opaque but is, in fact, crystal-clear in explaining its main topic: family. The seemingly lazy title is entirely understandable in that it attempts to encapsulate the sheer complexity of the meaning of family. By following the lives of memb
TV SERIES
Kie Hae Seung
2020.12.05 00:02
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The cold winter breeze, the smell of pine trees, and the scent of cinnamon are all signs that the year is coming to an end. After a chaotic and unexpected year with various challenges towards humanity, ending it with positive energy would be the best option for all of us. One way to do so would be b
ALBUM
Kim Sur Hyun
2020.12.04 23:19
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The Korean pop (K-pop) industry had never seen anything like this before. Emerging from behind blood-stained curtains to the eerie sound of traditional Asian instruments was not the sweet-faced singer Kim Yerim that we had known — it was Lim Kim. Those who witnessed this shocking 180-degree transfor
ARTIST
Nam Eun Seo
2020.11.14 02:31
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Humans are often characterized as social beings, formulating their identities through relationships with those around them. Yet, there are times when we have to choose between maintaining the tranquility of these intimate relationships and seeking truth and justice. In the film The Collini Case, you
FILM
Joo Hannah
2020.11.13 23:04
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It is said that poets’ sensitivity to their surroundings is heightened beyond average. With it, poets perceive and interpret the world unlike others can. This certain quality seemed to be especially prominent in the poet Sylvia Plath; her choices in topic, material, and writing style all serve to co
BOOK
Kie Hae Seung
2020.10.30 18:49
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2020 marks 75 years since the end of World War II, which saw one of the largest genocides in human history. As Viktor Frankl explains in his book Man’s Search for Meaning, the Jewish people of Europe were “stripped bare naked” of their possessions, careers, reputations, and human dignity. In history
BOOK
Joo Hannah
2020.10.04 16:09
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Adversity tests the sincerity of friends. Some may have heard this proverb during their student years because it highlights the significance of true friendship that lasts even in challenging circumstances. However, it turns out that, when faced with extreme adversity, some people seem to be more wil
TV SERIES
Park Sumin
2020.10.03 23:35
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“Your influence, round of applause, losing more than I have won.” These are lyrics from Joy Crookes’s song “Sinatra” from her debut album Influence released on July 13, 2018. Just like the lyrics of her song, Crookes’s music is written using her own experience, incorporating themes such as relations
ALBUM
Kim Sur Hyun
2020.10.03 22:54
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“Pleasantly surprised” is the perfect phrase to describe the reaction of many of those who watch Nanette, a stand-up comedy set performed by writer, comedian, and actor Hannah Gadsby. The audience may press play expecting a full hour of comedy, and they do receive some of this. However, they may fin
PERFORMANCE
Kie Hae Seung
2020.10.03 22:28
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“While a picture might be worth a thousand words, a soundscape is worth a thousand pictures.” As the musician and soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause once said, sound is more than just waves of vibration ― it may as well be a certain feeling, emotion or memory in one’s body. This is the essence of wh
EXHIBITION
Nam Eun Seo
2020.08.31 19:35
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“A rat in a maze is free to go anywhere, as long as it stays inside the maze,” says the protagonist Offred as she describes her restricted freedom inside the maze. Indeed, throughout Margaret Atwood's literary work The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), the questions of independence and unequal power structure
BOOK
Kweon Seoyoung
2020.08.27 18:47
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Award-winning artist Jacob Collier is a unique artist who has let his artistry shine in the best of ways. In 2017 and 2020, his talents and a unique genre fusion have led him to receive four Grammy Awards. As a musical stylist that specializes in the arrangement rather than performance, all his awar
ARTIST
Yun Yeong Kang
2020.08.27 18:49
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"We’re from different worlds, yet we somehow fit together. Love is what binds us, through fair or stormy weather,” reads Jay Pritchett, the character at the core of the family tree in Modern Family (2009). Through 11 years of hilarious and heartwarming episodes, the show has gathered generations of
TV SERIES
Park Min Ha
2020.06.07 22:20