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GUESTS: In-Joo Whang, Ji-Young Yoo, artists

Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the “Forgotten War,” is a traveling multimedia exhibit that presents the legacies of the Korean War and its tragic human cost. Three visual artists, three performance artists, a documentary filmmaker, a psychologist and an historian collaborated to bring to audiences the forgotten history of the Korean War from the perspectives of Korean Americans. As part of the exhibit, oral histories of the period are retold through text, audio and video presentations and are combined with video, installation, and performance art by Korean and Korean American artists. Kristin O’Connell, Assistant Director of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities reacted to the exhibit by saying that it “constitutes a major event in the Korean American community. It deserves to be widely seen, and not only by Korean Americans. Still Present Pasts: Korean Americans and the Forgotten War exhibits in Los Angeles beginning this Sunday at the LA ARTCORE/ Union Center for the Arts.

STILL PRESENT PASTS
An exhibit on Korean Americans and the forgotten war
FEBRUARY 11 – MARCH 24
LA ARTCORE/ Union Center for the Arts
120 Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Gallery Hours Wed-Sun 12-5. (Gallery will stay open until 7pm for events starting at 7pm)

— Sunday 2/11/07, 3-5pm: Opening Reception, featuring Artists Q&A,
Comments from Oral History Subjects, Korean Drumming & Gosa (Opening
Ceremony to bring peace & safety), at LA Artcore (address above)

— Sunday 2/25/07, 7pm: “6.25: history beneath the skin” Performance of
spoken word, video, audio, and movement, at East West Players Theater
(same address as above)

— Friday 3/9/07, 7pm: “Project Future: A night of hip hop featuring
SKIM & other artists.” Location TBA.

— Saturday 3/10/07, 7pm: “Forgotten History: Korean adoptees reflect
on our histories from the Korean War to present.” Location TBA.

For more information, visit www.stillpresentpasts.org