Foreigners chillin.

Went to the Gwangju Biennale (September 5 - November 9) on Saturday, but because it took us by surprise by closing at six we only saw about half of the indoor and outdoor exhibits. What we did see was pretty artsy-fartsy and over my head, as you'd expect from an art festival, and it felt like college all over again. Unfortunately we had to rush through the domestic exhibits, and will have to take a little longer next time. I did, however, notice this photograph:



It's titled "Brad's Day Out and His Friend" (외출 나온 브래드와 그의 동료) and was taken by 박진영, a.k.a. Area Park. It's of two foreigners chillin in a decrepit abandoned elementary school. The photo I took of the photo looks worse than this photo I stole off the internet, so I'm going with this one. Click to enlarge, and for a few other photographs and an article on the artist, in Korean, here. Blurb on it from Newsis from 2006 here. The Joshing Gnome could not be reached for comment.

And you can see a few more photos of foreigners chilling here. That I have to tell you they're not safe for work will give you an idea of how happy I am to bring them to you. *cough* HT to Korea Beat for those. You know, if you're looking to get fired from your teaching job there are much easier ways to go about it than marching in a parade wearing nothing but an apron, being photographed in that state, and having that photograph passed around the papers.