Re: [-empyre-] Hi from Seoul.

[Mathieu O'Neil <oneil@homemail.com.au>]

Hi

In a roundabout way, I was getting at the music, rhythm of your work. I 
was wondering how you saw it in relation to the text - contrast, 
background/foreground, distancing; also the specific pieces you use are 
very "Western", black-american, ex-hipster forms. How do they relate to 
being Korean, or in Korea? And how does a particular musical piece 
influence the ideas expressed? (I'm assuming the music comes first, may 
be wrong.)

Also: I went and had a look at your site and saw a piece I didn't know 
- "Urgent Request" - which nicely satirizes the net spam scams - yet 
poses the question of how net artists make a living... seems to be a 
new positioning of your own economic situations?

Mathieu

ps. It's probably obvious but what the hey: I also find your work very 
satisfying in many ways.

On 03/05/2005, at 1:37 PM, YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Seoul isn't interested in jazz -- unless you consider Kenny G as jazz.
>
> For our money, Korean musical genius is in "pansori" and "pungtchak." 
> Their
> sounds, unique and unmistakable, invite improvisation and soulfulness 
> on
> famous standards such as "Arirang."
>
> Young-hae and Marc
>
> On 5/2/05 10:32 PM, "Mathieu O'Neil" <oneil@homemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Uh... jazz? What's the be-bop scene like in Seoul?
> > Cheers
> > M
> >
> > On 02/05/2005, at 6:07 PM, YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks, Michael,
> > >
> > > We're open to discuss anything with anybody -- oh, except for sex,
> > > politics,
> > > money, ourselves, Internet technology, critical theory, including the
> > > global
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> > > the
> > > latest North Korean test missile. Shoot.
> > >
> > > Young-hae and Marc
> >
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