Hidden treasures and stories from our collection
Portrait of Min-Jung Kim, Curator of Asian Arts & Design, Powerhouse Museum, Photo by Sotha Bourn
People often ask me what curators do. Usually my answer is “we research, collect, document and display objects.” However, this answer doesn’t seem to satisfy people who wonder what really goes on behind the scenes in the museums and galleries.
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Echo of a millennium Korean dancers performing at Powerhouse Museum 2011. Photography Sotha Bourn
“Ask Koreans … what appeals in Korean music and typical responses will focus on feelings … Korean music tugs at the heartstrings. Korean music – and, by extension, Korean musical instruments… – alone reflect the air, the water, and the soil of the Korean peninsula.” (Howard 1995: 9)
This photograph was taken at a traditional Korean performance at the Powerhouse Museum last year, coinciding with the opening of the Spirit of jang-in: treasures of Korean metal craft exhibition. If you look at the two musicians in the centre of the stage, you can see that they are each playing a gong, one small and one large.
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