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Kapturing Konstructed K-Pop

Isa Ho, Artist-photographer

06-Nov-15 14:30

Kapturing Konstructed K-Pop

South Korea’s soft power comes from its exporting of its TV-soaps, costume-dramas and of course kookie-kutter K-pop kuties. In images the artist--from Taiwan who spent an art residency in KL-- tells the story of transformation and the presentation of the ideal perfection. Isa Ho details her project Mr Peony Pavilion in which she investigates the Asian obsession with K-pop.


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