Chelsea Hawkins

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  • Exposing the ‘Tansaekhwa’ Movement of Post-War Korea

    Exposing the ‘Tansaekhwa’ Movement of Post-War Korea

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    Why So Monochrome? Art historian Joan Kee sheds light onTansaekhwa, a crucial artistic movement in the post-Korean War period. by CHELSEA HAWKINSThis story was originally published in KoreAm Journal’s August 2013 issue. Mark Rothko. Jackson Pollock. Franz Kline. Hans Hoffman. If you follow contemporary art, or have a soft spot for abstraction, these names surely ring…

  • Filmmaker Grace Lee’s ‘American Revolutionary’ Captures Detroit Movements

    Filmmaker Grace Lee’s ‘American Revolutionary’ Captures Detroit Movements

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    ‘Making a Way Out of No Way’ The 98-year old Asian American activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs is the inspiration behind Grace Lee’s film. story by CHELSEA HAWKINSA version of this story originally published in KoreAm Journal September 2013. Gil Scott-Heron was right: the revolution will not be televised. It will begin with a…

  • ‘Adventure Time’ Voice Actress Niki Yang Breathes Life Into BMO, Lady Rainicorn

    ‘Adventure Time’ Voice Actress Niki Yang Breathes Life Into BMO, Lady Rainicorn

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    Finding Beemo Niki Yang speaks life into two characters on Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time. by CHELSEA HAWKINSThis story originally published in KoreAm Journal May 2013. “Hello?” When Niki Yang answers the phone, I’m startled at how much she sounds like the quirky, adorable characters she portrays on TV. Her soft-spoken, easy-on-the-ears sound box provides the voices…

  • Taksim Square Protest: Watching History Unfold

    Taksim Square Protest: Watching History Unfold

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    For the past week Istanbul has been embroiled in a bitter struggle between civilians disenchanted and angry over an increasingly conservative and repressive government, and the established power holders, particularly Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.  Erdogan, the former mayor of Istanbul and the elected Turkish head of state and member of the right of center AKP…

  • First Asian American Exhibit Debuts at the Smithsonian

    First Asian American Exhibit Debuts at the Smithsonian

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    ‘I Want the Wide American Earth’ A new exhibition will employ words, art and technology to tell the diverse stories of Asian Pacific Americans. by CHELSEA HAWKINSThis story originally published in May 2013. In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has launched its first-ever pan-Asian exhibit. The…

  • Veteran and Anti-War Activist Has a New Mission

    Veteran and Anti-War Activist Has a New Mission

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    Waging Peace Veteran and activist Paul Chappell talks drones, North Korea, Syria and the urgent necessity of making peace at home and abroad. by CHELSEA HAWKINSThis story originally published in KoreAm Journal September 2013. “Like mud that sticks to the soles of our shoes, war has a way of sticking to the human mind and…

  • Writing A New Chapter in Korean American Cuisine

    Writing A New Chapter in Korean American Cuisine

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    Flippin’ the Classics At Vol. 94, Joon Kim and Phil Lee are writing a new chapter in Korean American cuisine. story by CHELSEA HAWKINSphotographs by INKI CHOThis story originally published in KoreAm Journal October 2012. Executive chef Phil Lee struggles to categorize the food at Vol.  94, the swank, less-than-year-old wine bar tucked away among the…

  • ‘Planet of Snail’ is Slow-Paced But Moving

    ‘Planet of Snail’ is Slow-Paced But Moving

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    story by CHELSEA HAWKINSThis story originally published on iamKoream.com A subtle, thoughtful documentary film, Planet of Snail, follows the everyday lives of a deaf-blind man, Young-chan, and his wife, Soon-ho, a woman with an undisclosed spinal disorder. The couple is inseparable, supporting and guiding one another; Young-chan at one point calls Soon-ho his “shadow friend.” She…

  • Korean Literature Still Lost in Translation

    Korean Literature Still Lost in Translation

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    ‘Waiting for K-lit to Take Flight Korean literature has yet to make a name for itself this side of the Pacific. Is something getting lost in translation? by CHELSEA HAWKINSThis story originally published in KoreAm Journal July 2013. South Korean pop stars and actors are still riding the Hallyu wave, feeding international audiences on Billboard chart-toppers,…

  • ‘Han in the Upper Left’: A History of KA Immigration to the Pacific Northwest

    ‘Han in the Upper Left’: A History of KA Immigration to the Pacific Northwest

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    It’s difficult to not be intrigued by the title: Han in the Upper Left, a broad and ambitious book that looks at the history of Korean Americans in the Pacific Northwest. The title references the Korean word for deep sorrow and longing—han—and combines it with a nod to the lyrics of the Seattle-based Blue Scholars, who rap about being “secluded in the upper left”…