{
  "id": 11344880,
  "title": "[K-ART FOCUS] For Dew Kim, K-pop, faith and queer bodies meet onstage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/k-art-focus-for-dew-kim-k-pop-faith-and-queer-bodies-meet-onstage-11344880",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T03:37:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/arts-theater/20261002/k-art-focus-for-dew-kim-k-pop-faith-and-queer-bodies-meet-onstage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City — On stage, three white, soft-edged bodies adorned with a pink microphone, a K-pop light stick and a glowing circular light, come together in Dew Kim’s “Legion, Nowhere Whole” (2026). Their bodies intertwine in chains and are pierced by metal structures with smartphone screens, evoking the image of wounded idols, saints, and soldiers. One figure resembles a horse, another suggests a person or animal caught in a moment of transformation, all forming Kim’s response to a world where individuals are constantly asked to perform and seek recognition. The title draws inspiration from Roman legions and soldiers, who were expected to fight until their bodies were no longer intact. Kim explains that this parallels the contemporary expectation to display oneself through social media and performances, until there is hardly any whole part of the body left. This piece is part of the exhibition \"The Look is A Li(k)e\" at the venue.",
  "summary": "JEONNAM-GWANGJU SPECIAL METROPOLITAN CITY — A pink microphone, a K-pop light stick and a glowing circular light each crown three white, soft-edged bodies that may be either collapsing into or growing out of the floor, entangled in chains and pierced by spindly metal structures with smartphone screens. The figure in Dew Kim’s “Legion, Nowhere Whole” (2026) evokes images of wounded idols, saints…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "[K-ART FOCUS] For Dew Kim, K-pop, faith and queer bodies meet onstage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/k-art-focus-for-dew-kim-k-pop-faith-and-queer-bodies-meet-onstage",
        "published": "2026-10-02T03:02:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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