Political Arts with Bo Seo

Political Arts with Bo Seo

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Political Arts with Bo Seo episodes

  • Episode 5: Xue Lan
    Xue Lan, Dean of Schwarzman Scholars Program and former Dean of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University. Three artworks:
    1. Portrait of Chairman Mao
    2. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
    3. The Three-Body Problem, Liu Cixin
    32 min
  • Episode 3: Kim Sunjung
    Kim Sunjung, President and Chief Curator of the Gwangju Biennale. Three political events:
    1. Gwangju Uprising (May 18, 1980)
    2. Student protests in Korea (1980s)
    3. End of Korean War (July 27, 1953)
    31 min
  • Episode 2: Justice Michael Kirby
    Michael Kirby, former Justice of the High Court of Australia and head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK. Three artworks:
    1. The music of J.S. Bach
    2. The Judges of the Secret Court (Les francs-juges), Hector Berlioz
    3. Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven
    33 min
  • Episode 1: Hans-Paul Bürkner
    Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group. Three artworks:
    1. Children's adventure stories
    2. History books on lost civilizations
    3. A Whole Life (Ein ganzes Leben), Robert Seethaler
    28 min

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30-minute interviews on arts and politics. Politicians discuss three artworks that influenced them; artists discuss three political events that influenced them.