{"id":52176,"date":"2015-04-04T08:34:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T12:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=52176"},"modified":"2015-04-03T11:49:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T15:49:14","slug":"exhibitions-haenyeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=52176","title":{"rendered":"Exhibitions: Haenyeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>04\/04\/2015-04\/10\/2015<br \/>\nGallery Korea<br \/>\n460 Park Avenue 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022<br \/>\n<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/e-invitation.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[52176]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/e-invitation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHaenyeo is an exhibition featuring works by photographer Hyung S. Kim.<\/p>\n<p>The title, Haenyeo, refers to the female divers who harvest seafood by diving into the ocean without diving equipment or breathing apparatus. The haenyeo culture is Korea\u2019s unique indigenous cultural heritage that has a history that goes back to the primitive age when people began to dive for food in the sea. The haenyeo have been noted in literature since 1105.<\/p>\n<p>The life of haeneyo begins when a girl turns 15 or 16 after receiving training in swimming and muljil (which refers to the actual work of underwater harvest), and their practice continues until the age of 60 or even older. Most haenyeo reside in Jeju Island, located in the southern end of Korean peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2013, the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea has been pushing to get haenyeo registered by the UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This distinctive practice of female diving culture is one of Korea\u2019s prime intangible assets.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, Haenyeo, presents photographic works by Hyung S. Kim who captures the true reflection of haenyeo\u2019s everyday life on Jeju Island. This photographic collection has been in production since 2012, when Kim became fascinated by the historical background and distinct characteristics of haenyeo. He has since been residing on the Island to produce a photographic collection of the extraordinary women.<\/p>\n<p>Kim\u2019s works express the joys and sorrows of the lives of haeneyo as well as their history. He photographs of them in their most natural states.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the works by Kim, the exhibition will display documentary photos and video materials depicting the life of haenyeo \u2013 their uniforms, tools, and diving practices. This will allow the audience to more fully understand the culture, history, and life of haenyeo, a precious cultural asset of Korea.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreanculture.org\/?document_srl=554122\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.koreanculture.org\/?document_srl=554122<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>04\/04\/2015-04\/10\/2015 Gallery Korea 460 Park Avenue 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52213,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52176\/revisions\/52213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}