2022 _ HOUSE News Week 39

2022 - Week 39

Lovely members, for those who celebrate: Happy New Year!Those of us stuck in the Gregorian calendar, we still got a little bit to go here ;) Although I feel with school (for those of us who are parents), uni (for those still studying), and everything else kinda jump starting in fall after a much-deserved summer break, it does feel like a bit of a new year. So happy new year to all of us, happy fall to those in the western hemisphere, happy spring to those in the eastern, and off we go: This week we will get together for another round of drinks with the girls! Yay! Join us and get cracking, at TheArtGorgeous HQ we might even get the cocktail gear out. Tonight is a fun lecture by the last Tuesday society and since Maja has attended a few and said they are often good fun, we decided to recommend you one here :) Witchcraft and K-Pop what's not to like? Lastly, London is on the horizon and we got you a little exclusive 1-54 tour!Anything you would love for us to communicate for you? Let us know! Dms on Insta, email, and pigeon. We're here to help!Much Love, stay sane,Cordelia, Maja & the Girls 

Whole HOUSEDrinks with the girlsCordelia, Maja and everyone who feels like joining... Thursday, September 29th 

7pm CET  

It's been a while and those that weren't able to join us in Brussel or Berlin were so missed. So let's virtually connect and see where everyone is and how everyone is feeling. Cannot wait! Love, Cordelia & MajaThe Art Gorgeous HOUSE is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: Drinks With the GirlsTime: Sep 29, 2022 07:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, ViennaJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89004748417Meeting ID: 890 0474 8417

Whole HOUSEBewitched by K-pop:What Modern Witches Can Learn About Ritual MagicMonday, September 26th 

9pm CET (8pm London) 

Bewitched by K-pop: What Modern Witches Can Learn About Ritual Magic from South Korean Pop Music Idol Groups

BTS. Twice. BlackPink. These are some of the biggest names in K-pop, or Korean pop, a genre that has dominated music charts both in Asia and in the West. But, according to Chaweon Koo’s new book “Spell Bound,” they aren’t just photogenic youngsters doing slickly choreographed routines. Literally called “idols,” these groups are also representatives of the most effective, state-sponsored magic rituals of the last 30 years. “Soft power” has now become South Korea’s most powerful export, through the leveraging of cutting-edge technology and the power of social media.

Whether inspiring North Korean teens to risk imprisonment by buying South Korean cosmetics worn by their favorite K-pop idol, millions of international Twitter fans to spam police websites during #BLM, or bringing Augmented Reality into the mainstream via hybrid digital-human idols like AESPA, K-pop is more than just music. How did South Korea, a small country technically at war since the 1950s, and considered a developing nation even in the 1990s, become a cultural zeitgeist for the world? And what can witches learn about powerful rituals from 3-minutes of a K-pop routine onstage? This talk will analyze several popular K-pop performances through the lens of Western occult traditions, Chaos Magick, and Korean shamanism, in order to reverse-engineer what makes K-pop such a formidable force of modern bewitchment.

Bio

Chaweon Koo is a writer of the intersection of pop culture, the occult, and futurism. Her Tik Tok @chaweonkoo is one of the most popular occult accounts on the platform, and she also interviews some of the most distinguished occultists and witches in the English-speaking world on her YouTube, “Witches & Wine.” In the past year, she has helped co-facilitate “crypto-rituals,” which are public magic rituals done directly on the Ethereum blockchain. Her new book “Spell Bound” available as a hardcover on May 3, 2022, has over 60 beautiful illustrations specifically commissioned for the book, and details her journey from an atheist witch into one of the most visible East Asian practitioners of both Eastern and Western occult traditions.

Schloss HolleneggOPEN CALL for artists working with glass. Details below!The deadline for submission is Friday 30th September 2022.Apply with a portfolio at the email: [email protected]

London HOUSEGuided Tour of 1-54 Contemporary African Art FairSomerset House, The ExchangeStrand, London WC2R 1LASaturday, Oct 15th, 2pm please register with [email protected] Capacity limited!

image: Grada Kilomba, O Barco, 2021

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