Actor Bong Taegyu and Poet Kim Yongtaek to Meet at Mudeungsan Humanities Festival

Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, will present 'Humanities Talk,' where participants can share humanities perspectives with experts from various fields who are usually difficult to meet, at the '2nd Mudeungsan Humanities Festival ' held around the Jeungsimsa area of Mudeungsan Mountain from June 1 to 2.

The Humanities Talk will take place at the festival's main stage plaza and the cypress forest, with actor Jijeongnam, a representative popular artist of Gwangju, serving as the host. Participants include actor Bong Taegyu, poets Kim Yongtaek and Kim Hyeongsu, painter Han Heewon, and writers Lee Heeyoung and An Miran.

On the first day of the festival, June 1, poet Kim Yongtaek, who captures the 'words of nature' in poetry, will open the Mudeungsan Humanities Festival with the theme 'What Nature Says.' This talk, organized as part of the '2024 Dong-gu Academy' lecture series, will be held specially at the festival site.

Following this, at a special stage set up in the cypress forest, Han Heewon, a leading local Western-style painter, will guide attendees through the creative worlds of painter Van Gogh and poet Yun Dongju under the theme 'The Artist Who Loved the Stars.'

On the second day, June 2, a talk with actor Bong Taegyu is scheduled. Bong Taegyu, who published the essay 'Because I Want to Be a Decent Adult' last year and recently has been active as the radio DJ of 'This Beautiful Morning, Bong Taegyu,' will discuss his thoughts on becoming a 'decent adult.'

There will also be a session where poet and critic Kim Hyeongsu shares stories about the poetry and life of poet Kim Namju, who has a deep connection with Mudeungsan. Additionally, a session featuring An Miran, author of 'Mr. Geunyang’s Animal Job Counseling Center,' selected as Dong-gu's '2024 Book of the Year,' and Lee Heeyoung, author of 'Salt Child,' will be held. Visitors participating in the Book of the Year Humanities Talk will have a chance to win books signed by the authors through a raffle.

For more details, please visit the Mudeungsan Humanities Festival website or contact the Humanities City Planning Division.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, "The Mudeungsan Humanities Festival, now in its second year, is a space for reflection on humanities as practice rather than just knowledge. I hope that the various humanities encounters and exchanges over the two days from June 1 to 2 will lead to a valuable daily life where we take care of ourselves and look after our neighbors."

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