Source: Segye Ilbo · 문화

What happened

According to Segye Ilbo, sculpture-instruments created more than 60 years ago at the border of visual art and music will be performed live in Seoul. On August 20, the Leeum Museum of Art announced a special concert on September 5 at 6 p.m., linked to its exhibition “Into Another Space: Synesthetic Environments by Women Artists 1956–1976.”

The program unfolds inside Dream House, the long-running collaboration among Marian Zazeela, La Monte Young, and Korean artist Choi Jeong-hee (최정희). Segye says the evening pairs Choi’s Seven (2024·2026) with Young’s Studies in the Bowed Disc (1963). Both pieces rely on sculpture-instruments that Walter De Maria and Robert Morris built for Young in the 1960s — objects meant to be viewed as sculpture while performers friction or move them to produce sound.

The breakdown

Segye defines the format plainly: these are works you look at and works you play. Walter De Maria’s Instrument for La Monte Young (1966) amplifies friction and resonance as a ball moves inside a metal box. Robert Morris’s Gong for La Monte Young (1963) is a 122-centimeter metal disc rubbed with a double bass bow to sustain a long resonance.

Young’s Studies in the Bowed Disc is the anchor of American minimalist music history; the Morris gong is the physical object that makes the piece possible. Choi’s Seven receives its official Korean premiere at this concert — Segye flags that as a headline alongside the rare chance to hear the historical instruments rather than see them only as static display pieces. The museum frames the event as an extension of the women-artists exhibition, but the performance itself sits inside the Dream House environment that Zazeela, Young, and Choi have shaped together.

Segye does not report ticket pricing, capacity, or whether the concert is open to the general public versus invitation-only; check Leeum’s channels before planning a visit.

Why it matters outside Korea

Seoul’s major private museums increasingly treat live performance as part of exhibition programming, not a separate concert hall add-on. This event is a compact example: canonical 1960s New York minimalism (Young, De Maria, Morris), a Korean contemporary voice (Choi), and a permanent-ish installation context (Dream House) on one bill. For anyone tracking how Korea imports and re-stages Western avant-garde history, Leeum is staging objects that usually live in art-historical textbooks as played sculpture, not as background décor.

The Korean premiere of Seven also signals how local institutions now commission or co-present work that sits beside — not below — international minimal and environmental-art lineages.

What travelers and expats should watch

• Date and place: September 5, 6 p.m., Leeum Museum of Art (Yongsan, Seoul). The exhibition tie-in runs through the 1956–1976 women artists show; confirm on Leeum’s site whether concert access requires a separate ticket or museum admission.
• Expect duration and silence: Minimal and drone-based programs often favor long sustained tones over conventional song structure. Arrive on time; late entry may be disruptive in an installation setting.
• Language and program notes: Segye’s report is Korean-only on logistics. Assume Korean program materials unless Leeum posts English summaries; the draw is sonic and spatial more than narrative.
• Getting there: Leeum sits near Hangangjin Station (Line 6) and the Hannam area — plan evening traffic if you are crossing from Gangnam or Itaewon.

Context

Read this as a museum putting historic sculpture-instruments back into active use for one night, not as a pop concert or a standard classical recital. Segye’s frame is art-historical: Young’s bowed disc, De Maria’s friction box, Morris’s gong, and Choi’s new Seven inside Dream House. Useful for expats who want Seoul’s gallery calendar beyond K-pop fan events and blockbuster musicals.

Source

Segye Ilbo · 문화: 미술과 음악의 경계 넘나드는 ‘조각-악기’ — Korean original; paraphrased for briefing; dates, works, artists, and instrument details from Segye; read the original for full detail.