hyejin invited me to check out an art exhibition with her and two of her coworkers on sunday evening. i woke up with a headache from the previous night's festivities around 3:00p and had to meet her at 5:00p, but by then i was feeling better.

her coworkers are both animators, it sounds like they've been working in the animation field for a very long time. the guy's name was mark, he's originally from new zealand, and his wife's name was경남 (kyeong-nam).

the art exhibit was called 400 years of art history, or something like that. i couldn't really tell because everything was either in korean or french. you can check out the official website here.

there were lots of nice paintings, a few of which i recognized. a lot went through my mind looking at paintings that were made as long as 400 years ago. on the one hand, it boggles my mind with how long ago that was, but on the other hand it made me aware of how in some respects humanity hasn't changed much in that period. it also made me aware and ashamed of how little i know about art history, especially considering the fact that i graduated from art school with a bachelor of fine art degree.

the exhibition wasn't too large, we were able to see everything in about an hour and a half. after leaving there we went and had a nice dinner at a restaurant across the street. we ate pork with kimchi and spicy noodles, it was really good.

after that we went for coffee at a really nice place nearby. we talked a lot about animation and are different experiences in the industry over the years. it was really interesting hear their perspective from having worked in the overseas studios.