(Here’s hoping that Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor forgo their own visits.)Īccording to local reports, the statue will cost 418 million won (~$361,000) to install, as announced by the district last month when it opened public bidding to fund the project. The bidding process closed the day before the official press announcement, which suggests that the 17-foot-tall work will soon become a reality. The sculpture, accessorized with a carved watch and emblazoned with the words “GANG NAM STYLE” for an extra punch of branding, will also feature colorful lights and automatically play its eponymous hit when tourists and their selfie sticks gather under it. We hope this will become a landmark for our district,” Gangnam tourism director Park Hee-Soo told AFP. “Thanks to the music video, Gangnam became known throughout the world. The release notes that while Chicago has Anish Kapoor’s “ Cloud Gate,” New York has Arturo Di Modica’s “Charging Bull,” and Paris has César Baldaccini’s “ Le Pouce,” Seoul lacks its own landmark sculpture. So what better one to erect than a tribute to a gesture that is perhaps the most globally recognized - whether with glee, annoyance, or grief - image to emerge from the region?Ī digital rendering of the forthcoming sculpture (click to enlarge)
The sculpture, designed by the Visual Information Design Association of Korea (VIDAK), will be installed outside the COEX shopping center - where part of the video was shot - in hopes of boosting tourism in the district, as a press release stated. Viral Video: Foodies on the internet were in. In mid-December, the district of Gangnam in Seoul will unveil a large bronze sculpture depicting the overlapping fists that are part of the viral video’s iconic horse-riding dance. IPL 2021: Jos Buttler danced to the viral Psy track Gangnam Style with his daughter Georgia, and its adorable. It’s been nearly three years since Korean pop star Psy’s “ Gangnam Style” music video “ broke” YouTube’s view counter, but rather than fading from public consciousness it is only becoming more of an emblem for the country and its capital. A digital rendering of the forthcoming sculpture (all images via Gangnam District Office)
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