I Came to Ruin You: The Collecting Practices of K-Pop Fandoms by Rea McNamara & Bo Shin

About this episode

This episode features a virtual art exhibit exploring the collecting practices of K-Pop fandoms.

This month's Fansplaining piece is a bit of a departure from our usual fandom reporting and critical analysis: for the first time, we're very excited to share a virtual art exhibit of sorts, from Toronto-based curators and BTS fans Rea McNamara and Bo Shin. I came to ruin you: The Collecting Practices of K-pop Fandoms was on display at York University this past spring, and what follows is an expanded version of the exhibition's brochure, plus images, videos, and interviews with some of the fan collectors and participating artists Jiwon Choi and Lux Pyre. You can listen to the main text of the piece on this feed, but! We'd highly recommend going to the article itself to see all the images and videos (with descriptive captions and alt-text): https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/i-came-to-ruin-you-the-collecting-practices-of-k-pop-fandoms

People in this episode

Guests: Rea McNamara, Bo Shin, Jiwon Choi, Lux Pyre

Topics covered

• K-Pop
• fandom
• collecting practices
• art exhibit

Keywords

• BTS
• York University
• virtual art exhibit
• fan collectors

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: I Came to Ruin You: The Collecting Practices of K-Pop Fandoms, The Collecting Practices of K-pop Fandoms

Places: Toronto

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