Spring has never been a season of endings. It is the season that forces us to face beginnings — the diploma received, the resignation submitted, the thing we have held too long finally released. March arrives quietly, carrying with it a weight of transition. For the Christian, this is never merely a change of weather. It is an invitation to ask again: within God's providence, where exactly am I being led? This month's view.log gathers spaces that sit with that question. Some are stages, some are galleries. Some are explicitly Christian, others simply human. They are not all Christian spaces. But attentive readers may find that they are, in their own way, asking the same question.
1. The Last Book's First Invitation - Musical <Revelation>
Of all the books in the canon, none has been more consistently misread, feared, or avoided than the last. Yet here it is — staged, sung, and inhabited. This production by Gwangya Art Center, now celebrating a decade since its original creation, does not attempt to decode the Apocalypse. It attempts something far more difficult: to make you feel it.
The stage draws the audience into the world of John on Patmos, where dread and worship, despair and hope do not take turns but collide. What emerges is a reminder that Revelation was never primarily a roadmap for the end of the world. It was a letter — written to churches under pressure, calling them to hold fast. The Reformed tradition has long insisted that they will. The book of Revelation is, among other things, the dramatic form of that conviction. The visions are not puzzles to be solved but a language of comfort addressed to people who had every reason to quit.
No theological background is required to follow the drama, though those who have spent years with this text will find the experience particularly affecting. When the symbols of Revelation cease to be abstract and become embodied in the choices and grief of characters onstage, something shifts. Running approximately 130 minutes without intermission, the production is recommended for elementary school age and above.
Musical Information
- Venue: Gwangya Art Center, Apgujeong, Seoul
- Run: Through March 14, 2026
- Performance Times: Mondays 7:30 PM / Saturdays 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM
- Tickets: Weekdays ₩40,000 / Saturdays ₩50,000
2. The Fire That Left the Building 〈Born Fire: Calling Choir Gospel Live Show vol.1〉
The gospel has never stayed put. Paul left the synagogue for the public square. Jesus borrowed a boat for a pulpit, and once, memorably, dined with the last person any respectable teacher would have invited. The geography of the gospel has always been inconvenient. The question of where the church's witness belongs has always been answered by those willing to go somewhere new.
Calling Show Choir is a team that answers with their whole bodies. South Korea's first hybrid gospel ensemble, they are rooted in Black gospel tradition while weaving in hip-hop, trap beats, street dance, and show choir performance. Their singular aim: to create a space where people who find church intimidating but whose hearts open to music might stand, without pressure, within earshot of the gospel.
On the evening of Saturday, March 7th, they hold their first official live show at Sangmun High School gymnasium in Bangbae-dong, Seoul. The concert, titled Born Fire — a birth in flame — features 14 songs, including 10 original compositions developed over two years, performed with a live band and full dance ensemble. Admission is free regardless of support, and bringing someone who would never walk into a church is not just welcome — it is the point.
Performance Information
• Venue: Sangmun High School Gymnasium, Bangbae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
• Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
• Tickets: Free admission
3. The Bookshop That Became a Stage - Musical 〈Welcome to Hyunam-dong Bookshop〉
Hwang Bo-reum's novel follows a woman who, after burnout and resignation, quietly opens a small neighborhood bookshop. The characters who gather there — each carrying a particular wound — find that books and the act of writing offer something no productivity system ever could: the permission to slow down and be known. The novel became a quiet phenomenon among readers who recognized something true in it. This musical adaptation brings that same unhurried quality to the stage, telling a story about finding one's own pace in a world that insists on everyone else’s.
For those who love books, or who are genuinely uncertain about the direction of their lives, this production — running in Seoul's theater district — is worth the evening.
Musical Information
- Venue: Lumina Art Hall, Seoul
- Run: March 1, 2025 ~ Open Run
- Tickets: ₩60,000
4. A Painter Read in Sentences - Exhibition 〈Writing, Lee Jung-seob〉
Lee Jung-seob (1916–1956) is perhaps the most beloved painter in Korean art history, and this special exhibition marking the 110th anniversary of his birth approaches him from an unexpected angle: not through his canvases, but through his words. Dozens of handwritten letters and postcards sent to his family during the devastation of war and separation are displayed alongside manuscripts that document the interior life of a man trying to remain an artist in impossible circumstances.
To encounter Lee Jung-seob through sentences rather than brushstrokes is a genuinely strange experience. And yet something in a person's actual handwriting — the urgency, the tenderness, the raw need to reach someone far away — can move us in ways that even great painting cannot. As March arrives and the light begins to change, spending an hour with his letters seems like a worthwhile thing to do.
Exhibition Information
- Venue: Art Chosun Space, Seoul
- Exhibition Dates: January 30, 2026 – June 14, 2026
- Tickets: Adults ₩8,000 / Youth & Children ₩5,000
Closing Notes
The world calls March a month of fresh starts — a clean slate, a new chapter, a time to reinvent. The Christian understanding is quieter and, I think, more honest. A new beginning is not something we manufacture through resolve. It is something we discover within a providence that was already at work before we arrived at this particular crossroads. Each of the events gathered here offers a different kind of pause: a stage, a gymnasium, a theater, a gallery. In each of them, something is already being said. The Spirit has a long history of speaking through unexpected places. March, it turns out, may be one of them.
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