Glitches in the Dancing Machine: Presences and Absences in K-Pop Choreography
Image by Amber Lee. Incorporates elements from Key’s Pleasure Shop teaser image, 2024 (SHINee Wiki Pleasure Shop gallery); aespa’s teaser image featuring Karina for Savage (Hallucination Quest version), September 2021 (Reddit, r/kpop); XG’s “GALA” teaser image featuring Hinata, September 2025 (Reddit, r/kpop); and General Electric XT700-GE-700 Turboshaft Engine, circa 1974 (Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum).
This piece appears in print in MENT Issue 003; full digital publication is forthcoming. In the meantime, references associated with the piece are listed below.
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