Gwangju
Biennale 2002
Bert
Theis, It'a hard work to be idle, 2002, installation
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Gwangju
Biennale 2002
03.29.02 - 06.29.02
contact: biennale@gwangju-biennale.org
http://www.gwangju
-biennale.org/eng/index.asp
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PAUSE
Project 1 takes its title from the overall theme of PAUSE. Pause is an
instruction - to linger, to think, to rest and maybe change direction.
The exhibition unfolds over four of the Biennale Hall galleries,
combining a new architectural vision with work from over 150 artists.
Alternative and independent groups working in different cities across
Asia and Europe form the backbone of Project 1. They have been invited
because they reflect a new logic for contemporary artists to work
together, responding to local situations and developing a sense of
community and experiment in the cities they live. In modest ways, they
embody developing strategies of resistance or rethinking to the
overwhelming power of the globalising economic, political and cultural
mainstream. Their presentations often ask you to pause, to think not
only about the work shown but also the situation in which it was
produced and the influence of urban experience on contemporary visual
culture. Weaving in and aro!
und these groups are a number of pavilions designed by artists and
architects. They are literally places to rest and take time to discuss
the environment around you. The works of individual artists are thrown
into this mix as a third level of interpretation of the title. These
works relate to time, long-term change, slowness and the social pace
required for new models of living together. Sharp cuts and sudden
discoveries mark out the experience of Project 1, a labyrinth of
contemporary culture in which each visitor will need to get lost in
order to discover a new way home.
Projects of the Gwangju Biennale 2002
Project 1
Title : Pause
Venue : Gwangju Biennale Hall Gallery 1-4
Curators : Wan-Kyung Sung (Artistic Director of the Gwangju Biennale
2002)
Charles Esche (Director, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo,
Sweden)
Hou Hanru (Artistic Director, Shanghai Biennale 2000)
Exhibition Space Designer : Yeong-jun Kim, Yong-ho Chang
Project 2
Title : THERE : Sites of Korean Diaspora
Venue : Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gallery 5
Curator : Yong Soon Min (Professor of Studio Art, University of
California, Irvine, U.S.A)
Project 3
Title : Stay of Execution
Venue : Reconstructed MP Camp in May 18 Liberty Park
Curator : Wan-kyung Sung (Artistic Director of the Gwangju Biennale
2002)
Project 4
Title : Connection
Venue : Disused Railways in Gwangju city (About 750m region on St.
Daenamro)
Curator : Guyon Chung (Professor of the Korean National University of
Arts)
For full information please go to: http://www.gwangju
-biennale.org/eng/index.asp
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