Su Hyoung "Janice" Kim
Department of Visual Arts Art History and Museum Studies
GWANGJU ART BIENNALE
THE INFLUENCE ON THE CITY'S CULTURAL LIFE
MANY THANKS TO
The Department of Visual Am My Interviewees Dr. Premindo Jacob, Project Mentor Johnson Tiei, Poster Designer My Parents Relatives who hosted me in liuruti
BACKGROUND
Founded in September 1995 ft those who died for the Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980 and to transform this social value into cultural arts.
Gwangju Art Biennale Building
2015 is the twentieth anniversary of this international art event. Each of (lie leu biennales held in Gwangju have showcased different themes about contemporary society and contemporary art that relates
to the Gwangju Democratization Movement,
THEMES - 1995 to 2016
Beyond The Borden	1995	[Sepr 20	- Nnv 20)
Unmapping the Earth	1997	[Sept 1 -	Nov 27)
Man and Space	2000	[Mar 29	- Jun 7)
P_A_U_S_E	2002	[Mai 29	-JU„ 29)
A Grain ofDttst, A Drop of Water	2004	[Sept1C	- Nov 13)
Fever Variation	2006	[Sept K -	Nov 11)
Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions	2008	[Scpl 5	- Nov 9)
10000 Lives	2010	[Sept 3	- Now 7)
Roundtablc	2012	is* 7-	Nov 11)
Burning Down the House	2014	[Sepi 5	- Nov 9)
The Eighth Climate	2016	(Sq,,2	- Nov 6)
HYPOTHESIS
New orders and relationships between the arts and the city of Gwangju are established through a major national cultural event, the Gwangju Art Biennaie.
METHODOLOGY
By analysing past exhibitions of the Gwangju Art Biennak, I studied the influence of the biennaie events on Gwangju society and specifically how the cultural life of Gwangju city has changed since the Biennaie was instituted in 1995.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
• Travel to Korea in January 2016
• Photo documentation
GWANGJU FOLLY
. In the architectural sense, a 'folly' means an ar decorative role after losing its original functioi
■ Architectures that contribute to urban regeneration, playing both decorative and functional roles in public spaces
. Gwangju Folly is aime plaza providing eihibi regeneration under th« and creating cultural
playing the role of an urban get-away and i and performances while achieving urban
of establishing Gwangju as a cultural city ' e passed down to future generations
HUB CITY OF ASIAN CULTURE (HCAC)
• Hub City of Asian Culture (HCAC) project, administered by the national government of Korea, is the single largest cultural project in the history of the nation.
• St^u|2f!^B|| 1995-2014 (Gwangju Bkniude 1995-2014). Gwangju: Gwangju Biennaie, 2015. Print.
• Lee, YbngHun. Gwangju and Asia. 30. Print.
• Griffin, Tim. "Worlds Apart: Contemporary Art, Globalization, and the Rise of Biennals." Contemporary Art: 1989 to the Present. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Print.
• Interviews
• Director Inho Cho
• Artist Bong Chae Song
• Artist Yeon Gyun Kang
• Chosnn University professor Sun Joo Han and Song Silt Cho
• The project widi the vari of the Asian
forge cultural ties and establish a forum of exchange of Asia, and enhance the overall quality of life ity by transforming Gwangju, one of the six largest ilture ciry of novel concepts.
INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL ASSOCIATION (IBA)
• World Bienniale Forum N 1: Shifting Gra Organized by Gwangju Biennale Foundal:
The aim of this meeting is to discuss common objectives for biennale organizations and their role in society, and to jointly look into the possibilities and benefits of stronger professional alliances and collective and cooperative ai