Busan Biennale
The Busan Biennale is a biannual international contemporary art show that integrated three different art events held in the city in 1998: the Busan Youth Biennale, the first biennale of Korea that was voluntarily organized by local artists in 1981; the Sea Art Festival, an environmental art festival launched in 1987 with the sea serving as a backdrop; and the Busan International Outdoor Sculpture Symposium that was first held in 1991. The biennale was previously called the Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival (PICAF) before it launched.
The biennale has its own unique attribute in that it was formed not out of any political logic or need but rather the pure force of local Busan artists’ will and their voluntary participation. Even to this day their interest in Busan's culture and its experimental nature has been the key foundation for shaping the biennale’s identity.
This biennale is the only one like it in the world that was established through an integration of three types of art events such as a Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sculpture Symposium, and Sea Art Festival. The Sculpture Symposium in particular was deemed to be a successful public art event, the results of which were installed throughout the city and dedicated to revitalizing cultural communication with citizens. The networks formed through the event have assumed a crucial role in introducing and expanding domestic art overseas and leading the development of local culture for globalized cultural communication. Founded 38 years ago, the biennale aims to popularize contemporary art and achieve art in everyday life by providing a platform for interchanging experimental contemporary art.
HUANG Po-Chih
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Born 1980 in Taoyuan, Taiwan
Lives in Hsinchu
HUANG Po-Chih, Heaven on Fourth, 2019, 4K video, neon light, 135mm slide film, printed matter, variable dimensions
Performa commission, co-commissioned with Taipei Fine Arts Museum for the Performa 19 Biennial
HUANG Po-Chih is a farmer, writer, and an artist. He recognizes the act of farming or making wine is equivalent to practicing art, and vice versa, art can be defined to be reflected in an agricultural practice. He obtains the subject of the work from his daily life and the surrounding environment, and conveys the staged life through his screenplay at the exhibitions. The artist engages visitors with activities, which include writing, drinking wine, making and dyeing clothes, and integrating the practice of daily life into exhibition. Most of his works are long-term projects, and as the projects progress, a new story is added to the previous narrative.