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.
Daemado (Heeyoon Jung)
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Busan Biennale 2022 Exhibition Team
Daemado Island is part of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan; locally, it is known by the name Tsushima. Covering an area roughly 38% the size of Jeju Island and 1.8 times larger than Geoje Island, Daemado is the nearest Japanese island to the Korean Peninsula, located just 49.5 kilometers at its closest point to Busan. On a clear day, it can be seen with the naked eye from Busan. Due to its hilly terrain and lack of farmland, it has historically been a center for fishing and merchant trade rather than agriculture. It also served as an important base for cultural and technological exchange between Korea and Japan. The population density is relatively low for its size, and while it was once home to a mining industry that produced silver and zinc, those mines have all since been closed down. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, its local economy was powered by the tourism industry. It was especially popular among Korean tourists because of its location and the most accessible route.
Typically, visitors can reach Daemado in around 70 minutes by taking a ferry from the Busan Port International Passenger Terminal located in front of Pier 1 of Busan Port, which is one of the venues for the 2022 Busan Biennale. As of August 2022, all ferry services had been suspended due to the pandemic.