Symposium「Ocean Voices」
Sea Art Festival 2023 Symposium 「Ocean Voices」aims to reflect on our current and future relationship with the ocean and explore the impact of human activities on marine ecosystems. Consisting of both presentations and discussions, the symposium will bring together scholars and artists from a wide range of disciplines to examine the ocean as an industry exploited by capitalism and extractive practices, with time set aside for participants to imagine a restorative relationship with our world’s ocean through the arts.
| Date | Oct. 15 (Sun) 2 p.m., 2023 |
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| Venue | Auditorium, 4F, Gijang Fisheries Research Center |
| Chair | Younkyeong Nam (Professor of earth science at Busan National University) |
| Keynote Speaker | Irini Papadimitriou (Artistic Director, Sea Art Festival 2023) |
Participants & Presentation titles
| Dong Jin Kang (Principal researcher at Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Chairman at The Korean Society of Oceanography) | Water, Ocean, and Science | link |
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| Petra Linhartova (Director of Digital & Innovation, TBA21-Academy) | A Digital Ecosystem for a Living Ocean | link |
| J.R. Carpenter (Artist, Researcher, Author) | Activating Archival Oceans | link |
| Eunhae Jung (Artist, Art Director of ECOOROT) | Art of Awe: Imagining the Ocean | link |
Manifesto
As part of the Sea Art Festival 2023, we have created a program for raising fundamental questions and discussing the impact of current and future human activities on the marine environment. Together with domestic and international oceanographers, scientists, artists and environmental activists, we have initiated a collectively authored manifesto composed of questions exploring, interrogating and understanding our relationships with the sea. This is the beginning of an ongoing conversation and Lab visitors are invited to add their questions.
| Date | Aug. 23 (Wed) - Sep. 15 (Fri), 2023 |
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| Venue | Online |
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Workshop 1 / Muddy-Water
To draw attention to the changes currently going on in the natural environment of the Ilgwangcheon Stream area, we will host an outdoor exercise to observe marine life in the brackish water zone and a kite-making activity.
| Participating Artist | Lab C |
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| Participants | This workshop is open to elementary school-age participants and the parents. |
Part 1 〈Marine Organism Observations〉
Participants will have outdoor learning time to observe and talk about marine life and ecosystems in the brackish water zone of Ilgwangcheon Stream
| Date | Venue | |
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| Session 1 | Aug. 23 (Wed) 10 a.m. ~ 12 p.m., 2023 | Ilgwangcheon Stream area |
| Session 2 | Aug. 23 (Wed) 2 p.m.~ 4 p.m., 2023 | |
Part 2 〈Making Kite & Kite flying〉
By depicting the marine life observed in Part 1 through paintings, participants will make their own kites and fly them with Musam Bae, a paper kite master and intangible cultural heritage of Busan.
| Date | Venue | |
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| Session 1 | Aug. 24 (Thur) 10 a.m. ~ 12 p.m., 2023 | 2F, Gamagol Theater & Ilgwang beach area |
| Session 2 | Aug. 25 (Fri) 10 a.m. ~ 12 p.m., 2023 | |
Workshop 2 / Department of Seaweed : Algae-craft
The program fosters an understanding of marine plants found in nature, such as seaweed and kelp, and has participants consider their connection to our lives. To examine the potential for marine plants to be used as materials for art, we provide an opportunity for visitors to get some real hands-on experience.
| Artists | Julia Lohmann & Kayoung Kim |
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| Participants | All aquaculture workers and local residents are welcome. The program fosters an understanding of marine plants found in nature, such as seaweed and kelp, and has participants consider their connection to our lives. To examine the potential for marine plants to be used as materials for art, we provide an opportunity for visitors to get some real hands-on experience. |
〈Artist Talk + Making Object with Gijang Kelp〉
Residents and fishermen in the Ilgwang beach area will join the artist in a conversation about local marine plants and make props using locally harvested kelp.
| Date | Venue |
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| Oct. 28 (Sat) - Oct. 29 (Sun), 2023 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (For pre-applicants) |
Indoor Venue 2 Warehouse |
〈Making Object with Gijang Kelp〉
Participants will spend time making small props using locally harvested kelp.
| Date | Venue |
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| Oct. 28 (Sat) - Oct. 29 (Sun), 2023 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. (Open Studio) |
Indoor Venue 2 Warehouse |
Workshop 3 / Trans-boundaries
This program will deepen your understanding of geography and ecology, while also giving you a chance to make your own kite with Lab C artists. An artist talk will be included to share the research these artists from Lab C have done behind the kite as an object, creating a venue for multiple stories to intersect.
| Artists | Lab C |
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| Participants | All welcome |
| Date | Nov. 05 (Sun), 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., 2023 |
| Venue | Sea Art Festival 2023 Lab |
Artist Talk / Plastic Mandala : A Pattern for the cycle of Life
| Artist | Eunhae Jung & Zune Lee |
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| Participants | Advance reservations are recommended, but on-site reservations are also possible when space is available |
〈About Dismantling and Placement by Eunhae Jung〉
Starting with a brief explanation of the purpose and process of creating the artworks for the Sea Art Festival 2023, participants discuss the notions of “dismantling” and “placement,” the two key concepts for the creation of plastic mandalas.
| Date | Venue |
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| Oct. 21 (Sat) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., 2023 | Sea Art Festival 2023 Lab |
〈Plastic Mandala Audio Visualization by Zune Lee〉
Based on an explanation of the earth’s Schumann resonance frequency, participants discuss the audio visualization of plastic mandala patterns.
| Date | Venue |
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| Oct. 21 (Sat) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., 2023 | Sea Art Festival 2023 Lab |
Activity 1 / Monster in the sea
As an experience program carried out in conjunction with Sea Art Festival 2023’s audience-led participatory artwork, Aquatic Garden involves making paper hats in the shape of sea creatures. For the immersive appreciation of the work, participants will then wear their paper hats and become part of the work.
| Participating Artist | STUDIO 1750 |
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| Participants | All are welcome. (Adolescents must be accompanied by a guardian) |
| Date | Oct. 14 (Sat) - Nov. 19 (Sun), 2023 |
| Venue | Sea Art Festival 2023 Lab |
Activity 2 / 200 Trans-boundaries
A part of the workshop 「Trans-boundaries」 , participants will be able to make their own kite using one of the 200 stingray kite patterns depicting various creatures that live in Ilgwangcheon Stream, and then fly their kites at Ilgwang Beach. A separate space in the lab is set aside for each person, like an artist’s cozy atelier. It is our sincere hope that participants will be able to reconnect with their childhood by building their own kites in this space.
| Artist | Lab C |
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| Participants | All welcome (Children must be accompanied by a guardian) |
| Bookings | Pre-registration required |
| Participants | 200 people |
| Date | Every Fri - Sun (8 times per day) |
| Venue | Sea Art Festival 2023 Lab |