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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.


2014 The Teahouse for Different Abilities

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관리자 2014-09-16 18:22

작가Chiaki Wada + Unasaka Nakamura + Ryuichi Sakazaki


2014
Wheelchairs, Table, Tea Things, Etc.

The Teahouse for Different Abilities


It is the collaboration work of the artists Chiaki Wada and Ryuichi Sakazaki, as well as the master of the tea ceremony Unasaka Nakamura. It is arranged so that a Japanese traditional tea ceremony can be performed while sitting in a wheelchair. In this teahouse arranged to match the particularities of the venue, both the owner and the clients sit on wheelchairs while having a tea ceremony. So far, it has been held 4 times in Japan, in Fukuoka and Yamaguchi prefectures, but this one in Busan will be the first one held outside Japan. During this event, a tea ceremony will be held with the collaboration of the local tea ceremony officials. It is impossible to speak of the history of Japanese ceramic art and tea ceremony, Rikyu Sen's Wabi-cha (Wabi tea), or Soetsu Yanagi's Mingei (folk crafts), without mentioning Korea.


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