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.
2010 1. Untitled Triptych(Cambodia : Splendour and Darkness Series) 2. The Farmers and The Helicopters
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The helicopter that makes a frequent appearance in Lê's work has a special meaning for the Vietnamese. For Vietnamese people, these helicopters, with their large propellers, that hovered over their country were an even greater symbol of attack and aggression than fighter planes, and for Vietnamese people who have personal experience of the Vietnam War, even now they are an object of fear. Dinh Q Lê's three-screen video installation The Farmers and The Helicopters is comprised mainly of footage of elderly people who are still traumatized by those helicopters and young helicopter developers. The piece highlights a part of the history of the Vietnam War that is not often talked about and the people who are conflicted about that history.
In addition to the video, the installation includes a real helicopter made by Vietnamese farmers. Seen in tandem they offer a palpable insight into a people who have transcended their troubled past and are attempting to move forward.