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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 30 years ii

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작가Robert Zhao Renhui


2012
Diasec on Aluminium Bracket
111x74x0.8cm

30 years ii


Created during a residency with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, the work looks at Padang, Indonesia. Scientists has predicted a tsunami (the size of a tsunami that hit Aceh, Sumatra) will hit Padang in the next 30 years. The project looks at how the possibilities and impossibilities of knowing a disaster in Padang and what a prediction does to the reading of a landscape. The images shows the coasts of Aceh (post disaster) and Padang (pre-disaster).




2012
Diasec on Aluminium Bracket
111x74x0.8cm

Padang


2012
Framed set of 6 color photographs
54x36x4.5cm

Trying to remember everything before we forget (Part I) all the cafes along the beach of Padang
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