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.
부산비엔날레 [Talk Program] Session1_Somi SIMxJulien COIGNET
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관리자 2020-10-21 12:20
포스트 코로나 시대의 도시공간, 공공성, 기술의 지형도
Reorganization of Urban Space, Publicness and Technology After COVID-19
[패널 Talk Panel]
심소미: 독립큐레이터 Somi SIM: Independent Curator
쥴리앙 코와네: 도시연구가, 작가 Julien COIGNET: Urban Researcher & Artist
1회 토크 주제는 ‘포스트 코로나 시대의 도시공간, 공공성, 기술의 지형도’로 독립큐레이터 심소미와 도시연구가이자 작가인 쥴리앙 코와네가 패널로 참여하고 화상토크로 사전 녹화되었다.
심소미와 쥴리앙 코와네는 서울과 파리 두 도시 사이에서 결성한 콜렉티브 (리트레이싱 뷰로 Re-tracing Buro)로 2017년 타이베이 THAV의 한 프로젝트(You are the Sunshine of my Life)에 참여하면서 당시 한시적으로 결성되었으며 2020년 초 재활성화된 팀이다. 두 멤버 사이의 협업은 도시리서치와 시각언어의 관계를 관찰하는 것에서 시작되며, 특히 동시대 도시문화를 바탕으로 공공영역, 행동양식, 사회규범 및 예술실천의 관계를 비평적으로 재구성하는 것에 관심이 있다.
Somi Sim and Julien Coignet(Re-tracing Buro)
Re-tracing Buro is a collective based in Seoul and Paris, formed by independent curator, Somi Sim and artist, Julien Coginet. Created in 2017 as a temporary collective for participation in a project by THAV in Taipei (You are the Sunshine of my Life), it was later revived in early 2020. The collaboration between its two members has taken the initial form of observing the relationship between urban research and visual language, and they share a common interest in the contemporary urban culture-based critical reconstruction of the relationship between the public sphere, behavioral patterns, social norms and the practice of art.