Modernities against modernity
The English edition of the second volume of the SeMA Biennale Media City Seoul 2014, titled Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers, was co-published by Seoul Museum of Art and Hyunsil Books Publishing in 2014. This volume, while connecting with the first volume, expands on the Biennale’s theme with a collection of essays, papers, and poetry. It also includes photographs of the exhibition’s overall view.
Table of Contents
Mediacity Seoul 2014: The Collaboration among Ghosts, Spies, Grandmothers and Artists. Park Chan-kyong
How to Interpret China and Its Modernity: Rethinking The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought. Wang Hui
Ghosts, Female Ghosts, and Being Possessed. Li Ang
The Intimate Strangers. Heonik Kwon
The Memory of Nabua: A Note on the Primitive Project. Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
In Praise of Doubt. Bertolt Brecht
Spy: Yet Another ‘Gray Zone Personality.’ Vladimir Tikhonov
Disobedience in Byelorussia: Self-Interrogation on ‘Research-Based Art.’ Sean Snyder
A Grandmother Hiding like a Spy and Praying like a Ghost. Gong Sun Ok
Darkness before the Dawn: Modern-day Antigones Who Do Not Stand Alone. Cho Han Hae-joang
No Beginning, No End. Tajima Masaki
In Eventful Times: Concerning Capitalism, Electric Power and Well-intentioned Nationalism. Koizumi Yoshiyuki
Pagyeong [End of Sutra Recitation]. Kim Keum-hwa
A Commentary on Pagyeong. HAN Sunhee
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