1988-2002 Exhibition video documentation

This is a video documentation of the 1st SEOUL in MEDIA 1988–2002, held from October 7 to October 20, 1996, at the Seoul Museum of Art (formerly the Seoul 600 Year Memorial Hall), as well as on 14 urban electronic billboards across five cities, and on information TVs at eight banks. The 1st SEOUL in MEDIA 1988–2002 alluded to the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 2002 World Cup Korea/Japan, and a specific point in the past and the future. In the exhibition catalog, curator Kim Jinha stated that the project was conceived as an initiative that “explored urban culture and life at a transitional period in the era of moving images where premodern elements and contemporary functionality coexist.” This curatorial intention was best reflected in the project’s attempt to activate “images” themselves, which penetrated urban media such as electronic billboards, as a unified conceptual exhibition frame, rather than focusing on any specific works or fixed narrative.