SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014 Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers

SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014 Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers, was held from September 2 to November 23, 2014, at the Seoul Museum of Art Seosomun Main Building and the Korean Film Archive. The focused of Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers was looking back on contemporary “Asia” where they shared experiences of intense colonization, the Cold War, rapid economic growth and social change in a short period of time. “Ghosts” from the title stand for the forgotten history and traditions of Asia, “spies” symbolize the memories of the Cold War, and the “grandmothers” are metaphors of “women and time.” The Biennale looked upon the modern and contemporary history of Asia as the birthplace of Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism, Taoism, Hinduism and examined how contemporary artists discovered the traditions of such spiritual culture. It also brought attention local diversity of the Cold War, which cannot be seen as simply a competition between the USA and the Soviet Union and witnessed how the creations of media artists are look similar to the vast range of subjects related to “spy” including taboo, asylum, the hacking of computer networks, code interpretation and information and communication methods. On the other hand, “grandmother” here was a powerless being against authority, but also represented endurance and compassion which can be reflected upon as an active value surpassing such power in the moral sense.
SMB08 Venues
Seoul Museum of Art

Korean Film Archive

- Immortals' Feast on Yoji Pond (unknown)
- Jakrawal Nilthamrong
- Jawshing Arthur Lio
- Jesse Jones
- Joanna Lombard
- Joo Jae-Hwan
- Kim In-whoe
- Kim Soo-nam
- Lina Selander
- Mahardika Yudha
- Mikhail Karikis
- Min Joung-Ki
- The Complete Map of the Celestrial Sphere (unknown
- The Propeller Group
- Truong Cong Tung
- Yao Jui-chung
- Yoneda Tomoko
- YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
- Zero Dimension / Kato Yoshihiro
- Bae Young-whan
- Basim Magdy
- Che Onejoon
- Choi Gene-uk
- Choi Min Hwa
- Choi Sunghun + Park Sunmin
- Chung Seoyoung
- Dinh Q. Lê
- Eric Baudelaire
- Haegue Yang
- Haejun Jo & KyeongSoo Lee
- Ho Sin Tung
- Immortals' Feast on Yoji Pond (unknown)
- Jakrawal Nilthamrong
- Jawshing Arthur Lio
- Jesse Jones
- Joanna Lombard
- Joo Jae-Hwan
- Kim In-whoe
- Kim Soo-nam
- Lina Selander
- Mahardika Yudha
- Mikhail Karikis
- Min Joung-Ki
- Naito Masatoshi
- Nilbar Güreş
- Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani
- Otty Widasari
- Pilar Mata Dupont
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- Rho Jae Oon
- Sang-il Choi, Jiyeon Kim
- Sean Snyder
- siren eun young jung
- Su Yu-Hsien
- Tamura Yuichiro
- The Complete Map of the Celestrial Sphere (unknown
- The Propeller Group
- Truong Cong Tung
- Yao Jui-chung
- Yoneda Tomoko
- YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
- Zero Dimension / Kato Yoshihiro