The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a time

2021.09.08 – 2021.11.21

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time Poster 1, 2021. Artwork images: Hong Jin-hwon. Graphic Design: Wkshps × Park-Langer

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Lim Giong, Five Waves, 2021. 5 audio tracks. dimensions variable. Thanks to: Yang Jongsung, PhD. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, TASTEHOUSE × WORKS, OoH, 2021. media canvas, banners, T-shirts graphic, digital image and video on website. dimensions variable. Supported by the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Chang Yun-Han, We Chose the Moon, 2021. text, LED signage, website. dimensions variable. Web design: Phoenix Yu-Tzu Huang. Supported by the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Brice Dellsperger, Body Double 3, 1995. single-channel video(SD, color, sound). 1 min 50 sec(loop). Actor: Brice Dellsperger. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Opening, Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Minerva Cuevas, Recipe for a little landscape, 2021. Acrylic on wall. Pixel art design: Franciszek Jan Nowotniak. Painting: Choi Joowoong, Kim Minjung, Suyeon Kim, Koh Kyungho, Lee Gunhee, and Leeje. Supported by the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Hong Jinhwon, Good afternoon, Good evening, Good night v2.0, 2021. statement, (wall) image, structure, web-based YouTube subscription and streaming service, two-channel video, single-channel video, photography. 59.4 × 42 cm (statement), 200 × 150 cm (wall image), 358 × 260 × 106 cm (stucture), 54.6 ×41 cm (36 photography). 9 min 42 sec, 18 min 25 sec. Footage: Media Chamsesang. Supported by the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Exhibition view, Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, (No) Time, 2020. multimedia installation, single-channel video (HD, color, sound), blinds. 20 min. Choreography/Performance: Julie Cunningham, Werner Hirsch, Joy Alpuerto Ritter, and Aaliyah Thanisha. Coproduction of the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale; Jindřich Chalupecký Society; Service des affaires culturelles du Canton de Vaud; IFFR Rotterdam; Frac Bretagne, and CA2M Madrid. Courtesy of the artists, Marcelle Alix, Paris; Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Geumhyung Jeong, Under Construction, 2021. mixed media installation. dimensions variable. Supported by the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, DIS, A Good Crisis, 2018. single-channel video (HD, color, sound). 3 min 48 sec. Courtesy of the artists and Project Native Informant, London. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Henrike Naumann, PROTO NATION, 2021. dimensions variable. Music: Leevisa. Supported by the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. Courtesy of the artist and KOW, Berlin. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Eisa Jocson, Superwoman: Empire of Care, 2021. music video installation (color, sound). dimensions variable (installation). 12 min 17 sec. Collaboration: Eisa Jocson, Bunny Cadag, Cathrine Go, Teresa Barrozo, Franchesca Casauay. Videographer-editor: Brandon Relucio. Supported by the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Liu Chuang, Love Story, 2013/2021. Digital inkjet print. dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Antenna Space, Shanghai. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Paul Pfeiffer, Incarnator, 2018–2021. single-channel video (HD, color, sound). 20 min 45 sec. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Hao Jingban, I Understand …, 2021. single-channel video (HD, color and b&w), sound). 21 min. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Life of a Craphead (Amy Lam, Jon McCurley), Life of Life of a Craphead (Episode 1), 2020. single-channel video (HD, color, sound). 14 min 15 sec. Video production partners: Toronto Biennial of Art, Trinity Square Video, the Centre for Art Tapes, and Koyama Provides. Courtesy of the artist. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a Time, Yuri Pattison, sun_set pro_vision, 2020–2021. game engine software (Vulkan), modified Dell PowerEdge R620s, GeForce GTX 1650 GPUs, uRADMonitor MODEL A3 atmospheric monitor, LED matrix screen, slotted angle, cables. 192 × 270 × 75 cm. Coproduction of the 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale and Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin. Courtesy of the artist and mother’s tankstation limited, Dublin/London. Seoul Museum of Art. 2021

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale *One Escape at a Time* Poster 1, 2021. Artwork images: Hong Jin-hwon. Graphic Design: Wkshps × Park-Langer

The 11th Seoul Mediacity Biennale One Escape at a time, was held from September 8 to November 21, 2021, at the Seoul Museum of Art Seosomun, 97 Network bases and Online. One Escape at a Time is inspired by ideas of escapism, especially in the context of the current popular media landscape which tackles some of the most urgent and human questions today including racism, gender, class, sexuality, identity, migration, gentrification, and violence, among others. Held in the middle of global Covid-19 pandemic, the Biennale experienced escapism which had become all the more symbolic and relevant of the time. Even as the isolation of millions in their own homes brought about a mass appetite for forms of micro-escape, many people have mobilized on the streets to take a stand against racial and social injustices. Behind the norms of media representations and disguises, the Biennale utilized escapism as a critical mechanism for confronting and connecting with the world we live in.