Since its inauguration in 2000 as an initiative of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Mediacity Biennale has earned international recognition for its experimental engagement with the conditions of the contemporary, new developments in media, and the changing fabric of the city. These themes were first explored in the Biennale’s precursor exhibition, SEOUL in MEDIA, which was held three times between 1996 and 1999. Since then, the Biennale has presented twelve editions, each embodying ideas and activities that resonate with their time.
For each edition, some 50 participating artists (individuals and collectives) have presented works that respond to the project’s thematic focus and contend with the urgent issues of our time, attracting approximately 140,000 visitors during each Biennale period. Centered around Seoul Museum of Art Seosomun Main Branch, the Biennale also activates various satellite and collaborating spaces across the city of Seoul, accompanied by public programs and publications that serve as important mediators in fostering artistic awareness and experience among both participatory and audience members.
The Biennale also commissions, supports and presents new artworks by celebrated artists who faithfully advance the Biennale’s objectives. A total of 35 such works have been acquired by SeMA and are currently in the museum’s permanent collection, serving as concrete documentary evidence of the evolving forms, tendencies and concepts in contemporary media art. Next year, the Biennale’s archives will be cataloged and disseminated via an integrated online platform, ensuring access to Biennale resources as a collective property of the public.
A pre-Biennale program initiated in 2022 seeks to explore conceptual media, evaluate the Biennale’s identity, encourage local engagement and expand the project’s purview based on the accumulated resources from throughout its history. Conceived as a form of media unto itself, the historic record of previous Biennales as presented in the pre-Biennale program establishes a space for contemporary experimentation and thought integrating aesthetic participation, production and mediation.
Seoul Museum of Art
General Director: Choi Eunju
Director of Curatorial and
Research Bureau: Jung So-La,
Head of Exhibition Division: Yang
Okkum
Advisory Committee
Members: Ahn Mihee, Chun Soo
Kyung, Hyun-Suk Seo, Juhyun
Cho, Seong Eun Kim, Sohyun
Ahn
Artistic Director Appointment
Committee
Interview Jury Members: Bae
Myungji, Lim Jade Keunhye, Seo
Dong-jin, Sohyun Park, Choi
Eunju
Proposal Jury Members: Ha Sun
Kyu, Haeju Kim, Haeyeon Park,
Yang Okkum, Jung So-La
Seoul Mediacity Biennale Team
Project Director: Kwon Jin
Officers: Kim Mee Young, KIM BOYOUNG
Assistant Curators: Cho Hanul,
Song Jie-young
Public Affairs & Communications
Head of Public Affairs &
Communications Division:
Bong Mankwon, Moon Cheoul Oh
Curator: Kim ChaeHa
Officers: Kwon Daehee,
Lee Moonhee, Kim Muyeon
Coordinator: Rheem Jaewook
Collection & Research
Head of Collection & Research
Division: Jeon Solok, Seo Joo Young
Curators: Koo Hye-rim, Jung Yujin
Art Archive
Head of Art Archive
Division: Jung Yujin
Archivist: Jo Eunseong
Researcher: Lim Seil
Facility & Maintenance
Head of Facility & Maintenance
Division: Park Ji Yeong
Officers: Heo Jung Min,
Yeonsil Choi
SeMA Bunker Officer: Lee Woo Jin
Administration
Heads of Administration Division:
Lee Young Soon, Baek Kwang Jin
Officers: Park Changhyun,
Song Eun Jung
Operation
Website: Ahn Graphics
Graphic Design: Mabasa
English Translation: Bareun
English Proofreading:
Andy St. Louis
Video Subtitle Editing:
studio SUJIKSUPYUNG
Teaser: GLIMWORKERS
Media Installation:
Manri Art Makers
Space Design: design BORNE
Graphic Production:
Dong Yang Design
Korean Voice Recording:
MT System
Korea Printing: Kumkang Printing
Audience Survey: SOUTHERN POST
DB Entries: Bae Yewon, Shin Hyeji, Yunji Lee
Artworks and Archival Materials
Courtesy of the artists, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan;
Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea;
Gallery Zink, Waldkirchen, Germany;
Seoul Museum of Art, Korea;
SeMA Art Archive, Seoul, Korea
SeMA人[in], SeMA Supporters Group Manager: Hyun Sun Young
Evaluation Committee
Members: Ahn Mihee, Chang
Seoyoun, Heejin Kim, Lee Jinshil,
Nam-See Kim
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