The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of the Spirit

2025.08.26 – 2025.11.23
The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of Spirit Poster, 2025. Design: nonplace studio
The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of Spirit Poster, 2025. Design: nonplace studio
The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of Spirit Poster, 2025. Design: nonplace studio
The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of Spirit Poster, 2025. Design: nonplace studio
SMB13 Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art; SAPY; NAKWON SANGGA, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki
SMB13 Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art; SAPY; NAKWON SANGGA, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki
SMB13 Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art; SAPY; NAKWON SANGGA, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki
SMB13 Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art; SAPY; NAKWON SANGGA, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki
SMB13 Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art; SAPY; NAKWON SANGGA, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki
SMB13 Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art; SAPY; NAKWON SANGGA, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki
SMB13 Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art; SAPY; NAKWON SANGGA, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki
SMB13 Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art; SAPY; NAKWON SANGGA, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki

Opening on 26 August 2025, The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of the Spirit begins with a question: what role has spiritual experience played in the development of modern and contemporary art? Over the past decade, it has been impossible to ignore the number of artists turning for inspiration to alternative forms of knowledge. The mystic, visionary, or arcane—often as enshrined in suppressed cultural traditions—has come to occupy a central place in the artistic discourse. This renewed interest in spiritual practice seems to us to respond to a broader crisis in how we make sense of the world. This Biennale is a space for spiritual encounter, for perceptual expansion, for dreamlike communion. A space for exceptional works of art to speak, summon, and transform.

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