Death, Art, and Spirituality

Anton Vidokle

Seung-taek Lee, Burning Performance documentation, 1989. paint on c-print. 52 × 61 cm. Courtesy of the artist; and Gallery Hyundai, Seoul. The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of Spirit. Seoul Museum of Art, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki

Seung-taek Lee, *Burning Performance* documentation, 1989. paint on c-print. 52 × 61 cm. Courtesy of the artist; and Gallery Hyundai, Seoul. The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale *Séance: Technology of Spirit*. Seoul Museum of Art, 2025. Photo: Hong Cheolki

Anton Vidokle is an artist, filmmaker, and the founder of e-flux. He has worked and exhibited in South Korea numerous times, including two editions of Gwangju Biennale, where he won the Noon Award in 2016, as well as a solo show at MMCA in 2019 and other exhibitions, lectures, and projects.

Research Title

Death, Art, and Spirituality
Participants

Anton Vidokle
Publishing Date

2025-09-11
Languages

Korean
Editions

SMB13
Categories

Essay
Keywords

death séance project

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Research Title Death, Art, and Spirituality

Category Essay

Edition The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale

Author Anton Vidokle

The English version of this essay can be found in e-flux journal #156, a special issue for the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of the Spirit.

Link: https://www.e-flux.com/journal/156/6776747/death-art-and-spirituality

It will also be available on this SMB website from mid-October.

This essay is originally commissioned for the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Catalogue, Séance: Technology of the Spirit (Seoul: Seoul Museum of Art, Mediabus, 2025), scheduled for publication on October, 2025. With the author’s consent, it is being published in advance on the Seoul Mediacity Biennale website and e-flux Journal. No part of this essay may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, Seoul Museum of Art and Mediabus, Seoul.