Open Lecture series
This event was a preliminary program for the 10th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, designed to further explore and develop the themes of the Biennale. Featuring experts from diverse fields—including economics, environment, politics, and sociology—the program presented a total of 19 lectures centered on contemporary art. These sessions offered multi-faceted perspectives on the core subjects to be explored in the 2018 edtion.
List of the lectures
Session 1—2017. 11. 21. 14.00–17.00
(1) “Memories of Economic Growth: Concentration of Power and Trauma of Mankind/Nature”—Gibin Hong
(2) “On the Difficulties in Korea’s Modern Art”—Kim Gyu-Hang
(3) “21st Century Futuristic Medium Space: Through the Art World of Nam June Paik”—Suh Jinsuk
Session 2—2017. 11. 22. 15.00–18.00
(4) “The Spirit of the Age Needed in the 2000s: Awakening from the Fantasy of Great Art”—Shim Sangyong
(5) “Politics and Ethics in Feminism”—Yang Hyo-sil
(6) “Expansion of Art Museum Platorm: Focusing on the Case of Outreach Project by the Total Museum of Contemporary Art”—Nathalie Boseul Shin
Session 3—2017. 11. 24. 14.00–17.00
(7) “Artists Working with Organisms”—Lee Soyo
(8) “Art is Essential for Activism”—Jang Daul
(9) “Ecology, Living Patterns: Ecological Migration Project for Stray Cats in Dunchon Jugon Apartment Complex”—Kim Podo
Session 4—2017. 12. 01. 14.00–17.00
(10) “Arguing in a Musician’s Way”—Hwang Kyung-ha
(11) “Seeing Contradiction of Operation through Microscopic Urban Intervention”—Sim Somi
(12) “Sociological Imagination and Change”—Nho Myungwoo
Session 5—2017. 12. 06. 14.00–17.00
(13) “City and Water: Ecological Platform on Flow and Connection”—Park Ji-Hyung
(14) “The Environment in Korea’s Art and Architecture of the Late 1960s”—Shin Jeong Hoon
(15) “Megatrend, Living Art!”—Kang Yoon-Joo
Session 6—2017. 12. 07. 14.00–18.30
(16) “The Curtains of the Pacific”—Kim Nam-Soo
(17) “Film and Video Research and Archive of the Asia Culture Center”—Kim Ji-Ha
(18) “The Identity, Process, and Scope of Art Practice in Arts Maebashi”—Sumitomo Fumihiko
(19) “Don’t Follow the Winds”—Jason Waite
