‘The Collective’: Hyo-joon Choi, Jangun Kim, Gibin Hong, Lim Kyung Yong, Namsoo Kim, Daul Jang (from left to right) ⓒtheArtro

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Venue : Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art
Dates : 6 SEP 2018 – 18 NOV 2018

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The 10th edition of Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018 (formerly SeMA Biennale: Mediacity Seoul) will be held for 74 days, from September 6th to November 18th, 2018. Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organized by the Seoul Museum of Art, the biennale has become established as one of the most representative contemporary art events since its first edition held in 2000. Hosted every even-numbered year, it reflects Seoul as a central city for media art and technology, focusing on the diversity of artistic forms that expand our notion of media.

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The 10th edition of the biennale has diverged from the previous structure of appointing a singular artistic director and has invited professionals from different fields (marked below as ‘the Collective’) to create a discursive public sphere. The biennale includes not only intellectuals from a broad range of fields such as art, economy, environment, politics, society and technology, but also aims for an exhibition that is open to the general public. In its attempt to maximize people’s access to culture and art, it aims to provide opportunities for a new social shift.

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The Collective that will direct and curate Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018 consists of the following members: Hyo-joon Choi, the director of SeMA; Gibin Hong, the director of the Global Political Ecomony Institute; Daul Jang, Senior Climate and Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace; Jangun Kim, independent curator; Namsoo Kim, dance critic and Lim Kyung Yong, the owner of The Book Society (in alphabetical order). These six people were nominated by SeMA and selected by a selection committee after thorough discussion and review. Based on close collaboration, the Collective is guiding the joint curatorial process of the Biennale.

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The 10th edition of the Biennale contemplates the fundamental questions regarding the new values that humanity must pursue under the current social climate of surging uncertainty and doubt. At the same time, based on the exchanges and interdisciplinarity stimulated by contemporary art, this year’s biennale aims to present the social role and function of art as a medium of communication, overcoming its traditional exclusively elitist status.

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