Humanity + Community: The Gwangju Design Biennale 2019
Written by Cami Ismanova. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. — Desmond Tutu Humanity – one word with thousands of different manifestations, … Read More
Category: Exhibitions & Performances
Designing the Gwangju Design Biennale: Interview with Director Lee Gil-hyung
Interviewed by Karina Prananto and Park Min-young. The Gwangju Design Biennale, an international design event, is held every two years in Gwangju in odd-numbered years and has been organized by … Read More
The Return of the Celadons: A Visit to the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage
Written by Monk Jang Gyong Whether one likes it or not, we live in societies that are embedded in a larger and more homogeneous system of global capitalist organizations. Perhaps … Read More
The Morning Calm of Ink Wash
Written and photographed by Saul Latham Korea’s morning calm is drifting. Excited by the power and speed of international currents, Korea floats on the lips of new technological waves, … Read More
7080 Chungjang-ro Recollection Festival
Written by Marion Gregory Photographs courtesy of Chungjang-ro Festival Organizing Committee Originally published November 2010 #105 On a typical day Chungjang-ro attracts shoppers with its storefronts and coffee shops. … Read More
Gwangju Biennale 2018: Imagined Borders
Written by Maria Lisak Photographs courtesy of Gwangju Biennale The Biennale is always an excellent critique on society. One may think that the exhibits on offer at the Biennale are … Read More
You, The One, Standing in the Prosperous Land
Written by Robert Grotjohn Photographs courtesy of Gwangju Museum of Art and Robert Grotjohn During the last week of June, the foyer of the Gwangju Museum of Art (광주시립미술관) … Read More
From the Streets of Resistance to the Walls of the Gallery: The From Vietnam to Berlin Exhibition at the ACC
Written and photographed by Saul Latham The world has acted out, written down, and turned over many pages of political resistance. From Vietnam to Berlin skims back through some of … Read More