Category: Exhibitions & Performances

Exhibitions & Performances

My Memories Are a Movie: A Different Kind of Chungjang Festival

Gwangju News

Reflecting back on the period from the 1970s to the 1990s, this year marks the 19th year of Chungjang Festival, which is now a global event. The street area from Chungjang-ro 4-ga to 5-ga will also be decorated with nostalgic movie art, and empty stores will be used as cosplay movie spots for dressing up as characters from such movies as Snow White, Spiderman, and Ironman, and the Goblin Alley area (광주광역시 동구 충장로 5가 127-1) will have movie character sculptures installed to provide a variety of attractions and experiences for the citizens.

Exhibitions & Performances

The First Buskers World Cup in Gwangju

Gwangju News

Once again establishing itself as a city of the arts, Gwangju is going to hold the very first Buskers World Cup in October 2022. Artists and musicians from all over the world have applied, and we expect a huge turnout at the event. We at the Gwangju News wonder how this event is being organized and about its backstory. So, we tracked down the people at Gwangju’s Dong-gu District Office – the main organizer of the event – to get more information. Below is our interview.

Exhibitions & Performances

Thematization of Isolation and Connection: Interview with Seo Kee-moon

Gwangju News

Why do humans want to be connected? Why do they want to reach farther and higher? To compete and to conquer? For high returns? To control? To Seo Kee-moon, humans have to be connected to communicate, share, and be happy with each other. The direction of his vigorous force and energy are symbolized in his latest work “Cable Flower” in his most recent exhibition Metaverse.

Exhibitions & Performances

“Expressions” Art Exhibition

Gwangju News

The Expressions exhibition at Gwangju University is a collaboration of six talented foreign women who are currently residing in Gwangju. The theme “Expressions” came about as an opportunity for each to share their own perspectives on expat living, as well as to express their thoughts on the current global climate, both in public and personal ways. Each artist, with her own creative liberties, was able to reflect and form beautiful revelations for her artwork.

Exhibitions & Performances

Experience Gwangju’s ACE Fair: Korea’s Most Comprehensive Cultural Content Exhibition

Gwangju News

ACE Fair (Asia Content and Entertainment Fair) includes broadcast, audiovisual, animation, character, game, edutainment, and VR/AR content, as well as all types of licensing content.

Exhibitions & Performances

Defining “Design Revolution” At the 2021 Gwangju Design Biennale

Gwangju News

One of Gwangju’s prestigious art events, the Gwangju Design Biennale (GDB) is back this year with the theme of d-Revolution. “d-Revolution” is a compound composed of “D’” for Design” and “Revolution,” which refers to the paradigm of a new era driven by design, not a revolution propelled by industrial inventions as in the past.

Exhibitions & Performances

Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning

Gwangju News

Interview with the Biennale Artistic Directors. Interview by William Urbanski. Founded in 1995 in memory of the civil uprising of the 1980 Gwangju Democratization Movement, the Gwangju Biennale has reached … Read More

Exhibitions & Performances

“To Reach a Star”

Gwangju News

May 18 Anniversary Exhibition Written by Lee Aekyeong. Cultural Memory“Cultural memory” is a collection of memories chosen to be remembered and reproduced in the present; this continuity forms the identity … Read More