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15th Gwangju Biennale Exhibition-linked Programs
■ GB Talks: series of conversations with Biennale Artists starting on September 5
■ Echoes of Tomorrow: Soundscapes in the Age of Advanced Computing Symposium will be held September 8
■ Interactive Children’s Program from September 14
The 15th Gwangju
Biennale, Pansori:
a soundscape of the 21st century, will offer a series of programs connected
to the exhibition emphasizing audience-centric perspective. In particular,
public programs designed around the exhibition theme and exhibit itself that
encourage interpretation and participation, such as educational programs for
children and “GB Talks” are expected to pique the interest of visitors.
⧭ GB Talks: Conversations with
Artists and Professionals
GB Talks, a series of talks program that provides an in-depth look into the
Gwangju Biennale exhibition, will be held every Wednesday, including Monthly
Culture Day, throughout the exhibition period.
On September 5, Kandis Williams, Na Mira, Youngeun Kim, Amol K Patil and Noel
W. Anderson will start off the first Artist Talk. On September 14, an artist
workshop by Jayi Kim will be held at the Yangnim Cultural Center.
The GB Talks program is open to the public. For more information, visit the
Gwangju Biennale website.
In addition, collaboration programs such as Buk-gu Art Bus and a children’s
docent program with Yangnim Alleyway Biennale, My Gwangju Opera Exhibition
Contest with Gwangju Seogu Cultural Center, will be held throughout the
exhibition period.
⧭ An exploration of sound, technology and culture, closely related to the Biennale theme
The
15th Gwangju Biennale Symposium titled, Echoes
of Tomorrow: Soundscapes in the Age of Advanced Computing will be held on
September 8 at Theater 3, National Asia Culture Center. The Symposium will
provide an academic forum that explores intersections of sound, technology, and culture. Speakers
include Marina Rosenfeld, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Sung Tieu, participating
artists at the Biennale.
This Symposium is presented in collaboration with Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
in New York. Registration is offered on a first-come, first-served basis at the
Gwangju Biennale website.
⧭ Children’s program that encourages subjective interpretation of artwork
Starting on September 14, Gwangju Biennale will offer a series of education
programs for children at Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall and Geosigi Hall.
‘My Pan, Sori’ and ‘GB Little Forest’ are
participatory art programs offered to upper elementary school students (Grades
4-6) that encourage creative exploration of artwork, guided by a professional
curator.
Designed
to help young students understand the Exhibition and encourage participation,
‘My Pan, Sori’ enables children to understand sound and visualize their
perception of sound through drawings, while ‘GB Little
Forest’, encourages participants to take a look at the ecosystem and
make connections to personal ecosystems through their created works. Children’s
programs will be offered every other Saturday at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
respectively, starting from September 14 for the duration of the exhibition period.
A
children’s docent program that introduces the basics of exhibition guiding and script writing and enables children to
present their own exhibition guide will be offered once a month during the
exhibition period, on the third Sunday of the month (September 15, October 13,
and November 10) at 2:00 PM. Related information on the Programs will be posted
on the Gwangju Biennale website.
For more information on public programs, visit the Gwangju Biennale website.
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