Caption : 2013 Gwangju Biennale International Curator Course Led by Maria Lind

Course dates:

August 11-September 6

Application submission period:
April 25-May 10

www.gwangjubiennale.org

Host:Gwangju Biennale Foundation &Gwangju Metropolitan City
Principal: Yongwoo Lee (President, Gwangju Biennale Foundation)
Visiting Professor: Ruth Noack(Author, art critic and exhibition maker, trained as visual artist and art historian)

The Gwangju Biennale calls for applications for its sixth edition of the International Curator Course. The Gwangju Biennale International Curator Course (GBICC) was launched in 2009 as an open educational platform to foster the professional development of curators, theorists, and arts administratorsin various fields of contemporary art and design. Since its inception, the course has provided an open platform for collaborative education and expansion of curatorial practice as well as an opportunity for young curators to build an international network. In addition, the course offers a unique occasion to examine the cultural and aesthetic strategy of the biennale, working closely with the biennale director, curators and participating artists.

Visiting professor, Ruth Noack, will lead this year’s program on “The dynamics of thinking through art,” bringing her wide range of expertise both in curatorial studies and contemporary art to the GBICC. Noack was curator of documenta 12, 2007. Exhibitions include Things We Don’t Understand (Generali Foundation, Vienna, 2000), The Government (Witte de With, Rotterdam; Secession, Vienna; 2005) and Not Dressed for Conquering ? Ines Doujak’sLoomshuttles/Warpaths (RCA, London 2012). Noack headed the Curating Contemporary Art programme at the RCA, London and was Research Leader for MeLa - European Museums in an age of migrations (2012-13). She recently published SanjaIvekovic,: Triangle, Afterall Books and Agency, Ambivalence, Analysis. Approaching the Museum with Migration in Mind, Politecnico di Milano, 2013.

This year’s lecturers will include the ArtisticDirector of the 10^thGwangju Biennaleand the next GwangjuDesign Biennale, the participating artists of the 10thGwangju Biennale and several professionals in the field to discuss their rich experience.

The course has been previously led by Barbara Vanderlinden, Dan Cameron, Ute Meta Bauer, Jens Hoffmann, Carol Yinghua Lu and Maria Lind as visiting professors. Past lecturersinclude: Nathalie Angles, Maurizio Bortolotti, Marco Burno, Abraham Cruzvillegas, ByungsooEun, Anthony Fontenot, Beatrice Galilee, Eva FranchGilabert, MassimilianoGioni, Mariekevan Hal, Yuko Hasegawa, Nikolaus Hirsch, Tan Boon Hui, Lu Jie, MamiKataoka, JesiKhadivi, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Alice Kim, Heejin Kim, Sunjung Kim, Soonin Lee, Sohl Lee, Yongwoo Lee, Carol Yinghua Lu, Brendan McGetrick, Jessica Morgan, ReinekeOtten, HyungminPai, Marina Pugliese, Heidi Rabben, Francisco Sanin, Anton Scholz, Seung H-Sang, Stephanie Sykes, Tom Trevor, Jun Yang, June Yap, and Ai Weiwei.

In addition to the lecture program, the course participants will be given ample opportunities to take part in the preparation of the 10thGwangju Biennale and participate in the exhibition and international conference of Special Project for the 20years anniversary of Gwangju Biennale. Visits to museums, galleries, and artists’ studios in Gwangju and Seoul willalso be scheduled. The participantsare askedto make group presentations during the final week of the course.

The Gwangju Biennalewill grant tuition and accommodationsto all of the selectedparticipants for the entirecourse. Participants will be responsible for their round-tripairfaresto and from Gwangju and livingexpensesduringtheirstay. Since the course is designedtoprovideyoung curatorswithopportunitiestoreceive in-depthtraining, the age restriction for applicants has been set to33 and under.The entirecoursewill be conducted in English.

Application Submission
Application submission period: April 25-May 10, 2014
Applicationrequirements:

All documentsshould be written in English.
Application must include:
Application form (downloadable from www.gwangjubiennale.org)
CV
Motivationalstatementexplaining the applicant’sinterests and the purpose for applying (1,000 words max.)
Supporting materials: One or twocopiesof the most relevant publishedmaterials for curatorial/exhibitionrelatedprojectsthat the applicantparticipated in.
Submitteddocuments and/or materials will not be returned.

Submission process: Send by email (curatorcourse@gwangjubiennale.org).
Notification: Successfulcandidates will be contactedaround mid-June, 2014.