The fourth version of Jeju Biennale will happen throughout the island from Nov. 26 to Feb. 16 beneath the theme “The Drift of Apagi: The Manner of Water, Wind and Stars,” referring to the id of the island.
Lee Jong-hoo, creative director of the Jeju Biennale and director of Jeju Museum of Artwork, drew upon the “drift” theme to discover numerous points of the island, encompassing its tradition, surroundings, migration and refugee historical past.
“Jeju Biennale is comparatively much less acknowledged in comparison with the Gwangju or Busan Biennale, because it has a brief historical past,” Lee stated on Monday in Seoul. “The upcoming biennale will present how it may be differentiated from different biennales with its personal regional id.”
Some 40 artists and collectives from 14 nations, together with 9 artists primarily based in Jeju Island, are taking part on this yr’s biennale, which will probably be held at venues throughout the central and western elements of the island — Jeju Museum of Artwork, Jeju Museum of Modern Artwork, Jeju Worldwide Conference Heart, Jeju Artwork Platform and Folklore and Pure Historical past Museum.
Among the many taking part artists is Jeju Island-based Yang Kura, who reinterprets discarded objects into sculptural collages, evoking environmental points. Yang will present work about waste from Jeju Island that drifted away and was discovered on the Japanese island of Tsushima, which is situated between the Korea Strait and Tsushima Strait.
Yang is conducting analysis on victims of the Jeju April 3 rebellion and massacres — which started March 1947 and continued by way of September 1954 — and its traces on Tsushima Island, in accordance with the biennale.
“We elevated the variety of artists from Jeju Island this yr, particularly those that haven’t participated in worldwide artwork occasions earlier than,” Lee stated.
Lee identified that the funds for the biennale was slashed to round 1.2 billion received ($895,000), a minimize of 600 million received from the earlier version.
The third version of Jeju Biennale was held in November 2022 with the theme of “Flowing Moon, Embracing Land,” directed by Park Nam-hee, the present director of Nam June Paik Artwork Heart.
