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Exhibition venue
: Gwangju Subway Car and Geumnamro 4ga Station
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5 restrooms in the stations of Gwangju Subway
(Geumnamro4ga, Geumnamro5ga, Nongseong, Honam
Univ., Sangmu) |
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Curator : Dongjo Chang
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Exhibition character
: An extension of public participation and
public art in the daily life of the city |
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Exhibition
composition : Different sections of
the Biennale EcoMetro will be held: |
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| 1) |
the Public Relations
Hall of the Biennale which will
be presented on the inside and
outside of two subway trains of
four cars; |
| 2) |
"Origin of Life",
changes the Gwangju Subway Car
into an artistic space with the
collaboration of the artists and
50 Korean citizens. The first
car is composited Biennale Information
Pavilion which filled with materials
showing the history of Gwangju
Biennale. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th
cars are joint pavilions of korean
and foreign artists show their
works based on the human, nature
and environment. |
| 3) |
" Intanglble Nature”
specially curated to create the
images of the disappearing nature
will show works employing various
living forms and natural scenes
as their subjects. An ecological
and cultural message through paintings
and videos done by artists and
the general public held in an
exhibition space, Geumnamro 4ga
station. |
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"The Toilet Project,"
as a kind of debut shows of young
artists, this project aims for
introducing new concepts on sp
ace. The organizing committee
will choose five participating
groups all over the country. Each
group will consist of an advisor
and students from a domestic college
of Arts and will take one of rest
rooms placed at subway stations
as the site for the project. |
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Exhibition
theme |
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An exhibition that delivers the Biennale to the
region, to the center of the city, and to
the public. The Biennale, seeking to vary
its offerings, will invest the Gwangju Subway,
which is celebrating its first year anniversary,
with a decorative and unique cultural environment.
It will be a festival of programs that encourages
a large public participation, a Biennale that
comes to you. The opening of the Biennale
EcoMetro will precede the Biennale by one
month, and, as such, will announce to the
general public the opening of the Biennale. |
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