Gyeonggi Province is the most populous province in South Korea.
Gwangju is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office moved to the southern village of Namak in Muan County in 2005 because Gwangju was promoted to a metropolitan city and was independent of South Jeolla province.
Naju is a city in South Jeolla Province,South Korea.
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The Gwangju Uprising,known in Korean as May 18,took place in Gwangju,South Korea,in 1980. The uprising was a response to the coup d'état of May Seventeenth that installed Chun Doo-hwan as military dictator and implemented martial law. Following his ascent to power,Chun arrested opposition leaders,closed all universities,banned political activities,and suppressed the press. The uprising was violently suppressed by the South Korean military. The uprising is also known as the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement,the Gwangju Democratization Struggle,the May 18 Democratic Uprising or the Gwangju Uprising.
Seoul Station (Korean: 서울역) is a major railway station in Seoul,the capital of South Korea. The station is served by the Korail Intercity Lines and the commuter trains of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.
Ansan is a city in Gyeonggi Province,South Korea. It lies southwest of Seoul and is part of the Seoul National Capital Area. It is connected to Seoul by rail via Seoul Subway Line 4. It is situated on the Yellow Sea coast and some islands lie within its jurisdiction. The largest and best-known of these is Daebu Island.
Chonnam National University is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities located in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province,South Korea. In March 2006,Yeosu National University merged with Chonnam National University to become a satellite campus. CNU ranked the 10th nationwide and the 420th worldwide in world university rankings in the CWUR. It was also the 1st among the nine Korean national flagship universities in "Asia’s Top 75 Most Innovative Universities" in 2017 Reuters. CNU has also expanded its global reach by establishing partnerships with 499 Universities in 62 countries as of 2019.
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. Munhwa is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11.
The Seoul Arts Center is an arts complex in Seocho District,Seoul,South Korea. It consists of five main buildings:the Opera House,with three auditoriums;the Music Hall,with two concert halls;the Hangaram Art Museum;the Hangaram Design Museum;and the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum. The Opera House is built in a shape that resembles the traditional Korean bamboo hat called gat.
The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the South Korean city of Gwangju. It is managed by the Sports Support Division of the Culture &Sports Policy Office of the Gwangju Metropolitan city. Initially the stadium was named Gwangju World Cup Stadium to host some matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. To honour the former South Korean national team coach Guus Hiddink,who helped the team advance to the semi-finals,for the first time in its history,by defeating Spain in this stadium,they have also named it the Guus Hiddink Stadium.
The Intra Asia Network,or IAN,is a loose consortium of cultural workers and creative spaces,artist exchange projects,community engagement initiatives and artist residency programmes operating throughout Asia. This consortium was founded to facilitate the greater mobility of Asia's cultural producers,practitioners,and creative people through the development,promotion and empowerment of artist-in-residency and artist-in-community projects. Membership represents over 15 countries and hundreds of Asian art spaces and initiatives.
The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing international cultural exchange between Asia and the U.S. and between the countries of Asia through the arts. Founded by John D. Rockefeller III in 1963,ACC has invested over $100 million in grants to artists and arts professionals representing 16 fields and 26 countries through over 6,000 exchanges. ACC supports $1.4 million in grants annually for individuals and organizations.
Ed Bok Lee is an American poet and writer. He is the author of three books of poetry,including Mitochondrial Night (2019),Whorled,the recipient of a 2012 American Book Award and a 2012 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry,and Real Karaoke People,the recipient of a 2006 PEN/Open Book Award and a 2006 Asian American Literary Award.
Joo Hyun Mi also known as Choo Hyun-mi,Ju Hyun-mi,Zhou Xuanmei or Chow Shiuan-mei,is a South Korean legendary singer,who is one of the nation's most successful trot singers. She debuted in 1984,but her big break came in 1985 when she released the song,"Rainy Yeongdong Bridge." Joo Hyun Mi has released more than 40 albums during her career. She often appears on the KBS 1TV 'Golden Oldies(Korean:가요무대)'.
The Korean Cultural Center New York is a branch of the South Korean Korean Cultural Centers located in New York City,New York,United States.
Seungduk Kim is a curator &exhibition organizer in the field of contemporary art. She is currently working for Le Consortium in Dijon as co-director and associate curator. Seungduk Kim was selected as Commissioner of the Korean Pavilion for the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. She was in charge with Franck Gautherot –for Le Consortium –of the artistic direction in Asia Culture Center in 2014 to 2016,for space design and public art programs. Kim Seung-duk was made Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of France,in July 2022.
Kimsooja was born in Daegu,South Korea. Kimsooja is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist who travels between her three homes and places of work in New York City,Paris,and Seoul. In 1980 Kim graduated with a B.F.A in Painting from Hong-Ik University,Seoul and continued to pursue her M.F.A there,obtaining the degree in 1984 at the age of 27. Her origin as a painter was a crucial starting point for the development of her art. That same year,she received a scholarship to study art at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris,France,where she studied Printmaking. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1988 at Gallery Hyundai,Seoul. Currently,her work is featured in countless international museums and galleries as well as public art fairs and other spaces. Her practice combines performance,film,photo,and site-specific installation using textile,light,and sound. Kimsooja's work investigates questions concerning the conditions of humanity,while engaging issues of aesthetics,culture,politics,and the environment. Her principle of ‘non-doing’and ‘non-making,’which follows a conceptual and structural investigation of performance through modes of mobility and immobility,inverts the notion of the artist as the predominant actor.
Defne Ayas is a curator,educator,and publisher in the field of contemporary art and its institutions. Ayas directed and advised many institutions and collaborative platforms across the world,including in China,South Korea,United States,Netherlands,Russia,Lithuania and Italy. She is known for conceiving exhibition and biennale formats within diverse geographies,in each instance composing interdisciplinary frameworks that provide historical anchoring and engagement with local conditions. Until June 2021,Ayas was the Artistic Director of 2021 Gwangju Biennale,together with Natasha Ginwala.
Albert Samreth is a contemporary American artist living and working in México City and Phnom Penh. Samreth uses painting,sculpture,and film to explore collective memory,often privileging the perspective of non-human subjects such as plants,animals,objects,and phenomena.
