[Universes in Universe] Gwangju Folly II > 언론자료(국문)

Throughout history, follies have been used widely in architecture, visual arts, and literature as a provocation, a frivolous diversion or strategic place of madness and satire freed from the constraints of societal norms. Follies have been employed as a critical medium or object, oscillating between aesthetic autonomy and social-political potential and situated in a field between decontextualized status and contextualized condition.

Previously conceived of and presented as an integral part of the 4th Gwangju Design Biennale in 2011 by Artistic Directors Seung H-Sang and Ai Weiwei, the second edition of the Gwangju Folly project is held as an independent event with a series of new Follies in the urban space of Gwangju.

Nikolaus Hirsch (director), Philipp Misselwitz and Eui Young Chun (curators) have developed a curatorial approach for Gwangju Folly II, which uses the ambiguities of a Folly as a tool of inquiry to address the expectations of public space. The transformative potential of public space has been etched into public consciousness ever since the ten-day pro-democracy uprising in May 1980, which took place in the streets and squares of Gwangju. Revisiting some of these historic sites, a series of newly commissioned Follies seek to test the constitution and potential of public space today—in contemporary Gwangju as well as in the global political arena.

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Gwangju Folly II commissioned new works from the following architects, artists, collectives, and writers:

David Adjaye & Taiye Selasi

Ai Weiwei

Seok Hong Go & Mihee Kim

Rem Koolhaas & Ingo Niermann

Raqs Media Collective

Do-Ho Suh

Superflex

Eyal Weizman

Graphic Design:

Markus Weisbeck / Surface

(From press information)

 

Organizer – Gwangju Folly II:

The Gwangju Biennale Foundation

111 Biennale-ro, Buk-gu

Gwangju, 500-845

Korea

Tel.: +82(0)62 608 4114

Fax: +82(0)62 608 4219

Email: biennale@gwangjubiennale.org

Website: www.gwangjubiennale.org

Folly Project contact:

Ara CHO

Special Project Department

Gwangju Biennale Foundation

gfolly@gwangjubiennale.org

Media contact:

Jisu Cook

International Relations and Communications Manager

Gwangju Biennale Foundation

jisu.cook@gwangjubiennale.org

Phone: +82 (0) 62 608 4223 / Fax +82 (0) 62 608 4229