Pai Hyungmin, the Artistic Director of the 5th Gwangju Folly, is an architectural historian, critic, and curator.

Professor at the University of Seoul, he holds a PhD in history, theory, and criticism from MIT.. His publications include The Portfolio and the Diagram from MIT Press, Key Concepts of Korean Architecture, Sensuous Plan:

The Architecture of Seung H-Sang, and Imminent Commons: Live From Seoul. He was twice curator of the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and was awarded the Golden Lion in 2014 for Crow’s Eye View: Korean Peninsula. He was the director of the 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism and chief curator of the 4th Gwangju Design Biennale. In 2021, he guestcurated Climate Museum: Life and Death of Our Home, at the Seoul Museum of Art which received a Red Dot Design Award. Among this wide range of his curatorial projects, Re:Folly was the most difficult. At the same time, its collaborative process, the essence of curating, was the most satisfying. Together with the obvious fact that humans are not at the center of the world, Re:Folly confirmed how much people in their connection with the things and life forms of this world should be cherished.

Yoon Jungwon studied architecture at Seoul National University and Princeton University. She has been involved in the design of various architectural projects in the United States and the Netherlands, where she gained experience in a holistic approach to the various elements that make up architecture and in collaborating with experts from different disciplines. She is currently a professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Seoul, where she runs the TAD Lab and Office, which is dedicated to transdisciplinary architectural design to further connect education, research, and design practice. As the curator of architectural production for the 5th Gwangju Folly, with a particular focus on Eco Hanok and Urushi Shell, she coordinated the process of supply, production, and application of raw materials such as waste, natural, and traditional materials. 

Kang Dongyoung is a Korean architect who leads the Gwangju-based architecture office RAUM. He is interested in meeting people and discovering the architectural spaces created with these encounters.

Kang works mainly in the field of public architecture.

He lectures at Chonnam National University and Suncheon National University and is a barrier-free examiner for the Gwangju Metropolitan City’s Seogu Architecture Commission and the Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute. He participated in the construction of the Gwangju River Reading Room project by Taie Selasi and David Adjaye at the 2nd Gwangju Folly. For the 5th Gwangju Folly, Kang worked as the curator in charge of site, design ,and building management: selecting the sites for the installations, providing architects and administrators a roadmap for the realization of all the Re:Folly projects.

Lee Youngmi is the principal of Collective City, an office that pursues imaginative urban spaces. For the 5th Gwangju Folly, Lee served as a local curator who studied and identified the sites that would enhance the connectivity of the new Re:Folly projects and the Gwangju Folly promenade. In doing so, Lee has worked to activate the connection between the follies near the Asian Culture Center and Purun-gil Park. With the goal of making the Gwangju Folly function as a public medium, she selected locations that would encourage the flow of the everyday. 

Cha Jeongwook is a curator specializing in craft and design. He is the co-founder of the curatorial agency ANNEX, where he works on exhibition, publication, and branding. He is interested in organizing venues that connect creators and producers to build a circular structure of creative activities. His activities span from organizing artworks and products to planning and management. As curator of crafts and design of the 5th Gwangju Folly, Cha supported the research and production process of participating artists to incorporate Korean materials and techniques, craft, and design into their projects. 

Lee Hyewon studied art history, curates exhibitions as part of her ongoing research and social practice, and teaches students. She began her interest in water issues in 2009 and expanded it to include land, air, and food, making environmental issues the main focus of her research. Her major projects include Waterscapes: The Politics of Water (2014), Chronicles of a Prepper (2017), Urban Foodshed (2017), an on-site program for the inaugural Seoul Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, and public art-campaign project Climate Citizen 3.5

(2021). For the 5th Gwangju Folly, Lee was in charge of planning public programs, particularly as they involved the cross sections of food and architecture. In the latter stages, she contributed to the editing and translation of the Re:Folly books.

Kim Green is a curator specializing in arts and culture projects. She currently works at the curatorial agency ANNEX, where she manages exhibition, publication, and branding projects. Kim is interested in the relationships between objects, people, and events that occur in space and place and works in collaboration with creatives from various disciplines. For Re:Folly, she curated the graphic system, photo/video record, website, and publication with designers, photographers, and editors to develop an integrated branding system for Re:Folly.