| Date: |
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1 September - 27 November 1997
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| Venue: |
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Biennale Exhibition Hall
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| Theme: |
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Unmapping The Earth (see introduction)
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| Artistic director: |
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Young-chul Lee
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| Themes / Curators: |
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Speed / Water: Harald Szeemann
Space / Fire: Kyong Park
Hybrid / Wood: Richard Koshalek
Power / Metal: Wan-kjung Sung
Becoming / Earth: Bernard Marcadé
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| Participants: |
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117 artists from 39 countries
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Special exhibitions:
(summaries
of the contents on the website) |
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Memory and History: Korean Art and Visual Culture after 1945
Venue: Gwangju City Art Museum Main Hall
Curator: Jin-song Kim
Nomadic Passages: Folk Beliefs and Korean Contemporary Art
Venue: Gwangju City Art Museum Main Hall
Curator: Young-taik Park
Crossing East and West
Venue: Gwangju City Art Museum Main Hall
Curator: June-sang Yu
Gwangju Aperto
Venue: Education & PR Center
Curators: Jae-kil Yu, Byeung-ouk Oh, Kwang-suk Cho
Urban Vision - Public Art Project
Venue: Nambong Gallery & Downtown Gwangju
Curator: Ho-jae Park
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| Satellite Exhibition: |
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The 2nd Gwangju Reunification Art Festival
15 August - 15 October 1997
Venue: May 18 Cemetery
Organizer: Gwangju Reunification Art Festival Committee
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| Organizer / Contact: |
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see Gwangju - start page
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| Website: |
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www.gwangju-biennale.org/last-biennale/97-cover.htm |
