| Date: |
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29 March - 29 June 2002
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| Venues: |
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see individual projects
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| Main theme: |
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P_A_U_S_E (see introduction)
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| Artistic director: |
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Wan-Kyung Sung
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| Participants: |
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Projects 1 to 4: 328 artists from 33 countries
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| Project 1: |
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Pause
Venue: Gwangju Biennale Hall
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| Curators: |
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Wan-Kyung Sung
Artistic director of Gwangju Biennale 2002
Charles Esche
Director of Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art in Malmø, Sweden
Hou Hanru
Independent curator from China, lives in Paris
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| Project 2: |
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THERE: Sites of Korean Diaspora
Venue: Gwangju Biennale Hall
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| Curator: |
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Yong Soon Min
Professor of Studio of Art, University of California, Irvine, USA
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| Associate curators: |
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Soo-Young Chin
Executive Director of the Korean American Museum, USA; lecturer of cultural anthropology at the University of California at Los Angeles
Paul Yi
Former program adviser to the Pusan International Film Festival
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| Project 3: |
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Stay of Execution
Venue: May 18 Liberty Park
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| Curator: |
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Wan-Kyung Sung
Artistic director of Gwangju Biennale 2002
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| Project 4: |
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Connection
Venue: disused railway in the city
A section of the dismantled 10.8-km Kyung-jun Railway crossing the heart of Gwangju, running between Nam-Gwangju Station, Gwanju-chun bridge and 100 meters nearby.
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| Curator: |
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Guyon Chung
Chairman of Guyon Architect Association
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| Organizers / Contact: |
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see Gwangju - start page
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| Website: |
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www.gwangju-biennale.org/eng/index.asp |
