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2011 » Republic of Korea » Student section
| Curator: | In Jun Kim |
| Authors of Theme: | team work of 6 schools |
| Designer / Architect of exhibition: | team work of 6 schools |
Korean sentiments in the 21st-century theatre space
The Korean Student Pavilion for PQ2011 looks at the backstage area, where the actors and the staff pour out their passion with sweat. It looks at the connection of analog and digital as well as the melting pot of tradition and modernity. There is a saying, “Darkness makes the light.” The backstage exists as the dark space to make the most beautiful light in the world. We can find the most beautiful light in the darkest places in the world. The backstage exhibition hall displays the pieces and preparation processes that visualize the hopes and expectations of students majoring in the stage arts. The exhibits are inside the hidden space between traditional Hanji rice paper and the QR code. Traditionally, the windows of Korea all used Hanji (rice paper). Hanji played the role of a filter that absorbed light while dividing the space. Using this traditional method, the exhibition hall has been covered with Hanji rice paper, and the exhibits are located behind them. Through windows of ripped into the rice paper, the active artistic worlds of the young artists can be explored. In addition, using cutting-edge QR code technology, the students’ art can be seen in cyberspace using the visitors’ smart phones for digital exploration. Gosa, a religious ritual with shamanic roots, symbolizes prosperity and peace in itself. By installing a Gosa table with a pig-head object in the exhibition hall, we express respect and desires, as well as future hopes. Gosa is a traditional Korean ritual that asks for good luck when starting a big event. The pig’s head is still grinning even after death, and wishes good fortune for those who raise it to the sky. Also, bowing to the pig’s head, making a wish and feeding bank notes into the pig’s mouth or ear are another way of wishing for prosperity. This ritual is carried out as an event and a performance, and the visitors will participate directly in coming up with various meanings and ways of participating in interpretation. We thus introduce traditional Korean spirits into this encounter and act of communicating with people from all over the world, while also praying for prosperity and peace at PQ 2011.
Kaywon School of Art & Design
66 Kaywondaehangno(Naeson-dong), Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
TEL: 031-420-1700, FAX: 031-424-7509
LEE YOONJIN 010-5017-5507, lawpul@naver.com
KIM KYOUNGMIN 010-3562-1451, fastturtlesz@naver.com <
Chungang University
Artcenter, 221 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Korea 156-756
TEL 02)820-5809
JEON SEONGMIN 010-9142-5524, hodorlee@naver.com
Sangmyung University
7 Hongji-dong Jongro-gu Seoul (Postal: 110-743)
/300 Anseo-dong Dongnam-gu Cheonan-si, Chungnam (Postal: 330-720)
TEL 041-550-5273, FAX : 041 550 5279
http://www.smu.ac.kr/, http://cart.smu.ac.kr/
BONG HAIL 011-9781-9807, drbbbong@naver.com
Chungkang College of Cultural Industries
Haewol-ri, Majang-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
TEL 031-637-1114, FAX 031-637-9696
GIL HA NEUL 010-7327-5860, sky3462@naver.com
Yong In University
Gyeong-gi-do/ Yong-in-si /cheo-in-gu/ sam-gadong/
470/ Yong-In Univ.
KWON SOON MIN 010-6804-2010, kittyhomme@naver.com
Korea National University Of Arts
146-37 Hwarang-ro 32-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea,
Tel: 822 746 9000, Fax: 822 746 9079
http://www.karts.ac.kr, http://blog.naver.com/knuam
KIM HYEONMIN 010 4579 6217, n-khm6216@nate.com
KIM MINSOO 010 9147 9121, minuta86@naver.com