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Exhibition Overview
Theme
ZONE 7 - Your Imaginary Space
Period
Aug. 25. 2023 (Fri) - Nov. 2. 2023 (Thu) (70 days)
Venues
The Former Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Anyang Art Park
Participating Artists
88 Artists, 48 Teams, 24 Countries
Artistic Director
Sung-Ho KIM (Art Critic)
Outdoor Exhibition
Building on the tradition of the previous APAP outdoor projects that transformed the city itself
into an art gallery, the outdoor exhibition will take place at Anyang Art Park and the Former
Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) premises. It consists of permanent works such
as architectural monuments, installation sculptures, riverside relief sculptures, and a public
artwork combined with a stage, as well as temporary installations.
Through the outdoor exhibition, the project experiments with the concepts of “imagination dreamed of in reality” to realize “your imaginary space” and “productive imagination” to create something new.
Through the outdoor exhibition, the project experiments with the concepts of “imagination dreamed of in reality” to realize “your imaginary space” and “productive imagination” to create something new.
Anyang Art Park
Anyang Art Park will feature two semi-permanent works and one temporary installation. They
are “site-specific” works that closely examine the context of the natural environment and
integrate nature as an integral part of public art. These works
are characterized by their large scale. One of the two works is an architectural monument
designed to be walked on and experienced by the viewer, while the other is an installation
sculpture that allows the viewer to visually become part of the work. The temporary
installation is a riverside relief sculpture that adds a mystical atmosphere
to the existing waterfront stone wall.
In the Former APQA area
In the Former APQA area, two works have been temporarily installed for the duration of the
exhibition. One is a sturdy pile of pallet objects, creating a massive “public artwork combined
with a stage.” This is because it serves as both an independent artwork and a stage for
various programs, including opening ceremonies and community art events.
The other temporary installation is an architectural installation or installation sculpture that
uses waste objects to provide a new take on traditional Korean wrapping-cloth, bojagi . Like
the previously mentioned work, it functions as a standalone art piece while offering the
audience a space for relaxation.As a whole, these works in the outdoor exhibition blur the
boundaries between objects, architecture, and public art by experimenting with the
“productive imagination” in creating “something new from reality.”
Indoor Exhibition
Unlike the previous APAPs, APAP7 will run a large-scale indoor exhibition for the first time in its history.
The former APQA Headquarters building, which had long remained an idle space in the city, is now being transformed into an art space and returned to the citizens.
This unprecedented large-scale indoor exhibition aims at experimenting with “new public art” through diverse tangible and intangible artworks that were hard to showcase in the form of an outdoor exhibition.
Such works include the works of installation, media art, performance art, and community art.
The indoor exhibition also attempts to categorize the discourses on future cities into “Human Space,” “Eco Space,” and “Smart Space,” to present a sequential narrative of “Human-Ecology-Technology,” which aligns with the spatial setting of this theme.
In this way, it explores and what urban public art is and proposes what it should be today within the theme of “Your Imaginary Space.”
The former APQA Headquarters building, which had long remained an idle space in the city, is now being transformed into an art space and returned to the citizens.
This unprecedented large-scale indoor exhibition aims at experimenting with “new public art” through diverse tangible and intangible artworks that were hard to showcase in the form of an outdoor exhibition.
Such works include the works of installation, media art, performance art, and community art.
The indoor exhibition also attempts to categorize the discourses on future cities into “Human Space,” “Eco Space,” and “Smart Space,” to present a sequential narrative of “Human-Ecology-Technology,” which aligns with the spatial setting of this theme.
In this way, it explores and what urban public art is and proposes what it should be today within the theme of “Your Imaginary Space.”
The Human Space
The Human Space section showcases various works that provoke the imagination in relation
to the presented ideas one will inevitably consider in order to realize an ideal
utopia where humans can coexist with one another. Among these considerations is about
how humans–who are inherently unable to survive alone–will be defined in the
future in this increasingly individualized and sophisticated social environment. Another is
about how we will be able to coexist with others. The works in the Human Space section
present to reevaluate our present reality and reimagine our present lives as well as our lives
in the future.
The Eco Space
The Eco Space section is composed of works that enable diverse imaginative explorations of
the relationship between humans and nature. Historically, human civilization has developed
without taking sustainability into consideration, which then results in the consumption of
nature. The ongoing vicious cycle of environmental pollution, climate change, and ecological
destruction has transitioned from a problem affecting the individual to one concerning
humanity as a whole and, ultimately, will lead to the possibility of no future. Regarding this
present situation, the works in the Eco Space do not explicitly deliver principled ideas or
nostalgic messages, such as “Nature is an object of protection and an inherent public good,
or there needs to be an ideal coexistence between humans and nature.” They may give the
viewer a novel epiphany about the results of what humans have created so far. They also
stir the imagination in regards to the possible future that we may experience if the current
state of affairs continues.
the Smart Space
The works exhibited in the Smart Space section contain imaginative portrayals of and
musings based on considerations for the present and the future. About science and
technology, which have been constantly evolving and impacting our lives. The name of this
section (“Smart”) refers to fact that the topics covered in this section are related to science
and technology, as well as human life. One example implied by this section’s name is the
term “smart city”, which is often used these days. However, the messaging in this section
does not provide an unconditional, positive outlook that the quality of life of citizens can be
improved by applying advanced science and technology to solve various problems in cities
or by maximizing conveniences. Rather, it provides us with practical questions about what
our existing views of nature, ethics, and perceptions can mean in a changing living
environment molded by science and technology.
Online Exhibition
The online exhibition allows viewers to explore the exhibitions virtually but as realistically as
if they were at the venue by reading and listening to the curators’ descriptions of the entries
in both Korean and English and watching the videos filmed and edited by experts.