Stay overnight and become part of the work... Tino Sehgal’s world’s first 20-hour live-in exhibition on Jeju Island

[Financial News] An interactive art program in which visitors become part of the work as they stroll through Jeju Island’s forests and gardens and stay overnight is opening. It offers an opportunity to experience the work of contemporary artist Tino Sehgal (Tino Sehgal) in combination with an overnight stay.
According to Taraka on the 27th, Sehgal’s participatory art program will run from the 30th through November 29 at Taraka Jeju, an accommodation in Saekdal-dong, Seogwipo, Jeju Island. Taraka said it would present in Jeju, for the first time in the world, Sehgal’s immersive program, in which participants spend 20 hours, including an overnight stay, encountering the works.
The program focuses on “inner exploration”—spending time in nature and reflecting on oneself. The idea is to bring rest and the experience of art together in one place.
As participants walk through the forest and gardens and take time to rest, they encounter the works’ “interpreters” who approach without warning. Three works in total will be presented in places including the garden, pathways and restaurant. Local residents ranging from children to seniors will take part as interpreters in the exhibition.
Having studied economics and dance, Sehgal has created works through the body, voice and interactions between people, rather than material objects such as paintings or sculptures. The artist calls these works “Constructed Situations.”
Not documenting his works in photographs or video is also part of Sehgal’s approach. Once the moment of encounter has passed, what remains is the audience’s experience and memory. Photography and filming of the works will not be permitted at this exhibition either.
Sehgal has presented his works at venues including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, United States, and Tate Modern in London, United Kingdom, and received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2013. From March 3 to June 28 this year, he held his first solo exhibition in Korea at Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul.
His experience of traveling to Jeju Island during his exhibition at Leeum Museum of Art prompted him to conceive this program. Sehgal said, “I went on a trip to Jeju Island at the time, and I was captivated by the unspoiled beauty of Jeju Island.” This, it was explained, led him to decide to take the program outside the indoor setting of a museum and stage it against the backdrop of the island.
The program will also include a humanities lecture by Professor Bae Cheol-hyeon, a classical philologist, and a meal called “Jeju Nature Table,” curated by lifestyle artist Lee Hyo-jae. Pets are welcome at Taraka Jeju.

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