Gwangju Biennale to hold closing events from the 6th to the 8th... Performances at exhibition halls and plazas

[Financial News] Ahead of the closing of the Gwangju Biennale, performances will take place on the bridges connecting the exhibition halls and in the plaza. A Central Asian film screening, artist workshops, and a dialogue between the artistic director and curators reviewing the exhibition planning process will also be held.
According to the Gwangju Biennale Foundation on the 5th, the closing program for the 16th Gwangju Biennale will be held from the 6th to the 8th at the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall and plaza in Buk-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City. The main exhibition, "You Must Change Your Life," which opened on September 5, will remain open to the public until the 15th even after the program concludes.
Every day at 9 a.m. during the event, Nam Hwa-yeon's performance 'Bodiless Empty' will take place from Yongbongje to Exhibition Hall 4. 'Craft,' featuring Angela Koh, Kwak Yu-ha, and Lee Min-jin, will be presented on the bridge between Exhibition Halls 2 and 3 at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. Those with an exhibition ticket can view the performance without a separate application.
Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita will perform at the plaza at 1 p.m. on the 6th and 8th. Geum-Hyung Jeong's 'Rehab Training' will take place in Exhibition Hall 2 at 3 p.m. on the 6th and 7th.
On the 6th at 2 p.m. at Geosigi Hall, Christian Nyampeta will discuss his work with curator Brian Kuan Wood and art historian Lim Soo-young. At 5 p.m., the Central Asian art and research group DAVRA will screen three videos at the same venue. Among them, Daria Kim's '1937' deals with the forced relocation of Koreans from the Russian Far East to Central Asia under Stalin.
At 1:00 PM on the 7th, Akio Suzuki and Curator Choi Kyung-hwa will walk with participants, following ear and footprint-shaped markers around the exhibition hall, to listen to the sounds of everyday life. At 2:00 PM, Nyampeta will hold a scriptwriting workshop based on the curriculum of the Gwangju Citizens' Art School as part of the collaborative learning project 'École du soir'.
On the same day at 5 p.m. at Geosigi Hall, Dabra will introduce a publishing project that compiles the works of artists and researchers centered on the Syr Darya River. On the 8th at 2 p.m., Artistic Director Ho Tzu Nyen and curators Park Ga-hee, Brian Kuan Wood, and Choi Kyung-hwa will share the questions and experiences they encountered while preparing the exhibition at the same venue. Paik Ki-young, Head of the Exhibition Department at the Gwangju Biennale Foundation, will moderate the event.
The weekend sessions of Nam Hwa-yeon's 'Bill Gong', Akio Suzuki's walking program, Nyampeta's workshop, and all sessions of Jeong Geum-hyeong's 'Rehabilitation Training' were fully booked with both capacity and waiting lists.
The viewing hours for the main exhibition are from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Tuesday through Sunday. Last admission is at 5:30 PM. On the exterior wall of the exhibition hall, James T. Hong’s video work 'Apologies,' which collects public apologies from political leaders around the world, is screened from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
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