11th Gwangju Biennale
2. 9. – 6. 11. 2016
Korea

Mediation


Artist Projects

Saturday 27 August

16:00–18:00
Presentation of Master Plan for Duam-dong (2016) by Apolonija Šušteršičith Dari Bae
at Nuribom Community Center, 831-31, Duam 2-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju

Monday 29 August

15:00–17:30 
Lectures by Dora García and Kim Sang-yoon on the Nokdu bookstore project and a conversation moderated by Professor Seo Ki Moon, as part of Infra-School
at Chonnam University College of Art, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju

Tuesday 30 August

14:00–18:00
Photography and typeface, poster-making workshop I: Communication and diffusion of what is happening now, in our present, in our reality, following the protocols of the original Nokdu, with contributions by Kim Hyangdeuk (photographer) and Yoon Mansik
at the Nokdu bookstore by Dora García x The Book Society in the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery1)

Wednesday 31 August

13:00–16:00
Photography and typeface, poster-making workshop II: Communication and diffusion of what is happening now, in our present, in our reality, following the protocols of the original Nokdu, with contributions by Song Heesung at the Nokdu bookstore by Dora García x The Book Society in the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery 1)

16:00–18:00 
Talk on the Nokdu bookstore, with contributions by Jung Hyunae and Kim Sang-yoon
at the Nokdu bookstore by Dora García x The Book Society in the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery1)

16:00–17:00
Performance by Jewyo Rhii with Jihyun Jung, Objects and Machines (2016), parade around the park behind the Biennale exhibition hall and plaza

17:00–18:00
Performance by Otobong Nkanga
at the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery 3)

Thursday 1 September (preview)

15:00–16:00
Performance by Otobong Nkanga
at the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery 3)

16:00–18:00
e-Book launch Goldin+Senneby
Headless (2015), a novel by K. D. eBook launch with respondents David Kim (curator/lawyer), Alex Taek-Gwang Lee (cultural theorist), Nicky Marsh (literary scholar), and Monica Narula (artist)
at the Goldin+Senneby installation, Headless. From the Public Record (2009) at the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery 3)

16:00–18:00
Discussion on the role of women in the tradition of revolt in Korea and Songbaekhwoi, with contributions by Lim Younghee, Jung Hyunae, and Lee Yunjung at the Nokdu bookstore by Dora García x The Book Society in the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery 1)

Fri 2 September

15:00–16:30
Talk on Wild Fire Night School (Deulbul Yahak), Yoon Sangwon, and the influence of La Commune with contributions by Jun Yongho and Na Myungkwan
at the Nokdu bookstore by Dora García x The Book Society in the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery1)

15:00–16:00
Conversation: Nikolaus Hirsch and Kim Sang Bong, moderated by Azar Mahmoudian
at Eyal Weizman’s folly Roundabout Revolution in front of Gwangju Station, 235 Mudeung-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju

15:00–16:00
Book launch by Marie Kølbæk Iversen
at the Nokdu bookstore by Dora García x The Book Society in the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery1)

17:00–19:30
To All the Contributing Factors forum, day one, hosted by Binna Choi, curator, and Maria Lind, artistic director, and welcomed by Yangwoo Park, president of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Bartomeu Mari, director of Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea with contributors Han Kang, Hu Fang, Andrea Phillips, and Shin Ji Young, and moderator Mohammad Salemy
at the Biennale Geosigi Hall, in cooperation with Asia Culture Center, the 5.18 Archives, Gwangju International Center, Mite Ugro and The New Centre

Saturday 3 September

16:30–17:30 / 18:30–19:30
Collective performance and agricultural ritual Lament of the Newt (2016) by Fernando Garcia-Dory in collaboration  with DureNale from Hansaebong Dure, Hee-Sang Noh, Mi-ja Park, Eun-Sil Jeong, You-kyeung Cho, Seon-nim Kim, and Young-dae Kim, and co-ordinated by Young-Eun Hyun and Inza Lim
at Hansaebong Agriculture & Eco-Park, 932-1 Ilkok-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju

20:30-21:00
Screening by Cooperativa Cráter Invertido at the Asia Culture Center (Gallery 2) in conjunction with their Asia Art Space Network exhibition


Sunday 4 September

16:00–18:00
The Book Society and McGuffin talk with Dora García on independent publishing
at the Nokdu bookstore by Dora García x The Book Society in the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery1)

17:00–18:00
Collective performance and agricultural ritual Lament of the Newt (2016) by Fernando Garcia-Dory in collaboration  with DureNale from Hansaebong Dure, Hee-Sang Noh, Mi-ja Park, Eun-Sil Jeong, You-kyeung Cho, Seon-nim Kim, and Young-dae Kim, and co-ordinated by Young-Eun Hyun and Inza Lim
at Hansaebong Agriculture & Eco Park, 932-1 Ilkok-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju

Monday 5 September

and every Mon and Wed. 11:00-12:00, 13:30-14:30 (except holidays)
Activities by May Mothers
at Bik Van der Pol’s installation How Does a Straight Line Feel? (2016)
at the Biennale exhibition hall (Gallery 3)



General Activities


Wednesday 31 August

14:00–15:00
General introduction to GB11 by Binna Choi
at the Biennale exhibition hall (entrance)

Thursday 1 September

10:00–11:00
General introduction to GB11 by Maria Lind
at the Biennale exhibition hall (entrance)

11:00–12:00
General introduction to GB11 by Azar Mahmoudian
at the Biennale exhibition hall (entrance)

15:00–16:00
General introduction to GB11 by Margarida Mendes
at the Biennale exhibition hall (entrance)

Friday 2 September

15:00–16:00
General introduction to GB11 by Michelle Wong
at the Biennale exhibition hall (entrance)

Saturday 3 September

09:00–18:00
To All the Contributing Factors forum, day two, hosted by Binna Choi, curator and Maria Lind, artistic director
at and in cooperation with Asia Culture Center, the 5.18 Archives, Gwangju International Center, Mite Ugro and The New Centre

Sunday 4 September

09:00–12:30
To All the Contributing Factors forum, day three, hosted by Binna Choi, curator and Maria Lind, artistic director, hiking and lunch
at Mudeung National Park

Friday 4 November

10:00

Introduction to GB11 by Maria Lind


Teatime with Biennale


9 September


15:00

Teatime with the Biennale

28 october


15:00

Teatime with the Biennale

Monthly Gathering

Thursday 8 September

16:00 – 17:00
The Art Work in Focus group discussion of  Medium Earth  by The Otolith Group. At Biennale Exhibition Hall (Gallery 2)

Friday 9 September

16:00 – 17:00
The Art Work in Focus group discussion of artworks by Seola Kim with presence of the artist. At Biennale Exhibition Hall (Gallery 1)

17:30 – 19:00
Group reading “Alternative Art Spaces as a System: Independent Survival Game? Rational Choice? Or Something Else?" by Bo-Seon Shim
at the Bik van der pol Installation, Biennale Exhibition Hall (Gallery3)

Saturday 10 September
17:00
Curated walk through the Mudeung area with artist Bernd Krauss


Thursday 20 October [/b]
16:00 – 17:00
The Art Work in Focus group discussion of  Toxic,  Opaque,  To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of their Desperation  by  Renate Pouline Boudry  and  Renate Lorenz . At Biennale Exhibition Hall (Gallery 5)

Friday 21 October

16:00 – 17:00
The Art Work in Focus group discussion of artworks by Inseon Park with presence of the artist. At Biennale Exhibition Hall (Gallery 1)

17:30 – 19:00
Group reading “The Art-Architecture Complex” by Hal Foster
at the Bik van der pol Installation, Biennale Exhibition Hall (Gallery3)



[b]Infra-School

Sunday 5 September
Nadia Belerique lecture
at RAT School of Art, Seoul

Saturday 24 September
Bernd Krauß lecture
at RAT School of Art, Seoul

Friday 28 October
Maria Lind & Sumi Kang
Dongduk University Field day and exhibition tour

4 – 6 November

GB11 Finnisage
Forum co-organized with Inter-Asia Biennale Forum and Soyoung Kim.