Following the decision of the government and the City of Busan to resume the operation of public facilities, we are pleased to announce that we will be opening our exhibition venues, MOCA Busan, Old Town and Yeongdo Harbor beginning from September 30th (Wed) following the government’s safety policies.
Responding to the decision of the government to encourage the citizens from the extended quarantine by opening the cultural facilities during Chuseok Holiday, we will put our effort to ensure the health and safety of visitors.
When entering the exhibition venues, visitors are required to be measured their body temperature, make a queue with social distance, use hand sanitizer and wear masks all the time.
The timed tickets will be available for online booking starting September 25th (Friday) and the price will be 12,000won for adults, 6,000won for youth and military & police and 4,000won for children. All tickets are required to be reserved in advance online via Yes24 website(ticket.yes24.com) or Busan Bank SUMBANK application. Both on-site ticketing and a group viewing are currently unavailable and the reservation can be made 1 hour before your entry.
About the Busan Biennale 2020 Words at an Exhibition 《열 장의 이야기와 다섯 편의 시》 an exhibition in ten chapters and five poems:
Participating artists, musicians, and writers in the Busan Biennale 2020:
Artists: Mercedes AZPILICUETA, BAE Jimin, Dave Hullfish BAILEY, Neïl BELOUFA, Gerry BIBBY, Hannah BLACK, Bianca BONDI, Monica BONVICINI, Nicolas BOONE, Dineo Seshee BOPAPE, Gerard BYRNE, CO/EX, Sandú DARIÉ, Sara DERAEDT, Stephan DILLEMUTH, Stan DOUGLAS, Mandy EL-SAYEGH, Kim GORDON, Daiga GRANTINA, Jos DE GRUYTER & Harald THYS, HAN Mook, Aziz HAZARA, Camille HENROT, HEO Chanmi, Karl HOLMQVIST, HUANG Po-Chih, JANG Minseung, JUNG Yoonsuk, KANG Jungsuck, Barbara KASTEN, KIM Ayoung, KIM Heecheon, Jeuno JE KIM & Ewa EINHORN, KOO Donghee, KOO Jeong A, KWON Yongju, LEE Seulgi, LEE Yona, LIM Ho, Charles LIM Yi Yong, LIU Wa, Inger Wold LUND, Jill MAGID, Louise HERVÉ & Clovis MAILLET, Nathaniel MELLORS, Angelica MESITI, László MOHOLY-NAGY, Jean Katambayi MUKENDI, Lasse Krogh MØLLER, NHO Wonhee, Emeka OGBOH, Erkan ÖZGEN, PARK Sangho, RAM HAN, Araya RASDJARMREARNSOOK, Francesc RUIZ, Amalie SMITH, SONG Kicheol, SONG Minjung, Josef STRAU, SUH Yongsun, Zai TANG & Rei HAYAMA, Barthélémy TOGUO, Thu-Van TRAN, VANDY Rattana, Marnie WEBER, Peter WÄCHTLER, Carey YOUNG, and Robert ZHAO Renhui.
Musicians: CHOI Taehyun, 食品まつり a.k.a FOODMAN, Kim GORDON, KIM Ildu, J-TONG and JINJAH, Søren KJÆRGAARD, MEUKO! MEUKO!, ODÆRI, Elias Bender RØNNENFELT, SAY SUE ME and Astrid SONNE
Writers: BAE Suah, BAK Solmay, KIM Hyesoon, KIM Keum Hee, KIM Soom, KIM Un-su, PYUN Hye-young, Mark von SCHLEGELL, Amalie SMITH, Andrés Felipe SOLANO, and YI Sang Woo.
Words at an Exhibition 《열 장의 이야기와 다섯 편의 시》 an exhibition in ten chapters and five poems is derived from the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s (1839–1881) piano composition, Pictures at an Exhibition (1874), which is a sonic interpretation of ten artworks made by his friend Viktor Hartmann (1834–1873). Mussorgsky transformed Hartmann’s two-dimensional works into another medium, sound. By borrowing this approach of interpreting and translating the Busan Biennale 2020 attempts to transform the city into short stories and poems and into artworks and sound.
PS. When we found out – four/five days before the opening – that we could not open on 5thSeptember the team made a huge effort to have an online opening/platform. If you can not come to Busan at least there is a 3D tour on the http://www.busanbiennale.org/eng Thank you again and enjoy.
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards, Jacob Fabricius Kunstfaglig direktør / Artistic Director Kunsthal Aarhus / J.M. Mørks Gade13 / 8000 Aarhus / Denmark
Artistic Director / Busan Biennale 2020
