art in public space 2

Nam June Paik Art Center

 

The dynamic building  of the Nam June Paik Art Centre has two exhibition floors. On the 1F the exhibition 'Point-Line-Plain-TV' is running with works of Nam June Paik.

'TV-Garden' was first presented at the 'documenta 6' 1974. About thirty televisions in a small jungle of tropical plants.

Today the exhibition 'New Gameplay' opened on the 2F. The exhibition contains apparently some classics from the history of media art and video games. All works are to be played with by the visitor.

뉴 게임플레이 New Gameplay

Date: 2016. 7. 20 – 2017. 2. 19

Venue: 백남준아트센터 제2전시실 Nam June Paik Art Center(10 Paiknamjune-ro, Giheung-gu, yongin-si,Gyeonggi-do)

Opening events: 2016. 7. 20(Wed)

3pm - Curator Talk with 베른하르트 제렉세 (Bernhard Serexhe) and 슈테판 슈빙글러 (Stephan Schwingeler)/ 참가 신청 Sign up: edu@njpartcenter.kr

5pm - Opening ceremony

Link:  KO https://njp.ggcf.kr/archives/exhibit/new-gameplay

EN https://njpac-en.ggcf.kr/archives/exhibit/new-gameplay

MMCA Gwacheon

MMCA stands for National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. Gwacheon is the headquarter of MMCA. MMCA also has a museum location in the city centre of Seoul, a residency at Goyang (see blog post Jul 14) and a residency at Changdong (that is where I am in).

'The more the better' is a giant tower made of 1003 monitors (sponsored by Samsung Electronics) by Nam June Paik. The work forms the heart of the museum. The work and the museum are build to impress the world during the the Olympic Games of 1988 being held in Seoul.



















The museum was founded 30 years ago. Later this year there will be a celabration for the lustrum, leading up to the lustrum celebrations there is now an exhibition about the early years of MMCA Gwacheon.

The sculpture of the figure used to be able to mumble.

The museum is build as part of a culture and entertanment erae with a zoo and amusement park with roller coasters and a cable gondola. You can take the cable gondola to get from the museum to the metro station, going over a lake! (on the left you can see the amusement park, on the right the MMCA museum)

Icheon

Icheon is a ceramic village, the perfect place to find a souvenir. Behind the tourist shops are the ceramic workshops. Behind the ceramic workshops are the kilns and storages. And at the end there is the pot graveyard!

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