{"id":123506,"date":"2024-09-24T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2024\/09\/seoul-litalia-in-mostra-alla-gwangju-biennale\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T18:30:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:30:51","slug":"seoul-litalia-in-mostra-alla-gwangju-biennale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2024\/09\/seoul-litalia-in-mostra-alla-gwangju-biennale\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul: Italy on display at the Gwangju Biennale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inauguration of the <strong>second edition of the Italian Pavilion<\/strong>, as part of the <strong>15th edition of the Gwangju <em>Biennale<\/em><\/strong>, was held on 7 September at the <strong>Dong-gok Art Museum in Gwangju<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was organized by the <strong>Italian Cultural Institute of Seoul<\/strong>, the <strong>Gwangju <em>Biennale<\/em><\/strong>, the <strong>Bomun Welfare Foundation<\/strong> and the <strong>Dong-gok Art Museum<\/strong>, with the support of the <strong>Mazzoleni gallery<\/strong>, London &#8211; Turin, the Bomun Welfare Foundation, as well as the institutional partnership with the <strong>Seoul Institute of the Arts<\/strong>, and the technical partnership for sound of <strong>Bang&amp;Olufsen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by the <strong>Italian Ambassador to Seoul<\/strong>, Emilia Gatto; the <strong>Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul<\/strong>, Michela Linda <strong>Magr\u00ec;<\/strong> the <strong>curator<\/strong> and artistic director of the Pavilion, Dr. <strong>Soik Jung<\/strong>, together with prominent figures such as the President of the Gwangju <em>Biennale<\/em>, <strong>Park Yangwoo;<\/strong> the mayor of Gwangju, <em>Kijung Kang<\/em>, and the President of the Bomun Welfare Foundation, <strong>Jeong YoungHyun<\/strong>, the organization that hosted the Pavilion.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the Italian Pavilion, open until January 31, is <strong><em>Ministries of Loneliness<\/em><\/strong> and it aims to examine the relationship between the individual (<strong>I<\/strong>) and the social\/collective environment (<strong>We<\/strong>), in the context of the multitudes of \u201ccertainties\u201d taken for granted, which are now collapsing. While the main exhibition of the Gwangju <em>Biennale<\/em>, \u201c<strong>Pansori &#8211; A Soundscape of the 21st Century<\/strong>\u201d, curated by Nicolas <strong>Bourriaud,<\/strong> deals with issues regarding the \u201cgreat outside\u201d &#8211; understood as the external world in its cosmological vastness &#8211; through sound, \u201cMinistries of Loneliness\u201d focuses on the relationship of the I with its surroundings (We).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ministries of Loneliness<\/em><\/strong> is a new chapter of \u201cMinistry of Loneliness\u201d, a context-specific project on which <strong>artist <\/strong>Rebecca <strong>Moccia<\/strong>, winner of the <strong><em>Cantica 21<\/em><\/strong> competition, has been working since 2021. In particular, the artist has created a series of workshops involving students from the Seoul Institute of the Arts in a participatory research process. The students have contributed not only as subjects of dialogue, but also as co-researchers to find and document places, stories, situations and media that reveal the roots and development of loneliness in Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Museum, an exhibition named \u201cItalian path\u201d has been set up, dedicated to the activities of the Italian Cultural Institute, curated by <strong>designer\/artist<\/strong> Andea <strong>Vecera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The inauguration of the second edition of the Italian Pavilion, as part of the 15th edition of the Gwangju Biennale, was held on 7 September at the Dong-gok Art Museum in Gwangju. 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