Ecological Art from Beneath: Gangwon, Learning from Ant Tunnels
September 26 to October 27, 2024
According to ecosystem and ecology researchers, ant tunnels, a habitat of ant communities, serve as an important ventilator when discharging warm air from above-ground to underground. Yet, because of their location and size, they are mostly kept hidden and invisible to human civilization. Inspired by the symbolic meanings of ant tunnels, known for their alternative, microscopic perspective, and the organic social structure of anti-communities, this year’s Triennale seeks to look at ecological art from the perspective of shifting attitudes, entailing the redefinition of the relationships between humans and nature, humans and humans, and the local and the global.
CURATORIAL TEAM
Artistic Director: Koh Dong-Yeon (Korea, Art Historian, Critic, Adjunct Professor at Ewha Womans University) – Commissioner: Raul Zamudio (USA, Critic, Curator, Founder & Director of Proyectos); Kodama Kanazawa (Japan, Critic and Art Director, Independent Curator); Richard Streitmatter-Tran (Vietnam, Artist, Independent Curator and Lecturer) – Curator: Hur Yurim (Korea, Independent Curator)
ARTISTS
Ahn Jaehong (Canada-Germany), Ahn Jonghyun (Korea), Ana Mendieta (Cuba-USA), Bosco Sodi (Mexico), Bui Cong Khanh (Vietnam), Chen Xi (China), Cho Youngjoo (Korea), Dennis Oppenheim (USA), Duy-Phuong Le Nguyen (Vietnam), Eelkwon Robert Kim (Korea), George Osodi (Nigeria), Ham Hyekyung (Korea), Han Seokkyung (Korea), Heo Taewon (Korea), Im Sangbin (Korea), Jang Hanna (Korea), Joanna Rajkowska (Poland-UK), Jo Eunmi (Korea), Jung Jungyeob (Korea), Jung Seunghae (Korea), Jung Yeondoo (Korea), Kanain (Korea-UK), Kim Jisoo (Korea), Kim Oksun (Korea), Ken & Julia Yonetani (Japan-Australia), Le Phi Long (Vietnam), Lee Jiyen (Korea), Li Binyuan (China), Lim Seungkyun (Korea), Lim Yoonkyung (Korea), Mary Mattingly (USA), Nana & Felix (Korea – Finland), Ngoc Nau (Vietnam), Oh Soonmi (Korea), Oh Youkyeong (Korea), Parastou Forouhar (Iran-Germany), Park Munhee (Korea), Regina José Galindo (Guatemala), Rivane Neuenschwander and Cao Guimarães (Brazil), Ryu Biho (Korea), Saba Khan of Pak Khawateen Painting Club (Pakistan-UK), Sander Wassink (Netherlands), Shin Gyungjin (Korea), Studio 1750 (Korea), Sugisaki Haruna (Japan), Son Son Son (Korea), Tatiana Wolska (Poland-Belgium), Tomas Saraceno (Argentina-Germany), Yee Sookyung (Korea), Yo-E Ryou (Korea)
Artisttalk on October 5th 2024