The 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale

The 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, also known as the Media City Seoul 2008, will be held at the Seoul Museum of Art from September 12 through November 5. With the first exhibition held in 2000 and the fifth this year, the Seoul International Media Art Biennale has continually served as a stage for the historical evolution of new media art – as opposed to most other exhibitions devoted to this genre being no more than single-bout events – and positioned itself as one of the leading festivities garnering major attention both within and outside the country.

The fifth Biennale, in particular, is of the significance that it serves as a retrospective review of past exhibitions and a preparation for the coming decade. Accordingly, this year’s exhibition is intended to ask and search for answers, in a diverse array of exhibits, to such fundamental yet essential questions as: What is new media art? What could be some of the differences in traditional art and new media art? What artistic changes has new media art brought? And what influences new media art could have on art at large in coming years?

The 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale
　
Duration　　September 12, 2008 (Fri.) ~ November 5, 2008 (Wed.), 55days
Opening　　September 11, 2008 (Thu.) 5PM
Venue　　　Seoul Museum of Art
Host　　　Seoul Metropolitan Government
Organizer　　Seoul Museum of Art

Director　　Ilho Park
Curator　　　Maarten Bertheux
　　　　　　 Raúl Zamudio
　　　　　　 Tohru Matsumoto
　　　　　　 Andreas Broeckmann

Theme　　　Turn and Widen
　　　　　　　　Light, Communication and Time

http://www.mediacityseoul.or.kr/En/index.html
http://anaisafranco.com/projects_connected.html

Articles:
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/10/media-city-seoul-round-two.php
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2008/09/media-city-seoul-round-one.php