김달진
‘남북 분단과 현대미술 ’에 관한 것으로 3월 2일 컬럼비아대학에서 열리는 국제 심포지엄입니다.
주관단체는 뉴욕에 설립된 비영리 미술단체 코리아 아트 포럼(KAE)으로
현대 미술프로젝트인 ‘유니파이 코리아(Unify Korea)’의 첫 프로그램인 국제 심포지엄입니다.
Heng-Gil Han T. 347-840-1142 hhan@kafny.org www.kafny.org
420 West 118th Street, Room 417
Reserve seats at rsvp@kafny.orgby Saturday, February 23, 2013
New York, New York, February 4, 2013 — The Korea Art Forum (KAF) is greatly pleased to welcome The Korea Times to join theinternational symposium, Common Ground,as exclusive media sponsor. On February1, the chief officers of the two organizations convened with the assistance ofthe AHL Foundation, an art organization in New York, which introduced bothorganizations to each other. The meetingwas highly productive, and the officers decided to collaborate on thismeaningful event that explores the possibility of arts exchange with NorthKorea.
The Korea Art Forum is a new non-profit organization based in NewYork. It will present its firstprogram, Common Ground, an international symposium inaugurating UnifyKorea, a project of contemporary art. This international symposium will take place in the Altschul Auditorium in the International AffairsBuilding at Columbia University, 420 West 118th Street Room 417, on Saturday, March 2, 2013from 1:00 pm — 7:00 pm. To reserveseats, please e-mail rsvp@kafny.org to leave yourcontact information and number of guests by Saturday, February 23, 2013.
Common Ground is a think-tank forum that argues for thenecessity of exchanging arts and culture between North Korea and the rest ofthe world, especially the United States, as an alternative approach to theKorean conflict, while also reexamining the complex geopolitical, economic andcultural landscape in the region.
Common Ground is also a preparatory measurement for Unify Korea, an international exhibitionseries of contemporary art, to be mounted in New York andother metropolitan cities around the world beginning in late 2014. This internationalsymposium attempts to find out how the exhibitions, in their contents andactivities, are to be outlined and presented to the public in order to preventinaccurate or misleading impressions.
The purpose of thesymposium is not only to embrace the public’s opinion and feedback about theexhibition series, but also topromote international public awareness and a morecomprehensive understanding of thegeopolitical issues of theKorean conflict immediately related to securing world peace, anddismantling walls between different countries, cultures, and races.
With theseobjectives, the symposium will examine specific facts and their meanings asthey relate to the current geopolitical situation surrounding the Koreanstruggle for peace, and the striking affinities that exist, despite the obviousdisparities, between North Korean arts and contemporary arts.
In his paper, TheFruits of Engagement with North Korea, 1994—2008, BruceCumings, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift, DistinguishedService Professor in History at the University of Chicago, IL, will argue forthe needto change the current US isolation policy towards North Korea, demonstratinghow the mainstream media misrepresents North Korea as a treacherous government that onlywants nuclear weapons.
Charles K. Armstrong, The Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studiesin the Social Sciences, Department of History, and the Director of The Centerfor Korean Research at Columbia University, will present NorthKorea’s Engagement with the World, deconstructing the myth of North Korea as“the most isolated country on earth” while taking account of recent changesthat indicate a new and potentially even more active North Korean involvementin international affairs.
Doug Hostetter, Director of theMennonite Central Committee (MCC), United Nations Office, will moderate thediscussion with Professor Armstrong and Professor Cumings on the currentinternational relationship with North Korea.
Under the title ExploringContemporary North Korean Art with a Focus on Chosonhwa,
BG Muhn, a painter and a professor of theArt and Art History Department at Georgetown University,will discuss the genealogy and aesthetics of Chosonhwa, traditional inkpainting on rice paper, which is the most popular and revered art form in NorthKorea.
In Between Yes and No, Morten Traavik — a Norwegian director whois among a very few artists who have been able to successfully develop a long-term collaborationwith North Korean cultural authorities based on mutual trust, respect andcuriosity, will share some examples of hisKorea-based work that, among other things, challenges established notions ofwhat constitute obstacles to an open and fruitful dialogue with North Korea.
Jane Farver, former LVAC Director of the List Visual Arts Center at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology, will lead the discussion with ProfessorMuhn and Mr. Traavik, exploring the North Korean art situation and theconditions for exchanging arts and culture with North Korea.
In her presentation of Forbidden Zones, Yu Yeon Kim, an independent curatorand the founder of DMZ Korea, an independent, non-profit organization in SouthKorea, willshare her curatorial experiences of organizing the international exhibitionseries, DMZ, over the past few yearsin New York and South Korea.
Soo Jung Hyun, a PhD and anindependent critic based in New York will review the exhibition Playground curated by Won-seok Koh forthe Arko Art Center in Seoul in 2012. The exhibition explored anxiety, fear, and uncertainty—thequintessential aspects of democracy—in South Koreans’ collective psyche,introducing the diverse ways young South Korean artists are dealing with thetraumatic reality that has been, and continues to be a part of building theirdemocratic society. In her presentation A Critical Reviewof Exhibition 'Playground': On the Anxiety in South-Korean Society , Dr. Hyun willanalyze Koh’s curatorial thesis and its meanings in relation to her ownexperience of living in the divided country.
Gordon Knox, Director of theArizona State University Art Museum will hold a discussion with Ms. Kim and Ms.Hyun, exploring South Koreans’ collective experience of a divided country asexpressed in works of contemporary art.
On behalf of the hosting organization, The Center forKorean Research at ColumbiaUniversity, Professor Armstrong willgive the welcome remarks.
On behalf of the Unify Korea Project AdvisoryCouncil, John L. Moore, anartist and a member of the Unify Korea Project Advisory Council, willdeliver a note defining the standpoint of the Advisory Council and multiplemeanings of the project, Unify Korea.
Heng-GilHan, one of the co-founders of the Korea ArtForum, a newly established New-York based independent art organization focusingon the potential impacts of Korean arts and culture on the advancement ofcontemporary art, will briefly introduce the symposium to the public,explaining its core concept, specific thematics, and structure.
For more information about the symposium, please contact us at hhan@kafny.org.
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Common Ground doesnot represent any government and their particular positions. It isorganized by the newly established, New York based, not-for-profit independentprivate organization Korea Art Forum (KAF) under the collective guidance of theUnify Korea Project Advisory Council that is composed of a group ofaccomplished artists, professionals, and scholars.
The symposium isco-sponsored by The Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, NY. Exclusive mediasponsorship is provided by The Korea Times, NY, through assistance of the AHL Foundation, NY. Hotel accommodation is, in part, provided bythe Hotel Stanford, NY.
KAF gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Arts Council Korea, Gallery Ho, and themembers of the KAF as well as the generous contributions of individual philanthropists.
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