After the very problematic transmediale last year, that resulted in the quiet and early departure of director Nora O Murchu, I was quite worried how this edition will turn out. My worries increased when another anti-projewish message was posted on the tm web in November. Would the paying visitors be again taken innocent hostages to…
Prague, 14 June – 29 September, 2024, https://matterof.art For this edition, the itinerant biennial moved to the large hall of the Trade Fair Palace (Veletrzni Palac) of the National Gallery. Another half of the show was in the City Gallery of Lidice outside of Prague. This linked into the theme of the show, which focused…
Frankfurt/Main, August 3 – 11, 2024, https://www.instagram.com/marsfrankfurt/ A group of befriended artists from Japan and Germany organised a show together. Different styles, different media, different gerenrations. The connecting point seems to have been some kind of residency program, and the motivation the obtaining of some Japanese artist mobility grants to enjoy a European summer culture…
Busan, May 8 – June 30, 2024, https://www.kukjegallery.com/ Na Kim is a well known Korean graphic designer who “made it” in New York. Capitalising on her fame in Korea, she now branched out into painting. The exhibits where classical acrylic-on-canvas or acryllic-on-wood paintings, taking up motives and assemblages from her scrapbook. One could clearly see…
Busan, May 1 – May 24, 2024, http://www.f1963.org An exhibit of many handcrafted paper dolls showing a scene of … I think it was a Japanese envoy visiting Korea? 300 hundred something years ago? It seems to be an important event in Busan, that is also regularly commemorated. Unfortunately all the text was in Korean…
Busan, December 8, 2023 – June 16, 2024, https://motorstudio.hyundai.com/busan Jimin Park curated show. A furtniture designer and curator. It was quite educational/illustrative. Artworks that show/explain something. Somehow more like a experiential sociological/marketing study about smart home target groups. Even though the intent behind individual artworks might have been different, maybe even opposite, the overall assembly…
Busan, http://www.f1963.org A wire factory reconstructed as a multicultural complex. A nice place to hang out for everyone. Nice architecture. The biggest floor space was taken up by a large cafe. The surrounding area contained enough land for future development… we all know how it goes… Build a nicely designed culture space in a converted…
Yongin, March 21, 2024 – August 18, 2024 (Blockchain) / February 23, 2025 (Wake Up), https://njp.ggcf.kr This was my third visit to the Nam June Paik Art Center (after 2012 and 2013). One decade later, the exhibition titles are new, but I was greeted by the same TV garden, the same Paik robot, the same…
Suwon, February 27 – June 9, 2024, https://suma.suwon.go.kr Lee Gil Beom 이길범 “Down Memory Lane” was a solo exhibition of a local Suwon artist. Traditional ink painting. Mostly traditional motives. Some Suwon related. I would not have thought this would be my favorite show of the day. But it was. It was touching to see…
Suwon, April 16, 2024 – March 3, 2025, https://suma.suwon.go.kr “Second Impact” was looking at different aspects of the relationship between an original and a copy and what these terms mean. The starting point were a few chapters of curatorial text, which would be great as a curriculum for a visual culture class at university. The…