'SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014 is held at the Seoul Museum of Art and Korean Film Archive. Celebrating its 8th anniversary this year, the main theme of Mediacity Seoul 2014, different from its previous themes, is "Asia". The continent of Asia has shared experiences of intense colonization, the Cold War, rapid economic growth and social change in a short period of time, but rarely were there any exhibitions that took this theme as their main subject. Hence, through the keywords of "Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers", this exhibition will look back on contemporary Asia. Ghosts stand for the forgotten history and traditions of Asia, spies symbolize the memories of the Cold War, and the grandmothers are metaphors of "women and time". The exhibited works, however, can transcend such themes or make a detour around them to present themselves in the state of ample possibility vis-à-vis the viewers. The three keywords are thus three passages entering into the exhibition.' - from the event website

This is Book 1 of the two-volume catalogue published in conjunction with the SeMA Biennale 'Mediacity Seoul 2014' from 2 September to 23 November 2014. It contains basic information on the exhibition and screenings, and focuses on participating artists and their works. With brief artist biographies.

Note: Participating artists from Asia are listed below.

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Onsite

Location code
EX.KOR.MCS.2014
Language

English, 

Korean

Publication/Creation date

2014

No of pages

184

ISBN / ISSN

9788965641001

No of copies

2

Content type

catalogue

Chapter headings

On the occasion of the SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014 - KIM Honghee, b. 1948, 김홍희

Why 'Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers?' - PARK Chankyong, 박찬경

SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014: Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers
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SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014: Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers, SeMA 비엔날레 미디어시티서울 2014: 귀신 간첩 할머니