2020 ASIA SULTURE WEEK 'ONE ASIA'
2020 Asia Culture Week Experience Asian Culture and Enjoy the Festival “One Asia”
- Date2020.10.17 - 10.31
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- Age LimitAll ages
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2020 Asia Culture Week
Experience Asian Culture and Enjoy the Festival
Experience Asian Culture and Enjoy the Festival
“One Asia”
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The Asia Culture Center and Asia Culture Institute, and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold“2020 Asia Culture Week – One Asia” from October 17 (Sat) to October 31 (Sat) throughout the ACC.
2020 Asia Culture Week programs have been prepared in cooperation with 10 embassies from countries across Asia, together with the Gwangju International Center, Gwangju Cultural Foundation, Gwangju Koryoin Center, and related organizations.
With the long-term COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world are suffering from “coronavirus blues” due to the invisible distances between countries and people. 2020 Asia Culture Week presents a variety of Asian performances, exhibitions, and experiences that visitors can watch and enjoy, to overcome the current situation through coexistence and solidarity by sharing and communicating various Asian culture.
Please enjoy more than 20 events (performances, exhibitions, participation and festivals, international conferences, and forums) presented online and offline throughout the ACC during the 2020 Asia Culture Week. We hope they bring comfort and joy during these times of struggle.
2020 Asia Culture Week programs have been prepared in cooperation with 10 embassies from countries across Asia, together with the Gwangju International Center, Gwangju Cultural Foundation, Gwangju Koryoin Center, and related organizations.
With the long-term COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world are suffering from “coronavirus blues” due to the invisible distances between countries and people. 2020 Asia Culture Week presents a variety of Asian performances, exhibitions, and experiences that visitors can watch and enjoy, to overcome the current situation through coexistence and solidarity by sharing and communicating various Asian culture.
Please enjoy more than 20 events (performances, exhibitions, participation and festivals, international conferences, and forums) presented online and offline throughout the ACC during the 2020 Asia Culture Week. We hope they bring comfort and joy during these times of struggle.
Schedule
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| Performance (6) |
Asia Traditional Orchestra`s New Works Release 2020 (Online) |
2Oct 22, 2020 ACC Youtube |
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| 2020 Asia Dance Community Choreo-Lab Showcase highlight video | Oct 17 ~ 31, 2020 ACC Youtube / Media Wall |
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| <The Sorrow of War>&<Sorrow and Seed> | Oct 30 ~ Nov 1, 2020 ACC Youtube |
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| ACC Asian Story Children’s Contents Project <Magic Spring> |
Oct 23 ~ 25, 2020 ACC Children Playhouse |
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| The Silk Road story read through music | Oct 24, 2020 Theater 2 |
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| Asia Storytelling Performance “I am Koryoin” |
Oct 17, 2020 Theater 2 |
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| Exhibition (6) |
The ACC Night Culture Contents Media Facade Projects <Luminous ACC> | Aug 17 ~ Dec 31, 2020 Asia Plaza & Gate 5 |
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| 2020 ACC CONTEXT <Solidarity Spores> |
May 15 ~ Oct 25, 2020 Space 3, 4, ACC Creation |
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| ASIA CULTURE MAP <Road of Ramayana> |
Oct 27 ~ Nov 29, 2020 ACC Theater Lobby |
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| Technology-based Exhibition Structure Design Showcase | Oct 27 ~ 30, 2020 Library Park |
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| 2020 ACC Gwangju Asian Artists Exhibition <UN·TACT> |
Oct 15, 2020 ~ Mar 14, 2021 Space 6, ACC Creation |
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| MaytoDay | Oct 14 ~ Nov 29, 2020 Space 5, ACC Creation / Space 3, ACC Cultural Exchange |
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| International Conference & Forum (5) |
2020 ASEAN-ROK CULTURE INNOVATION SUMMIT | Oct 21 ~ 22, 2020 KOFICE Youtube |
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| ASIA CULTURE FORUM | Oct 20, 2020 ACC Conference Hall |
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| The 2nd Asia Culture Network Meeting | Oct 27, 2020 ACI Conference Room |
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| 2020 ASIA ART SPACE NETWORK FORUM | Oct 23, 2020 ACC Conference Hall |
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| 2020 ACC Asia National Embassy Cooperation Meeting | Oct 23 ~ 24, 2020 ACC Conference Hall |
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| Public Event (4) |
2020 Online Asia Culture Plaza | Oct 17 ~ 31, 2020 ACC Homepage & Youtube |
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| Children's Cultural Diversity Education Program (Online) |
- Hats on, around the world | Oct 17 / 31, 2020 | |
| - Let’s play with the Picture Book | Oct 17 / 31, 2020 | ||
| - Come play, in the forest of stories | Oct 18 / 25, 2020 | ||
| - Magical Fairy Tales | Oct 18 / 25, 2020 | ||
| - Electronic cooking with Asia | Oct 24, 2020 | ||
| - Money, What is it? | Oct 24, 2020 | ||
| ACC Humanities Lecture | Oct 28, 2020 Theater 3, ACC ARCHIVE & RESEARCH |
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| 2020 Enjoy Library Park! | Oct 20, 2020 Theater 3, ACC ARCHIVE & RESEARCH |
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Program
Performance Program
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PerformanceAsia Traditional Orchestra`s New Works Release 2020 (Online)
Oct 22, 2020
ACC Youtube
The Asia Traditional Orchestra has held domestic performances and workshops throughout the last decade, but this year has faced cancellations due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the ACC has sought out alternative avenues to overcome the limitations on international exchange caused by COVID-19, and has also explored new content. Videos were recorded to bring together 37 performers located in 11 different countries as a complete Asia Traditional Orchestra, and will be released 3 times from October to December.
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Performance2020 Asia Dance Community Choreo-Lab Showcase highlight video
Oct 17 ~ 31, 2020
ACC Youtube / Media Wall
Showcase highlight video from choreographers participating in the 2020 Asia Dance Community Choreographer LAB during their residency, showing the results of their creative activities, such as research, mentoring, and collaboration.
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Performance
Oct 30 ~ Nov 1, 2020
ACC Youtube
Two showcase performances adapted from the 2nd Asian Literature Award-winning novel
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PerformanceACC Asian Story Children’s Contents Project
Oct 23 ~ 25, 2020
ACC Children Playhouse
Time to face the truth that everyone knows but forgot! A mixed-media production combining various shadow performances, sand art, and music!
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PerformanceThe Silk Road story read through music
Oct 24, 2020
Theater 2
Like maple leaves changing colors in autumn, one picture book has various colors. The Asian Stories Picture Book, created by the ACC, is filled with old stories passed down from the grasslands and deserts of Central Asia. The Silk Road Story Read Through Music, to be held at Theater 2 on Saturday, October 24th, stems from these small picture books. Pianist NOH Young Shim's accompanying composition will be premiered on the stage with piano performance, experimental video, and young dancers. In harmony with all the components of the stage, the sunlight, and the sound of the wind of Silk Road hidden in the picture book will travel close to us.
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PerformanceAsia Storytelling Performance “I am Koryoin”
Oct 17, 2020
Theater 2
The Asia Storytelling musical “I am Koryo-Saram”, portraying the 80 years of history of exile and return of Koryo-Saram, starts from Primorsky Krai and journeys through Central Asia up to South Korea, including the epic of pain and comfort of colonialism and imperialism.
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Exhibition
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ExhibitionThe ACC Night Culture Contents Media Facade Projects
Aug 17 ~ Dec 31, 2020
Asia Plaza & Gate 5
The outdoor area of the Asia Culture Center, a world-class cultural space, is re-purposed as a nighttime culture plaza through various creative art projects for citizens to enjoy the atmosphere.
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Exhibition2020 ACC CONTEXT
May 15 ~ Oct 25, 2020
Space 3, 4, ACC Creation
The exhibition Solidarity Spores reexamines the history of the non-alignment movement and the cultural and artistic practices that corresponded to it, and questions how to escape the cracks and conflicts that appear after the globalization of neoliberalism through the spirit of solidarity. In particular, it opens up new hopes and possibilities for a new order, balance, and common history through the practice of art while visualizing historical time and space that the younger generation has not experienced.
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ExhibitionASIA CULTURE MAP
Oct 27 ~ Nov 29, 2020
ACC Theater Lobby
Interactive information exploration exhibition combining ACC's Asian cultural resources and cultural technology
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ExhibitionTechnology-based Exhibition Structure Design Showcase
Oct 27 ~ 30, 2020
Library Park
The showcase event offers an advance look at the exhibition contents to be introduced in the remodeled Library Park in 2021. It consists of two exhibitions: Institutional data-oriented technology-based exhibition contents, and Archive exhibition contents.
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Exhibition2020 ACC Gwangju Asian Artists Exhibition
Oct 15, 2020 ~ Mar 14, 2021
Space 6, ACC Creation
The 2020 ACC Regional Asian Artists Exhibition <언·택트 UN·TACT> conveys the contrast of life in a non-face-to-face and non-contact manner among the changes in daily life caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of seven young artists. The exhibition <언·택트 UN·TACT> provides a forum for contemplating the post-COVID-19 era through the work of artists from Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan, and seeks the possibility of a new standard (new normal) of ‘untact’ and non-contact culture and life.
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ExhibitionMaytoDay
Oct 14 ~ Nov 29, 2020
Space 5, ACC Creation / Space 3, ACC Cultural Exchange
The Gwangju Biennale Foundation presents MaytoDay, a multinational special exhibition project commemorating the 40th anniversary of the May 18 Democratization Movement. It re-explores the contemporary democratic spirit of 5∙18, not as a fossilized historical event, but something that is still in effect in an international context.
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International Conference & Forum (5)
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Conference2020 ASEAN-ROK CULTURE INNOVATION SUMMIT
Oct 21 ~ 22, 2020
KOFICE Youtube
Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and co-organized by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) and the ACC, the project will discuss the importance of exchange and cooperation between countries in the changing culture and art environment of the post-COVID-19 era, to form a cultural consensus between Korea and ASEAN to present sustainable solidarity and cooperation plans. The two-day event from October 21st to 22nd plans to unfold various stories from 11 countries through forums, performances, and exhibitions under the theme of ASEAN and Korea's Challenge and Innovation.
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ForumASIA CULTURE FORUM
Oct 20, 2020
ACC Conference Hall
Domestic and international experts from home and abroad participate in a broad discussion on Asian cultural discourse, on the topic of Transformation of Civilization-New Normal Era, Possibility of Cultural Solidarity, considering daily changes due to the prolonged global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In particular, various forums for discussion will be prepared, focusing on cultural issues for each session, including a special talk on Noam Chomsky's Anthropocene, Dangerous Society, Hegemony.
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ConferenceThe 2nd Asia Culture Network Meeting
Oct 20, 2020
ACI Conference Room
Meetings of heads of culture and art institutions in Asian countries, and discussions on ways to exchange culture and art in the post-COVID-19 era, as well as the formation of a council.
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Forum2020 ASIA ART SPACE NETWORK FORUM
Oct 23, 2020
ACC Conference Hall
The 2020 ACC Art Space Network International Forum, with the theme of The Resilience of Art Recovery, examines the art revival movement of Asian creative spaces in the post-pandemic era and discusses ways to restore the original value of art in which artists are the subject.
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Forum2020 ACC Asia National Embassy Cooperation Meeting
Oct 23 ~ 24, 2020
ACC Conference Hall
The 2020 Asian Embassy Cooperation Meeting will be held for the promotion, exchange, and distribution of ACC cultural contents in Asian countries.
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Public Event (4)
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Event2020 Online Asia Culture Plaza
Oct 17 ~ 31, 2020
ACC Homepage & Youtube
An invitation to the Asia Culture Plaza, to take a virtual trip abroad to enjoy Asian foods and cultural experiences. Enjoy special and exotic culture, foods, and crafts introduced by Gwangju community residents from six Asian countries. Don't miss out on this special opportunity, open to everyone!
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KidsHats on, around the world
Oct 17 / 31, 2020
ACC Homepage
A program to learn about hats from various countries around the world, and to make a kalpak, the traditional hat of Kyrgyzstan.
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KidsLet’s play with the Picture Book
Oct 17 / 31, 2020
ACC Homepage
Book-related program with children’s literature writers in Gwangju
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KidsCome play, in the forest of stories
Oct 18 / 25, 2020
ACC Homepage
Storytelling program of Central Asia picture books published by the Asia Culture Center
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KidsMagical Fairy Tales
Oct 18 / 25, 2020
ACC Homepage
A program that explores many similar fairy tales in Asia and expresses them through a moving puppet show.
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KidsElectronic cooking with Asia
Oct 24, 2020
ACC Homepage
A program looking at food from various countries and cooking with electric appliances.
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KidsMoney, What is it?
Oct 24, 2020
ACC Homepage
A program to learn about the culture of Asian currencies and create a currency commemorating 2020.
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EducationACC Humanities Lecture
Oct 28, 2020
Theater 3, ACC ARCHIVE & RESEARCH
How much do you know about the lives of labourers and minjung (the people)? Representative contemporary writer HWANG Sok-yong will reflect on the story of three generations of railroad workers' families, from the Japanese colonial period to the 21st century, covering 100 years of Korea through the fierce history of the labourer.
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Event2020 Enjoy Library Park!
Oct 20, 2020
Theater 3, ACC ARCHIVE & RESEARCH
Designed to understand together poems of JEONG Ho-seung, and the secrets of life that are the background to them, the lecture will provide time to reflect on one's own life and form a bond of sympathy to heal. It will also provide chances to listen to some of his poems that became songs.
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