2021 ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition < Adorable Big Brother>
The Asia Culture Center is holding 2021 ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition Adorable Big Brother: On Never Being Alone Again from August 13 to November 14, 2021. As part of the local artists exhibition series launched in 2017, the “ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition” delivers contemporary social issues and discourses through the works of artists in Gwangju and Asia from the perspective of the humanities and arts.
- DateAugust 13(Fri.) –November 14(Sun.), 2021
- Time10:00-18:00 ※ Closed on every Monday
- PlaceSpace 6
- Age LimitAll Ages
- Price Free
- TicketACC Website
- Contact+82-1899-5566
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2021 ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition
Adorable Big Brother: On Never Being Alone Again
Adorable Big Brother: On Never Being Alone Again
The heated argument against the surveillance and infringements on personal life by the government under the name of the prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to gather pace. The 2021 ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition Adorable Big Brother: On Never Being Alone Again delivers the light and shade of our life where panopticon and synopticon co-exist from the perspectives of an Asian artist. This exhibit is expected to seek out the possibilities for inspiring a new standard for public interest and the personal dignity of today’s society, where it is inevitable to co-exist with COVID-19, and provide a forum for public discussion to think of a reality where no one will be able to be alone again.
Asia Culture Center (“ACC,” Acting President CHOI Won-il) and the Asia Culture Institute (“ACI,” President LEE Gi Pyo) present a meaningful exhibition that can contemplate the light and shade of surveillance in the COVID-19 pandemic era from the perspectives of art and humanities.
The 2021 ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition Adorable Big Brother: On Never Being Alone Again held at Space 6 of ACC Creation from August 13 to November 14, 2021, is part of the projects by the ACC related to the region to plunge into the mutual growth of the regional cultures. Since its inception in 2017, the ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition delivers contemporary social issues and discourses through the projects by artists from Gwangju and Asia from the perspective of art and humanities.
Asia Culture Center (“ACC,” Acting President CHOI Won-il) and the Asia Culture Institute (“ACI,” President LEE Gi Pyo) present a meaningful exhibition that can contemplate the light and shade of surveillance in the COVID-19 pandemic era from the perspectives of art and humanities.
The 2021 ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition Adorable Big Brother: On Never Being Alone Again held at Space 6 of ACC Creation from August 13 to November 14, 2021, is part of the projects by the ACC related to the region to plunge into the mutual growth of the regional cultures. Since its inception in 2017, the ACC Gwangju & Asian Artists Exhibition delivers contemporary social issues and discourses through the projects by artists from Gwangju and Asia from the perspective of art and humanities.
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Proposals for the 21st-century surveillance society by Asian artists
The digitalization of daily life in the 4th Industrial Revolution in the 21st century has changed the methods, purposes, and styles of surveillance from oppression to temptation, from production to consumption, and from control to exclusion. The pandemic that broke out in the corner where Big Brother and Little Brothers come together has accelerated the journey of post-panopticon. The pandemic sweeping across the entire world has ignited discussions from every walk of life with respect to the need for the surveillance of the central government and the transparent sharing of personal information to prevent the epidemic and made the danger of the infringement on private life and human rights visible. In this era, this exhibition provides an open platform where people can contemplate the shared and different perspectives on the light and shades of surveillance society through the works by contemporary Asian artists.
Artists from Gwangju, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Manila, and Rangpur
Yeon Sook LEE, LIM Yonghyun, the two artists from Gwangju or working based on the city, and six artists (teams) from/working based on Asia—DENG Yufeng (Beijing), aaajiao (Shanghai), Chim↑Pom (Tokyo), Eisa JOCSON (Manila), Hasan ELAHI (Ranpur), and Zheng Mahler (Hong Kong)—participated in this exhibition. The exhibition consists of ten works, including four new works commissioned by the ACC in 2021. This exhibit is expected to seek out the possibility for a new standard for public interest and the personal dignity of today’s society, where it is inevitable to co-exist with COVID-19, and provide a forum for public discussion to think of a reality where no one will be able to be alone again through various works by artists from Gwangju and Asia.
Artist
- Hasan ELAHI
- Born in 1972, Bangladesh. Based in Washington D.C.
- Eisa Jocson
- Born in 1986, Philippines. Based in Manila
- DENG Yufeng 邓玉峰
- Born in 1985, China. Based in Beijing
- aaajiao / XU Wenkai 徐文恺
- Born in 1984, China. Based in Berlin and Shanghai
- Chim↑Pom
- Formed in 2005, Japan. Based in Tokyo
- Yeon Sook LEE
- Born in 1976, South Korea. Based in Seoul and Gwangju
- LIM Yonghyun
- Born in 1982, South Korea. Based in Gwangju
- Zheng Mahler
- Formed in 2014, Australia. Based in Hong Kong
Featured Works
aaajiao / XU Wenkai 徐文恺 404404404, 2017
Mixed media, Mixed materials, ink, sponge roller, Dimensions variable
Installation view from the exhibition aaajiao: User, Love, High-frequency Trading at Leo Xu Projects (Shanghai), 2017, Courtesy of the artist, Photo by JJYPHOTO
Installation view from the exhibition aaajiao: User, Love, High-frequency Trading at Leo Xu Projects (Shanghai), 2017, Courtesy of the artist, Photo by JJYPHOTO
Chim↑Pom It's the Wall World, 2014–ongoing
Two-channel video installation / Two-channel video, color, sound / Dimensions variable, / video 14 min 14 sec / Courtesy of the artist
DENG Yufeng 邓玉峰 A Disappeared Movement, 2020
Mixed media / Two-channel video, color, sound, performance art clip, participants, motion-tracking diagram, guide map, reflective belt, photos /
Dimensions variable, video 13 min 1 sec (upper) and 8 min 42 sec (lower) / Courtesy of the artist
Dimensions variable, video 13 min 1 sec (upper) and 8 min 42 sec (lower) / Courtesy of the artist
Eisa JOCSON Zoo (Archive), 2020
Archived videos of durational live-streamed performances installation / Five-channel video, color, sound / Dimensions variable, video 8 hr /
Performed by Eisa Jocson, Russ Ligtas, Bunny Cadag, Cathrine Go, and Joshua Serafin / Commissioned by Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong / Courtesy of the artist
Performed by Eisa Jocson, Russ Ligtas, Bunny Cadag, Cathrine Go, and Joshua Serafin / Commissioned by Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong / Courtesy of the artist
Hasan ELAHI Thousand Little Brothers, 2021
Photographic print wallpaper / 1,200Ⅹ300cm / Commissioned by Asia Culture Center / Courtesy of the artist
Zheng Mahler The Master Algorithm, 2019
Hologram installation / 3D Animation, 9 holographic ventilators, blue tooth sound, two-channel speaker, headphones /
Dimensions variable, video 15 min 24 sec / Courtesy of the artist
Dimensions variable, video 15 min 24 sec / Courtesy of the artist
Yeon Sook LEE Void Place, 2021
Mixed media / Mixed materials, urethane sheet, bells, magic mirror / Dimensions variable
LIM Yonghyun Sweet Truman, 2021
Mixed media / Single-channel alpha video, webcam, color, sound, polystyrene, urethane / 200Ⅹ200cm, video 3 min 15 sec (loop) /
Commissioned by Asia Culture Center / Courtesy of the artist
Commissioned by Asia Culture Center / Courtesy of the artist
Place Info.
ACC Creation, Space 6
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