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Seoul in Media
Seoul in Media 1988-2002, Catalog, MMCA Art Research Center Collection, Gift of Park Sungwoo

Seoul in Media

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Seoul in Media was a special exhibition series held three times by the Seoul Museum of Art from 1996 through 1999 at the Memorial Hall for the 600th Anniversary of the Capital Seoul (present-day Gyeonghuigung Palace site). The first edition Seoul in Media: 1988–2002, which was held from October 7 through 20, 1996, was intended to reflect and discover new images of Seoul during the period from the Seoul Olympics to the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. A total of twenty-seven Korean artists, including Hong Suncheol, Kim Jangsup, and Lee Kangwoo, exhibited their works in various forms such as video, photography, animation, and installation works. Some of these works were screened on more than a dozen of large electronic news boards throughout Seoul. From October 16 through November 4, 1998, Seoul in Media: Food, Clothing, Shelter was held. The invited curator Lee Youngchul organized an exhibition that allowed open interpretations by using an unrestrained space design. Lee’s curation was favorably received. The four teams and fifty-four artists who gathered under the theme of “everydayness” used a wide variety of media and included many emerging artists, such as Kim Sora, Yang Haegue, Ham Yangah, Lim Minouk, and Jeong Hyeseung. The 1999 exhibition Seoul in Media: Lumia of Century was held from October 15 through November 3. With thirty-three artists participating, this edition consisted exclusively of media art based on the theme of “light,” including video, computer, photography, laser, and hologram. The exhibition space was designed by Min Sohn-joo, who was also a participating artist, and she created a space where visitors could interact with the displayed works. The Seoul in Media exhibition series in the second half of the 1990s exerted influence upon changes in the Korean art scene by providing a model for exhibition planning and curatorial rules, raising interest in media art, and serving as a platform for emerging artists. Since 2000, the Seoul in Media has been held every two years in the format of an expanded international biennale Media City Seoul (renamed Seoul Mediacity Biennale in 2014).
* Source: MMCA

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