/ Flickering Shores, Sea Imaginaries
Flickering Shores, Sea Imaginaries, is a large-scale, outdoor, sea art festival commissioned by Busan Biennale. This year’s edition, is inviting us to rethink our relationship with the sea, referring to the beauty but at the same time, the fragility of our shores, and exploring alternative frameworks and visions for engaging with the ocean and marine environments. Instead of viewing the sea from the coast as a divided and abstract surface for moving around commodities, Flickering Shores, Sea Imaginaries reminds us that we are part of the same body of water. Taking place along Ilgwang Beach in Busan, South Korea, this exhibition aims to explore new relationships with the sea and its ecologies, enabling spaces for cooperation, collective visions and synergies as a call to resistance and restoration.
Participating Artists:
Ari Bayuaji / Atelier NL / Calypso36o21 / Cho Eun-Phil / Dukkyoung Wang / Emma Critchley / Eunhae Jung & Zune Lee / Félix Blume / Gary Zhexi Zhang / Hypercomf / J.R. Carpenter & Tomo Kihara / Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman & Daniel Kelle / Jang Seungwook / Julia Lohmann & Kayoung Kim / Kasia Molga / Kim Doki / Lab C / Liquid Time / Merilyn Fairskye / Mongjoo Son / Muhannad Shono / Rebecca Moss / Renata Padovan / Robertina Sebjanic / STUDIO 1750 SUPERFLEX / Seema Nursat / Shailesh BR / Yang Jazoo / Yasuaki Onishi / Yun Pil Nam
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01.VIRTUAL MAP
The exhibition was designed to be fully integrated along the beach, so that casual passersby could become exhibition visitors simply by coming across the exhibits. Artworks would then turn into meeting points and event spaces, adding to the beach’s vibrancy and collective ambiance. In terms of the design process, the sea shore layout, its various subspaces, and multiple meeting points became attractors for potential works of art and their multidimensional character. The most public works of art could then be found near the southest most public area, reflecting the scale and rhythm of the city, while those with a more intimate character found their way along the northern less busiest part of the beach, reflecting the solitude of the sea.
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what
PLĀSMATA: BODIES, DREAMS, AND DATA
DIGITAL ART EXHIBITION
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how big
1.5 Km
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why
EXPERIENCE ART MACHINES
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where
ATHENS, PEDION TOU AREOS
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process
01.VIRTUAL MAP
02.CONNECTIONIST MODEL
03.ARTWORK DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
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DIVIDED_SpY
@Busan Biennale | 2023
RUMORS FROM THE SEA_FELIX BLUME
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SHOWSTUDIO
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WE ARE HAVING THE TIME OF OUR LIVES_SUPERFLEX
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HAPPINESS | DRIES VERHOEVEN
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POLYMORPHIC | M. NIEDERHAUSER, E. ZANANIRI, J. FITZGERALD
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BREATHING PAVILLION | EKENE IJEOMA
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02.CONNECTIONIST MODEL
To enhance the artworks’ spatial interactions and curatorial continuities, syntactic methods were applied to analyze the beach’s spatial layout and activity patterns. Through this process, journeys along the beach were designed in terms of visual and experiential continuity amongst the exhibits. The vast materiality and medium differentiation amongst them – from inflatable structures, to wire mesh sculptures, and pearl string meshes, to pavilions and large scale light installations – significantly diversified the journeys enhancing the overall visitor experience.
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DIAMOND OF OTHERNESS | MARIA PAPADIMITRIOU
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PLANET CITY | LIAM YOUNG
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VERTICAL MIGRATION | SUPERFLEX
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VISUAL ELEMENTS_NAVIGATION SYSTEM_THEMATIC PANEL
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VISUAL ELEMENTS_ENTRANCE PANEL
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03.ARTWORK DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Exhibition design and artwork selection were open processes involving feedback loops and shifting interrelationships. Collaborating closely with the artists, most artworks were redesigned to fit their new outdoor and indoor locations, their scale and rhythm designed to reflect the intricate scale and rhythm of the beach and the city. This dynamic setup of artworks, spaces, and processes allowed for the exhibits’ multiplicity to emerge and be accounted for throughout the design process.
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ECLIPSE | TONY OURSLER
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WE LIVE IN AN OCEAN OF AIR | MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST
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ANOTHER MOON | KIMCHI AND CHIPS
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AN ALIVE AND DYING AVATAR WITH SPIRITS INSIDE | KEIKEN x C. SAGE
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CLOUD QUILT | SAYA WOOLFALK
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HELIN(PEDION TOU AREOS | MIO LOCKLAIR
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MOON-FACED | MOREHSHIN ALLAHYARI
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PERMANENT SUNSET | LATURBO AVEDON
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THE ALTERNATIVE LIMB PROJECT | VINE 2.0.
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VIRTUAL EMBALMING | FREDERIK HEYMAN
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VIRTUAL EMBALMING | FREDERIK HEYMAN
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AMONG US AMONG OTHERS | EVA PAPAMARGARITI
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what
PLĀSMATA: BODIES, DREAMS, AND DATA
DIGITAL ART EXHIBITION
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how big
1.5 Km
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why
EXPERIENCE ART MACHINES
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where
ATHENS, PEDION TOU AREOS
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process
01.VIRTUAL MAP
02.CONNECTIONIST MODEL
03.ARTWORK DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
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