Nam June Paik Exhibition

From Artist Organized Art

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As of	2007/08/09
Author(s)	Mina Cheon
Benefits	artists, general public
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Cities	Seoul
Countries	Korea, Denmark, Scandinavia
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Mentions	Nam June Paik, Kim Hong-hee
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Organizations	Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Louisiana Museum, KBS, SSamzie Space, SeOUL-NYmAX
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Subject(s)	interview, exhibition
Supports	event, media, cultural education
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Gyeonggido Museum of Art

Interview with Kim Hong-hee
by Mina Cheon

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About Gyeonggido Museum of Art and Nam June Paik Rhapsody in Video:
There is a new contemporary art museum in Gyeonggido, Korea. Gyeonggido surrounds Seoul and is one of the largest and most affluent provinces in Korea. As the first invited director of this museum, Kim Hong-hee speaks about her visions for the museum. Furthermore, as the artistic director for the KBS (Korean Broadcasting Station) 80th Anniversary Special Exhibition Nam June Paik Rhapsody in Video, she speaks about staging Paik’s artworks of the 90’s, his golden years.

MC: Please talk about the local/global concerns for the Gyeonggido museum. As a local museum, how are you planning on shaping the museum’s goals and visions for the future?

KHH: I am interested in researching international museums that hold reign as significant local museums as well as being international (such as the Louisiana Museum in Denmark) and rather than starting relationships with mainstream museums of North American and central Europe, the network will start with museums of Scandinavia or Latin America, for example, museums that signify periphery as a strategy. Due to the fact that Gyeonggido is in the suburb of Seoul, I take that as the theme for the vision of the future museum where the peripheral space gains attention for its regional concerns and builds on being global afterwards. At the same time, the international programming will hopefully bring cultural exchange from other locations so that the museum can illuminate and educate the public in diverse ways. Furthermore, there are a lot of local families that visit the museum and the outdoor park that surrounds it, so it is a great opportunity to have a public outdoor landmark with the museum...

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