Seoul City Hosts 'Naega Sson Wiseong' Exhibition Depicting Cultural History of the Industrialization Era

Up to 20 Visitors Per Hour Allowed at Munhwabichuk Base T5 Story Center Until July 25

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul Cultural Storage Site announced on the 26th that it will hold a special exhibition titled 'The Satellite I Launched' for about six months until July 25 at the T5 Story Hall and Media Video Hall to comfort the weary minds and bodies of citizens and convey hope in response to COVID-19.

For safe viewing, the exhibition will operate seven sessions daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with fewer than 20 people per session. Reservations can be made in advance through the Seoul Public Service Reservation system. However, the exhibition is closed on Mondays, so indoor exhibitions cannot be viewed. There are also plans to hold conversations with participating artists and Q&A sessions with curators.

'The Satellite I Launched' exhibition sheds light on the turbulent era when the oil storage facility was operated in 1978 after the oil crisis, focusing on state-led economic development and poverty alleviation as top priorities, from a cultural perspective. Visitors can appreciate a total of 134 items, including 88 relics from the oil storage facility era, artworks, and cultural history materials.

Participating artists Kwon Min-ho, Kwon Hye-won, Yang Young-shin, and Jung Jae-ho present 16 unique works such as videos, paintings, and sculptures inspired by major events, figures, the atmosphere of the times, and period motifs.

Most notably, this exhibition features the newly renovated T5 Story Hall as a digital archiving experience space and a rarchive exhibition space, where visitors can explore about 100 relics from the oil storage facility era provided by the Korea National Oil Corporation, as well as cultural history materials from the 1970s and 1980s.

Touchscreen digital content that allows easy understanding of the approximately 600 items held by the Cultural Storage Site is also introduced for the first time. Designed with natural colors and cute emoticons representing 'People-Nature-Technology,' visitors can touch the content they are curious about and visually experience the changes in the Cultural Storage Site from the oil storage facility era onward.

Nam Gil-soon, head of the Western Park Greenery Project Office, said, "Since art and life have no boundaries, the Cultural Storage Site plans to continuously present various exhibitions in the future," adding, "I hope this will be an opportunity to offer comfort and hope to ourselves living through these difficult times."

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