Arko Art Museum Hosts Online International Symposium Linked to 'The Transversal World of Matter'

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The Arko Art Center of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service will hold an online international symposium linked to the convergent art festival "The Transversal World of Matter" on the 1st from 5 PM to 7 PM online.

This event was organized to approach climate change and the future art ecosystem from multiple perspectives and to discuss practical cases. The two-day symposium, held over the previous day and this day under two themes, will feature 10 experts, researchers, activists, and artists from various countries and backgrounds including Korea, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Germany, along with 2 moderators, who will give lectures and engage in real-time discussions.

On the previous day, under the theme "Artistic Imagination through Technology in the Era of Climate Crisis," Leonardo Dellanoce, co-founder of the digital platform Digital Earth, and Yvonne Volkart, co-curator of the climate crisis exhibition "Eco-Visionaries" held at the Royal College of Art in the UK, were invited along with three participating artists of the "The Transversal World of Matter" exhibition (Susan Anker, Diakron, Kim Ahyoung) to explore the intersection between technology and art and examine various attitudes of artists responding to the climate crisis. Yoo Hyunju, director of the Ecological Art Research Institute, participated as the moderator in the online discussion section.

On this day, under the theme "Practice and Activism for Sustainable Museums," cases where small groups have collaborated with institutions, artists, and companies to promote practical changes in museums will be examined. Furthermore, the art world's activist movements that have led to tangible changes in the era of climate crisis will be introduced. Senior researcher Catherine Bottrill of Julie's Bicycle, Yasmin Ostendorf, founder of Green Art Lab Alliance, Diane Drubay, founder of We Are Museums, and T.J. Demos, professor of visual arts at USCS and founder of the Creative Ecology Center, will participate as presenters along with Kim Seong-eun, director of the Nam June Paik Art Center. Im Geunhye, director of the Arko Art Center, will serve as the moderator for the live discussion section.

The event will be broadcast live through the Arko Art Center's YouTube channel.

A representative of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service stated, "Through this symposium, we will examine the ways environmental issues, technology, science, and art interact from multiple perspectives and further establish a foundation for future museums to build sustainable museums."

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