Seoul City to Host 'Namsangol Art Lab _ Bitulda' Exhibition at Namsangol Hanok Village

This Year's Debut Exhibition Reconstructing Traditional Houses with Fresh Interpretations by Emerging Artists
Held in the Interior and Exterior Spaces of Namsangol Hanok Village's 'Samgakdong Dopyeonsu Lee Seung-eop House'

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 10th that it will hold the 'Namsangol Art Lab _ Bitulda' exhibition until July 31 at the 'Samgak-dong Dopyeonsu Lee Seung-eop (李承業) House (Seoul Folk Cultural Property No. 20),' one of the traditional houses in 'Namsangol Hanok Village.'

Launched for the first time this year, 'Namsangol Art Lab' is a public contest project supporting various creative activities that can be carried out in traditional houses. To discover local and emerging artists, the eligibility criteria were limited to artists under 35 years old and those with fewer than three solo exhibitions. The open call is divided into the first and second halves of the year, and this year's exhibition will be held four times in total, selecting two teams each for individual and group categories.

The program's subtitle, ‘非 (Bi) Tulda,’ means to reinterpret and twist traditional houses to leap into an art space free from genre restrictions and any preconceived notions, moving away from traditional arts typically expected in traditional houses. It aims to actively reflect the free and new attempts of emerging artists.

The first exhibition is the Letter Exhibition by artist Lee Ah-young, running until the 26th. A letter to someone is ‘a loving and honest medium that carefully considers each word, investing sincerity and time.’ The exhibition was prepared with the hope that this sincerity will be conveyed to citizens in the tranquility of the traditional house.

The second exhibition, Ttukttak Ttukttak Exhibition, features works by ‘1352 (group name)’ and will be held from July 5 to July 31. Under the theme ‘Hide-and-Seek of House Fairies,’ it connects the fact that the owner of the ‘Samgak-dong Dopyeonsu Lee Seung-eop House’ was a ‘Dopyeonsu’ (master tile craftsman), the folk belief of ‘Gasin (household gods) culture’ in hanok, and ‘foreign garden fairies,’ twisting the visible space and evoking the small fairies protecting the house in unseen places.

Admission to 'Namsangol Art Lab _ Bitulda' is free, and various events such as a survey prize giveaway and online citizen curator programs will be held on-site.

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