Seoul City Announces Contest for Gwanghwamun Electronic Billboard Display Works

Deadline Extended to the 8th of Next Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 24th that it will accept submissions for exhibition content to be displayed on the 53m large electronic billboard (video screen) installed at Gwanghwamun Square until the 8th of next month. The Gwanghwamun Square video screen exhibition content contest is a citizen participation project that transforms citizen creations and ideas into public art, conducted in three phases under the theme of ‘Gwanghwamun of the past, present, and future.’

This contest focuses on the ‘present moment of Gwanghwamun’ and accepts submissions of flat images such as photographs, illustrations, paintings, sketches, and storyboards. The selected works will undergo collaboration and refinement with a video production company to be transformed into media art pieces of about one minute in length, which will then be exhibited on the Gwanghwamun Square video screen for three months starting mid-March this year.

The submitted works will be evaluated by a panel of private experts based on public interest, suitability for exhibition, originality, and artistry. Ten works will be selected in order of their scores, and after a public verification process, the winners will be finalized (with a prize of 300,000 KRW) and participate as the final exhibition pieces.

Meanwhile, through the first contest on ‘Gwanghwamun of the past,’ five works were selected and produced as media art pieces, which have been showcased on the Gwanghwamun Square electronic billboard since December last year.

Yeo Jang-kwon, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Balanced Development Headquarters, said, “Since its opening in August last year, Gwanghwamun Square has received much interest and love from many citizens. In particular, the Gwanghwamun Square video screen serves as a channel for citizens to directly participate and promote Gwanghwamun and Seoul.” He added, “We will continue to embrace works from various citizens and artists to make Gwanghwamun Square a media platform that provides wonderful enjoyment and experiences to citizens and domestic and international tourists visiting the square.”

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