'International Media Art Facade' Unfolding on 100m Rock Wall

The 1st Hwangdeung Seoksan International Media Facade Event Held
Media Artists Including Kim Chang-gyeom, Lee Lee-nam, Lee Don-a, Jang Xiaotao Participate
Baek Min-ju's Gugak Performance, Spectacular Resonance in 100m Underground Circular Stadium
To Take Place on the 2nd at Hwangdeung Seoksan, Iksan, Jeonbuk

Hwangdeung Art & Culture announced on the 27th that it will hold the "1st Hwangdeung Seoksan International Media Facade" event on October 2nd as the first project for the creation of Hwangdeung Seoksan Cultural and Arts Park.

The 1st Hwangdeung Seoksan International Media Facade Participating Artist.
[Photo courtesy of Hwangdeung Art & Culture]

Hwangdeung Seoksan is the largest quarry in Korea, measuring 500m in length, 300m in width, and 120m in depth. It is a rounded rectangular space forming a massive vertical cliff and is currently being developed into a cultural and arts park.

This media art event will use an 80m high and 1.5km long asbestos screen to project a gigantic artwork where culture, art, nature, and people meet.

Before the media art screening, traditional bamboo flute (daegeum) performances will be presented by Baek Minju, a guest performer from the National Gugak Center, followed by media art works by media artists Lee Inam, Lee Dona, Kim Changkyum, and Zhang Xiaotao (China).

Baek Minju, guest performer at the National Gugak Center, performing at Hwangdeung Seoksan. At the International Media Facade event, Baek's daegeum performance takes place before the screening of the work.
[Photo by Hwangdeung Art & Culture]

At this media art facade, Lee Inam’s work "Light Reborn" will be screened. This piece expresses vitality through the blooming of the artist’s DNA information text and vegetation animation over a dry space. It conveys life itself through the natural scenes that come alive with inhalation and exhalation, like human breathing.

Lee Dona will present "Dreaming of the Future." This work emphasizes that although a world where reality and virtuality are mixed has arrived, pride based on heritage and the heart that values each individual remain eternal. It also conveys the human desire to create new values and pursue happiness in the future will endure forever.

A panoramic view of Hwangdeung Stone Quarry in Hwangdeung-myeon, Iksan-si, where the international media facade event will take place.
[Photo by Hwangdeung Art & Culture]

Kim Changkyum expressed the video under the theme "Feast of Spring," and Zhang Xiaotao presented a video under the theme "Three Thousand Worlds."

Kim Daedong, the general director of Hwangdeung Art & Culture, said, “During this event, we will stop the mining of Hwangdeung stone and try to portray the future image of Hwangdeung Seoksan reborn as a cultural and arts park and performance venue.” He added, “Starting from next year, we plan to hold an international media art biennale and regularly host performances such as gugak, classical music, large-scale singer concerts, and fashion shows.”

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