“Burning Down the House” is the title of the tenth Gwangju Biennale in South Korea (5 September-9 November). But this show is going to conjure up more than the hedonism of the Talking Heads song from which it takes its name. “Anybody who is invited to do a project in Gwangju cannot ignore the history of the city and its role in the democracy movement in Korea,” says Jessica Morgan, the artistic director of the biennial, referring to the fact that the exhibition was started to commemorate the victims of the 1980 civil uprising in Gwangju.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:54:36 +0000