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The Gwangju Biennale, which was founded in September 1995 in the city of Gwangju in the South Jeolla province of South Korea, is Asia's first and most prestigious contemporary art biennale.〔http://universes-in-universe.de/car/gwangju/english.htm〕 Founded in memory of spirits of civil uprising of the 1980 repression of the Gwangju Democratization Movement, the Gwangju Biennale presents a global perspective on contemporary art. ==Background== Under the helm of a progression of international curators - including Massimiliano Gioni, Kerry Brougher, Sukwon Chang, Okwui Enwezor, Charles Esche, Hou Hanru, Honghee Kim, Yongwoo Lee, Youngchul Lee, Kwangsoo Oh, Wankyoung Sung and Harald Szeemann - the Gwangju Biennale has established itself as a highlight of the international contemporary art biennale circuit. Centered in Gwangju's 8,100 square meter Biennale Hall in Jungoui Park, the Gwangju Biennale's presence has elevated the city of 1.4 million to become a cultural hub of East Asia. The Gwangju Biennale Foundation also hosts the Gwangju Design Biennale, which was founded in 2004. The Gwangju Biennale is hosted by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation and The Metropolitan City of Gwangju. Under the theme of ROUNDTABLE, the 9th Gwangju Biennale was described as an open-ended series of collaborations curated by a team of six Co-Artistic Directors - Nancy Adajania, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Mami Kataoka, Sunjung Kim, Carol Yinghua Lu and Alia Swastika.〔See (e-flux announcement of joint artistic directors of 9th Gwangju Biennale, 2012 )〕 Over 92 artists, artist groups, and temporary collectives from 43 countries participated in the exhibition, which ran from 7 September – 11 November 2012. ROUNDTABLE was expressed through six interrelated sub-themes: Logging In and Out of Collectivity | Re-visiting History | Transient Encounters | Intimacy, Autonomy and Anonymity | Back to the Individual Experience | Impact of Mobility on Space and Time. Conceived of as an evolving project, ROUNDTABLE included 43 new commissions and 15 residencies, as well as a series of Workstations and E-Journals in the build up to and during the main exhibition, aimed at engaging with a global audience. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gwangju Biennale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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