Talk Program with Exhibition Planners, Novelists, and Literary Researchers at 11 AM on the 17th
Free for Everyone, Available via Poetry Integrated Reservation System, Phone Pre-Reservation, and On-Site Registration
Busan Museum of Modern Art will operate the linked program "Talk and Lecture" for the special exhibition "Singing Land" starting at 11 a.m. on the 17th.
"Singing Land" is an exhibition that enhances sensitivity to life in nature and seeks coexistence with non-human beings through the indigenous language and the visual-formal language of artists. It can be seen at the Museum of Modern Art until February 18.
Through the "Talk and Lecture" program, visitors will gain a deeper understanding of the special exhibition by exploring themes such as the value of indigenous languages, the relationship between language and life, and the worldview of nature embedded in language.
First, the exhibition-linked "Talk" program titled "Nature in Language: Looking Inward, Recalling, Imagining" will be held at 11 a.m. in Exhibition Rooms 3 to 5 (Basement Level 1).
This program is a tour-style event that carefully examines the various components that make up the exhibition as if traveling through them.
The co-hosts?novelist Kim Ji-hyun, literary researcher Lim Myeong-seon, and exhibition curator Park Han-na?will move through the exhibition space with visitors, sharing explanations of the displayed artworks, creative fiction, and indigenous languages, as well as reading creative fiction aloud and discussing indigenous languages and speech communities.
This will provide a special opportunity to experience and communicate the different expressive modes of written and visual languages and to read the messages contained within them.
Following this, from 2 p.m. to 4:50 p.m., the exhibition-linked "Lecture" will feature three experts who will deepen the exhibition’s themes by exploring indigenous languages from three perspectives: "ecoculture," "traditional knowledge," and "spirituality."
The first lecture is "People Connected to the Land: Ecoculture of Indigenous Animism Societies" by researcher Yoo Ki-ppeum (Department of Sociology, Seoul National University). This session will examine the ecological thinking and culture of indigenous societies worldwide that have sensitively perceived non-human life and strived for coexistence, reflecting on what we are missing today and what we need to rediscover and seek.
Next, Professor Hong Seon-gi (National Mokpo University) will give a lecture titled "The Roots of Biocultural Diversity, Found in Traditional Language?Life on Islands!" Professor Hong focuses on islands as spaces where people live by utilizing marine fishery resources, exploring the traditional knowledge of island villagers?their lives and languages shaped by encounters with tides, currents, winds, and the sea.
The final lecture, "Hongik Ingan and the Spirituality of North American Indians," will be delivered by North American Indian researcher Seo Jeong-rok. He will revisit the concept of "Hongik Ingan," familiar from the Dangun myth, seeking clues in the spirituality and mindset of the ancient Asian-descended North American Indians to explore the expansion of human justice.
Any citizens interested in the special exhibition "Singing Land" and its linked programs can participate free of charge. Reservations can be made in advance through the city’s integrated reservation system or by phone, and on-site registration is also available on the day of the event.
For more details, please refer to the Busan Museum of Modern Art website or contact them by phone.
Kang Seung-wan, director of Busan Museum of Modern Art, said, "We hope this program will be an opportunity to enhance life sensitivity by encountering the diverse languages of indigenous peoples and artists," adding, "Our museum will continue to operate various linked programs such as exhibition explanations, educational and academic programs to help visitors gain a deeper understanding of exhibitions."
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