Doosan Yeongang Foundation Holds the 15th Doosan Yeongang Arts Awards Ceremony

Support of a Total of 290 Million KRW for Performance Production and Exhibition Costs

On the 15th, the Doosan Yeongang Foundation held the 15th Doosan Yeongang Arts Awards ceremony at the Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, Seoul, and awarded director Kang Boreum (performance category) and visual artist Jeong Yeoreum (art category), the foundation announced on the 16th.

The Doosan Yeongang Arts Awards continue the will of Yeongang Park Dubyeong, the first chairman of Doosan, who emphasized the importance of talent, by selecting and supporting young artists under the age of 40 with high growth potential in the fields of performance and art. To date, a total of 44 artists (teams) have received the Doosan Yeongang Arts Awards.

On the 15th, at the '15th Doosan Yeongang Arts Awards' ceremony, Park Yong-hyun, Chairman of the Doosan Yeongang Foundation (center), Kang Bo-reum, director and winner in the performance category (left), and Jung Yeo-reum, artist and winner in the art category (right), are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Doosan

Director Kang Boreum has been creating original works centered on the theme of encounters between diverse bodies and voices of women, labor, youth, artists, queer, and disabled/non-disabled people. Kang expressed her gratitude, saying, "I thank my colleagues who have been with me so far, those who will join me in the future, and the audience."

Artist Jeong Yeoreum deals with the relationship between war, nation, place, and memory, mainly through video media. She freely navigates between past and present image creation methods by mixing various cutting-edge technologies such as found footage (a method of editing videos originally made for other purposes into parts of a work), games, and Google Earth, as well as scenes she has filmed herself. Jeong said, "With the support and expectations, I will strive to present even better works in the future."

The Doosan Yeongang Foundation provides a total of 290 million KRW to the awardees. The prize money is 30 million KRW each, with 150 million KRW provided to the performance category winner for new production costs, and 80 million KRW to the art category winner for Doosan Gallery exhibition expenses, overseas residency accommodation, stay, and airfare.

Park Yonghyun, chairman of the Doosan Yeongang Foundation, said, "Supporting artists who strive to build and expand their own unique artistic worlds is the responsibility and duty of the Doosan Yeongang Foundation," adding, "I hope this award will be a strong encouragement to those who will lead our cultural and artistic community in the future."