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Subject: [artbox] Gwangju Biennale - International (Young) Curator Course
From:    "maria vassileva" <maria_vassileva la yahoo.com>
Date:    Sat, May 2, 2009 18:21
To:      "artbox" <artbox la groups.cult.bg>
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Gwangju Biennale
International Curator Course
August 24 - September 20, 2009

Dead line for application: May 15, 2009

http://www.gb.or.kr/open.html

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Sponsored by The Gwangju Biennale Foundation, The Metropolitan City of
Gwangju
Chaired by Yongwoo Lee
Directed by Byungsoo Eun (Artistic Director, 2009 Gwangju Design Biennale)
Massimiliano Gioni (Artistic Director, 2010 Gwangju Biennale)
Visiting Professor: Barbara Vanderlinden

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The Gwangju Biennale Foundation sponsors the first edition of
International Curator Course in Gwangju from August 24 to September 20, in
collaboration with worldwide colleges running curatorial studies. The
Course will offer the opportunity to 25 young curators from all over the
world to work with an internationally renowned visiting professor and
curators, dealing with many challenging issues of theoretical and
practical aspects of curatorial research, and reviewing the contemporary
art as a broadened terrain of culture.

Structure
The Course consists of lectures, seminars, workshops and practice in
preparation of Gwangju Biennale and Gwangju Design Biennale, with an
intensive schedule of classes and curatorial administrations led by the
visiting professor as well as presentations of the participants' projects,
and visits to artists, designers, museums, galleries and related
institutions.

The objectives of curatorial course are aiming to:

- promote reflections questioning the role of the curator, and research
projects in the field of contemporary visual culture
- set up working platforms that may enable participants to develop further
curatorial works
- proliferate networking between young creators of the visual art scene
and encourage international circulation of cultural projects

Contents
Themes examined during three weeks of lessons will be: concepts of
"cultural hybrid," "aesthetic groundedness," "terrain," and the cultural
topology and its relations between East and West; the role of museums and
alternative spaces; the question of history and its redefinition; and the
relations between art and its audiences will be included along with
themes.

Visiting Professor
Barbara Vanderlinden is internationally renowned curator, author and
founding artistic director of Brussels Biennial, Belgium (2008) and
founding director of Roomade, Office for Contemporary Art, Brussels. She
has curated numerous exhibitions including in 1999 Laboratorium (with Hans
Ulrich Obrist), Manifesta 2 in Luxembourg in 1998 (with Maria Lind and
Robert Fleck), Revolution/Restoration in Brussels in 2002 and Do You
Believe in Reality? Taipei Biennial (2004). She is Chief Editor of The
Manifesta Decade, Debates on Contemporary Art Exhibitions and Biennials in
Post-Wall Europe, Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
2005.

How to Apply
Interested applicants from any nationality may apply. No study certificate
and academic degree required. Lectures and seminars will be delivered in
English. The screen committee consisting of Yongwoo Lee, Byungsoo Eun,
Massimiliano Gioni, Barbara Vanderlinden, and Sunjung Kim will select from
the applications. The application form must be posted by May 15, 2009.

The applications must include:
1. Application form
Name:
Surname:
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Citizenship:
Male/Female:
Postal address:
E-mail:
Phone:
List of studies /work experiences:
(Please attach your detailed CV to this form.)
2. A copy of the most relevant published texts and reports of realized
curatorial projects.
3. A motivational statement illustrating the applicant's interests and
explaining the reason for the application (max. 5.000 characters.)

The selected applicants will be contacted via email by the end of May
2009. The Gwangju Biennale Foundation will sponsor tuition and
accommodation during the International Curator Course. Selected applicants
will be responsible for travel from place of residence to Gwangju and
back, and meals. The material sent for the application will not be
returned. According to regulation of the Course, personal data of the
applicants is exclusively used for the Course selection procedures and not
communicated to others.

SUBMIT BY POST OR EMAIL TO:
Exhibition Department /Gwangju Biennale Foundation
211 Biennale 2 Gil, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 500-070, KOREA
E-mail: curatorcourse la gb.or.kr
Info: Gwangju Biennale Foundation + 82 62 608 4233