7 September 2023
AM 11:30 – PM 12:30
New Media Art’s Today and Future

What does media art mean to you?
Media art has greatly expanded its influence at the forefront of contemporary culture and art by bridging the gap between the unfamiliar territories of science and technology. As our daily lives became increasingly intertwined with technological and media environments, media art has shifted from the periphery to the center of discussions, offering a diverse range of perspectives and possibilities. Due to its responsiveness to the evolution of various technologies, the themes, domains, and significance of media art have dynamically evolved throughout its history. What constituted media art in the past, what defines media art today, and what could media art potentially evolve into?

Moderator: Heo, Daechan(Editor in chief, AliceOn)
Panelists: Yung Ma (Senior Curator, Hayward Gallery)
                   Domenico Quaranta (Professor, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan)
                   Lee, Ye Seung (Artist)
                   STUDIO ARTECH (Artist)

7 September 2023
PM 14:00 – 15:00
Asia Art Fairs  

Over the past ten years, East Asia has seen an unprecedented rise in the establishment of art fairs within the region. These developments are widely seen as not only reflective of the growth of the Asian art market at large but also indicative of the fact that evolution in the regional art scene is currently unfolding with art fairs as its focal point and the opinion that such a directionality should continue to be upheld. Directors of different art fairs examine the tenability of this viewpoint as well as discuss how the art fairs of Asia might indeed formulate identities that set themselves apart from the art fairs of the Western world and come to bolster Asian galleries and artists.

Moderator: Moon, So-young (Culture & Lifestyle Editor, JoongAng Sunday)
Panelists: Angelle Siyang-Le (Director, Art Basel Hong Kong)
                   Eri Takane (Fair Director, Tokyo Gendai)
                   Lee, Jung (Vice Chairman of Operating Committee, Kiaf SEOUL)
                   Robin Alexander Peckham (Co-Director, Taipei Dangdai)
                   Patrick lee (Director, Frieze Seoul)

7 September 2023
PM 16:30 – 17:30
INSIDE INSIGHT K-ART

The buzz around the terms Korean art, the Korean Wave(Hallyu), and K-Art is growing. When did the first international exchange of Korean art begin? This talk program will examine K-ART, which is widely used in various fields, based on exhibitions held overseas. We will examine how K-ART is analyzed in the global cultural sphere in places with different cultural and historical systems, and how we define K-ART. We will examine the horizons of K-ART by focusing on the different art historical periods of Korean art.

Moderator: Lee, Eunjoo (Curator, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea)
Panelists: Kim, Juweon (Head of Curatorial Dept., Daejeon Museum of Art)
                   Seng Yu Jin (Deputy Director of Curatorial & Exhibitions and Senior Curator, National Gallery Singapore)
                   Tobias Berger (Curator at Large, Tai Kwun)
                   Virginia Moon (Associate curator of Korean art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

8 September 2023
AM 11:30 – PM 12:30
What makes an art collector?

Led by Frieze’s Nathan Clements-Gillespie (Director, Frieze Masters) the group will discuss the evolution of collecting across, from Renaissance Europe and Gilded Age New York to Silicon Valley and Asia in the 21st centuries.

Moderator: Nathan Clemnets-Gillespie (Director, Frieze Masters)
Panelists: Augusto Arbizo (Art Advisor, Allan Schwartzman)
                   Margaret M Wang (Managing Partner, Recharge Capital)
                   Yang, Teo (CEO, Teo Yang Studio) (Collector, CEO, Teo Yang Studio)

8 September 2023
PM 14:00 – 15:00
It’s dark under the lamp: Climate Change in Art World

The title, an ancient Korean saying, refers to how people tend to neglect what is right under their noses. Together with artists and experts in the field of culture, we will engage in a conversation identifying and describing how art, as a practice and a provider of certain experiences, can contribute to modifying our understanding of the needs of nature, the life-changing transformations of living accordingly to the rules of co-existence instead of nature domination. Art is a substance that influences our senses and therefore also our habits. Art can also teach technology to become an alliance of life.

Moderator:
Panelists: Chuz Martinez (Head of the Institute of Art Gender Nature, FHNW Academy of Arts and Design in Basel)
                   MOON, Kyungwon & JEON, Joonho (Artists)

                   Yu, Jiwon (Curator, Leeum Museum of Art)

8 September 2023
PM 16:30 – 17:30
Artist Talk: Infrastructure, Intimacy, Affective labor

Led by Leeum’s curator Serena sungah CHOO, Amsterdam and Seoul based artist Mire Lee and London and Shanghai based curator, and writer Alvin Li will discuss Lee’s artistic practice.

Moderator: CHOO, Sungah Serena(Curator, Leeum Museum of Art)
Panelists: Lee, Mire (Artist)

                 Alvin Li (Adjunct Curator, Tate Modern)

9 September 2023
AM 11:30 – PM 12:30
Korean Experimental Art: Inside & Outside

This session delves into the realm of ‘Korean Experimental Art’ during the 1960s and 1970s. The movement of ‘Korean Experimental Art’ was initiated through medium experiments by several groups of artists in the 1960s, giving rise to the practice of Happening, Earth Art, Conceptual Art, and more. During the 1970s, in the face of the authoritarian regime, Experimental Art meant more than just artistic experiments; it signaled the establishment of new foundations for the avant-garde and international contemporaneity.

Moderator: Chung, Yeon Shim (Professor, Hongik University)
Panelists: CHONG, Do Ryun (Deputy Director & Chief Curator, M+ Hong Kong)
                  Choi, Harry C.H. (Independent Curator)

9 September 2023
PM 14:00 – 15:00
AI Effects

In a world where human influence once reigned, a new era emerges, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the spotlight. This profound transformation touches every facet of our lives—from communication and creativity to dignity and value perception. The AI Effects prompt reflection, engagement, and inquiry, revealing the future as a complex interplay of choices, ethics, and imagination. AI’s impacts resonate across aspects of existence, reshaping our view of creativity, humanity, and society. In grappling with AI Effects, we face a mirror reflecting our essence and potential. Join us as we explore AI Effects fostering insights and an ongoing dialogue that shapes our understanding of AI’s multifaceted global impact.

Moderator: Lee, Daehyung (Director, Hzone) 
Panelists: Eva Jäger (Curator, Serpentine Arts Technologies & Creative AI Lab Co-I, Serpentine & Digital Humanities King’s College London) 
                   Noam Segal (LG Electronics Associate Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum)
                   Lee, Wan (Artist)

9 September 2023
PM 16:30 – 17:30
Artists Talk: Accelerating Realities

Does “time” today feel different than it used to? Is digital technology warping our relationship to the physical world? How are our bodies and minds responding? Are we trapped in a series of historical recurrences or in an inescapable social-media doom loop?

As the many rapid changes in our environment and society become increasingly difficult to comprehend, artists working today are attempting to explore and capture the strange, uncanny, and tragic qualities of contemporary life.

In this conversation with three leading artists—Keem Jiyoung, Heecheon Kim, Inbai Kim—we hear about their process of constructing artworks that reflect on recent transformations, and deformations, that have taken place in societies around the world. By looking at their highly individualized artistic practices, this conversation will seek to uncover artists’ unique approaches to grappling with a world spinning ever further off its axis.

Moderator: H.G. Masters (Deputy Editor & Deputy Publisher, ArtAsiaPacific magazine)
Panelists: Kim, Inbai (Artist)
                   Kim, Heecheon (Artist)
                   Keem, Jiyoung (Artist)