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Guidelines on the International Competition for the Busan Biennale Sea Art Festival 2011

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The Busan Biennale Organizing Committee hosts the Sea Art Festival 2011 in an attempt to establish a unique marine art brand of Busan and inspire young and experimental artists. The Sea Art Festival has enjoyed popularity among the public as an environmentally friendly outdoor exhibition, which takes advantage of the sea, a natural blessing for Busan, and waterfront areas. In particular, the festival features experimental and marine elements, a characteristic which is hard to find in other exhibitions around the world.

 

The theme of the Sea Art Festival 2011 is ‘Songdo’, the name of the venues for the exhibition. Songdo Beach used to enjoy fame and popularity as the first beach developed in Korea. Given its historical significance, the theme Songdo is expected to allow more active interpretation of the beach, highlighting the unique nature of the sea and waterfront areas as the exhibition venue.

 

We are looking forward to welcoming artists from home and abroad to the art festival in Songdo Beach, Busan in the autumn of the year 2011.

 

Exhibition Outline

▷Theme: Songdo

▷Period: October 1 – 21, 2011 (21 days)

▷Venue: Songdo Beach (Amnam-dong, Seo-gu, Busan)

▷Artworks: 25 on-and off-shore installations

         (competition 20 works, invitation 5 works)

 

Competition Outline

▷Period: March 1 – July 8, 2011

▷Works to be invited: 20 on-and off-shore installations

▷Artworks: 20 works (on-and off-shore installations)

▷Qualification: Anyone can participate regardless of nationality.

▷Genre: An individual artist (or group) can submit one work of any genre in contemporary art.

(In case of a group entry, not more than 10)

*Undergraduate students can submit collaborative works only with the recommendation of their professors.

▷Submission Information:

-       First-round review (Documents): April 20 to 27, 2011, by 18:00

-       Second-round review (Models submission): July 4 to 8, 2011, by 18:00

 

For more specifics:

http://www.busanbiennale.org/en/data/data04.php?tn=n&idx=3&mode=read&pagenum=