Fred Moten &
Stefano Harney with Zun Lee, Black Shoals/Black-Scholes,
2024, Installation view of
“Seeing in the Dark” at HANSUNG1918 ©2024 Busan BiennaleThe 2024
Busan Biennale, titled "Seeing in the Dark," which opened on August
17, runs until October 20 across 4 venues, including the Busan Museum of
Contemporary Art, Busan Modern & Contemporary History Museum, HANSUNG1918,
and Choryang House.
HANSUNG1918,
originally built as the Hansung Bank Busan in 1918, has been reborn as a
cultural space for everyday life and now serves as an autonomous space for the
critical festivity of the Busan Biennale 2024. At HANSUNG1918, the Biennale
exhibition also doubles as a space for associated events, including projects
such as sound stations, DJ table performances, and live performances.
The
venue features works by American artist Nika Dubrovsky, Korean artist Hong Jin-hwon,
and the collective Fred Moten & Stefano Harney with Zun Lee, who are active
in the United States, Brazil, and Canada.
Nika
Dubrovsky,
Fight Club, 2024, Installation view of “Seeing in the Dark” at HANSUNG1918 ©2024 Busan BiennaleNika Dubrovsky presents a video piece titled Fight Club (2022), which stages a series of theatrical dialogues designed to provoke reflections on issues that define our lives. Hong Jin-hwon’s work melting icecream (2021) visualizes the paradoxes that arise when historicizing stories of societal movements such as democratization. Meanwhile, Fred Moten & Stefano Harney with Zun Lee present an installation Black Shoals/Black-Scholes (2024), which explores the phenomenon of formerly material values becoming immaterial in today's world.
