“Far, Far Side of the World” Poster image. ©Seoul Museum of Art
From June 5 to November 30, 2024, the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) will present its first overseas touring exhibition, “Far, Far Side of the World,” at the Korean Cultural Center Korean Embassy in Japan, the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong, and the Korean Cultural Center in Osaka.
Co-hosted by the Seoul Museum of Art and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the SeMA×KCC Touring Exhibition “Far, Far Side of the World” presents contemporary Korean art under the theme of “Connection,” the Seoul Museum of Art’s institutional agenda for 2024, at Korean Cultural Centers in major East Asian cities, including Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Osaka.
The exhibition aims to present visual interpretations and understandings that vary according to the historical and geographical characteristics of each city, thereby creating new meanings shaped by different backgrounds for the audiences in each location.
Organized around media art, the exhibition “Far, Far Side of the World” invites us to perceive and sense the events that take place behind the scenes of our everyday imagined world through the works of four artists – Seulki ki, Woojin Kim, Sejin Song, and RYU Biho – who explore multiple boundaries such as nation and ethnicity, individual and society, and death and life
Woojin Kim, The Ghost, Sea, and Möbius Loop, 2022 ©Korean Cultural Center Korean Embassy in Japan
RYU Biho metaphorically illuminates the world beyond our visible reality, which remains hidden despite its proximity to our own. Sejin Song exposes the inevitable grand narratives and the vulnerabilities of individuals in relation to society.
Seulki Ki questions and challenges our perceptions of the external world by using familiar landscapes and objects as her subjects. Woojin Kim highlights the digitalized landscape of contemporary society and the vanishing languages of minority groups through research-based works.
Through the works of these four artists, “Far, Far Side of the World” weaves alternative narratives about marginalized existences, inviting us to explore and understand the complex and multilayered world. The narrative that begins in Seoul will travel through Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Osaka, returning to Seoul to paint new landscapes in the time of 2024.
