Note: In 2017 July, President Moon Jae-in proclaimed a vision for peace of the Korean Peninsula during his visit in Berlin, the capital city of reunited Germany. Under the development of international situation, the vision for peace is now also known as “Berlin Doctrine”, which beccame a historical fact to the South and North Korea. The theme Divided We Stand of this year’s Busan Biennale not only reflected the current condition of the Peninsula, but also reframed the historical narratives for the destination of this "division system". Regarding the discussion on the Cold War, most artworks presented in MoCA Busan focused on this issue with the implication of the return of Cold War. While artworks involved technical discourse were exhibited in the Former Bank of Korea in Busan, such as IM Youngzoo’s “Guest Star” (2018), which responded to the alternative imagination of the Korea history during the (Post-) Cold War.
Yoo Yeun Bok & Kim Yongtae, "Echo-DMZ" (2018); image courtesy of artist / source: www.busanbiennale.org
Chantal Akerman, "D'East" (2018); image courtesy of artist / source: www.busanbiennale.org
Marcel Odenbach, "Niemand ist mehre dort" (1989/1990); image courtesy of artist / source: www.busanbiennale.org
Im Youngzoo, "Guest Star" (2018); image courtesy of artist / source: www.busanbiennale.org
Marko Lulic, "Improved Partisan Monument" series (2015-8); image courtesy of artist / source: www.busanbiennale.org
Yuichiro Tamamura, "The Spider’s Threads" (2018); image courtesy of artist / source: www.busanbiennale.org
Che Onejoon, "My Utopia" (2018); image courtesy of artist / source: www.busanbiennale.org
