The Gwanju Biennale has announced the artist line-up for its upcoming 15th edition, entitled Pansori, a soundscape of the 21st century and set to open in September 2024.
Marking the biennial’s 30th anniversary, Pansori features 73 artists from 30 countries around the world, including Deniz Aktaş and Lydia Ourahmane from the Middle East and Arab world. See the full list below:
Saâdane Afif
Haseeb Ahmed
Deniz Aktaş
Noel W. Anderson
Andrius Arutiunian
Kevin Beasley
Wendimagegn Belete
Bianca Bondi
Dora Budor
Peter Buggenhout
Angela Bulloch
Alex Cerveny
Cheng Xinhao
Choi Haneyl
Gaëlle Choisne
Anna Conway
Binta Diaw
John Dowell
Hayden Dunham
Liam Gillick
Loris Gréaud
Matthias Groebel
Matthew Angelo Harrison
Marguerite Humeau
Agata Ingarden
Hye Joo Jun
Jun Hyoung San
Kim Hyeong Suk
Kim Jayi
YoungEun Kim
Dominique Knowles
Agnieszka Kurant
Hyewon Kwon
Netta Laufer
Brianna Leatherbury
Yein Lee
Oswaldo Maciá
Mira Mann
Cinthia Marcelle
Vladislav Markov
Beaux Mendes
Myriam Mihindou
Na Mira
Saadia Mirza
David Noonan
Katja Novitskova
Josèfa Ntjam
Emeka Ogboh
Frida Orupabo
Lydia Ourahmane
Mimi Park
Philippe Parren
Amol K Patil
Harrison Pearce
Lucy Raven
Tabita Rezaire
Marina Rheingantz
Marina Rosenfeld
Max Hooper Schneider
Franck Scurti
Soomin Shon
Jura Shust
Marianna Simnett
Sofya Skidan
Anastasia Sosunova
Jakob Kudsk Steensen
Sung Tie
Julian Abraham “Togar”
Unmake Lab
Yuyan Wang
Ambera Wellmann
Kandis Williams
Phillip Zach
Led by Nicolas Bourriaud as artistic director, Pansori, a soundscape of the 21st century investigates the political organisation of the space we live in, from bordered geographies and housing to human settlement on the planet. Connecting musical and visual forms, the biennial recreates the spirit of pansori, a musical genre originating in 17th-century Korea and which translates to ‘the voice of the subalterns’.
This edition is divided into two parts, taking place across the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall and the historical neighborhood of Yangnim-dong. Artists featured in the first section explore interhuman and interspecies relations as well as the relationship between our world and the cosmos, while the second section focuses on sound projects and collaborative works.
The biennale programming encompasses an exhibition, an opening opera and a symposium bringing together artists and philosophers.
The 15th Gwangju Biennale runs from 7 September to 1 December 2024.
