“2023 Chilgok International Transmedia Festival” Poster ©Chilgok Culture & Tourism Foundation
The “2023 Chilgok International Transmedia Festival,” a festival featuring 18 artists, including Kim Shinwook, Kim Taedong, Mioon, and Tom Bull, will hold its first edition from October 6 to November 5. The festival is centered on the theme exhibition The Poetry of Land will be held at the Yetae Art Museum and Hyangsa Art Center. The festival also consists of special exhibitions and side events held around Chilgok, including the Chilgok Patriots & Peace Memorial and Honey Bee World.
The festival centers on the word “trans” by highlighting Chilgok as a region where diverse cultures are exchanged and exploring the transmedia. In line with this, the theme exhibition The Poetry of Land seeks to understand the local features of the Chilgok region from the perspective of the Anthropocene, including the Nakdong River, which served as a defense line for the Korean War and is home to numerous plants and animals.
Kim Taedong’s photographs < PLANETES >, which can be seen at Yetae Art Museum, are a series of photographs taken at various locations in Chilgok. The photographs were taken with an astronomical device, which is used to photograph stars. The landscapes in the photographs are as shaky as the trajectory of the star’s movement.
