“The 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006: Asian Art Forum” takes place as a part of the Festival for ‘A Culture Hub City of Asia, Gwangju.’ Thematically related to the concept of the Gwangju Biennale 2006, this forum will deal with issues on Asian discourses and aesthetics in search of a new Asian identity. Furthermore, it will discuss a possibility of global networking in Asian art and realization of a communal vision in the global culture. This forum will be an opportunity to further refine the exhibition concept of the Biennale and also to share discussions of Asian issues.

Venue: Yong-bong Culture Centre,Chonnam National University, Gwangju

Keynote Speech

The 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 and the Problematics of Identity in Visual Art

– Korean Case_19

Kim Hong-hee Artistic Director of Gwangju Biennale 2006

> Session 1: Tradition and New Identity of Asia

Reflections on “Regional” Contemporary Art

Wu Hung Chief Curator of The First Chapter, Gwangju Biennale 2006

Traditions for the Future: Case Studies for Asian Artists

Melissa Chiu Director of Asia Society Museum

Glimpses of Cosmopolitanism, after the Multiculturalism that never was…

Nikos Papastergiadis Professor at the University of Melbourne

Asia’s Pursuit of Tradition and a New Identity

Song Mi-sook Professor at Sungshin Women’s University

> Session 2: Asian Contemporary Art and Global Networking

The City of Minjung Art

Beck Jee-sook Project Director of Insa Art Space

“Please Don’t Deny Them Agency”

Shaheen Merali Head of Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

Locale and Internationale – Resituating Global Networks

Lu Jie Founder and President of Long March Foundation

Gwangju as ‘Epicenter’ and ‘Asia’

Kim Sang-yun Chief Programmer of Gwangju Biennale 2006

Participants List

Session 1 : Tradition and New Identity of Asia

Moderator

Kim Hong-nam Director of the National Folk Museum of Korea (Korea)

Speakers

Kim Hong-hee Artistic Director of Gwangju Biennale 2006 (Korea)

Wu Hung Chief Curator of Gwangju Biennale 2006 (USA/China)

Melissa Chiu Director of the Asia Society Museum, New York (Australia)

Nikos Papastergiadis Professor, the University of Melbourne (Australia/Greece)

Song Mi-sook Professor, Sungshin Women’s University (Korea)

Discussants

Lee Won-bok Director of Gwangju National Museum (Korea)

Jo Song-sig Professor, Chosun University (Korea)

Eugene Tan Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts (Singapore)

Shinji Kohmoto Senior Curator of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Japan)

Binghui Huangfu Director of Asia-Australia Arts Centre (Australia)

Jacquelynn Baas Director Emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum (USA)

Session 2 : Asian Contemporary Art and Global Networking

Moderator

Choi Eun-ju Chief Curator of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (Korea)

Speakers

Beck Jee-sook Project Director of Insa Art Space (Korea)

Shaheen Merali Head of Exhibition at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (UK)

Lu Jie Founder and President of Long March Foundation (China)

Kim Sang-yun Chief Programmer of Gwangju Biennale 2006 (Korea)

Discussants

Kim Ha-lim Professor, Chosun University (Korea)

Manray Hsu Independent curator, art critic/ Curator of 2006 Liverpool Biennale(Taiwan)

Davide Quadrio Director of BizArt, Shanghai (Italy)

Robert C. Morgan Visiting Professor, Chosun University (USA)

Ryu Jae-han Professor, Chonnam National University (Korea)

Chris Gilbert Curator, University of California, Bekeley Art Museum (USA)