当代全球文化艺术网络中的交互空向——2008光州双年展

The Gwangju Biennale 2008

光州双年展最初举办正逢20世纪末全球化影响的兴起，以及由此引发的对于亚洲在世界中经济和政治地位的重新评价。经济自由主义和文化扩张为思考在科技、政治、社会和学术界出现的现象提供了新的视角。在韩国这种新视角正可以被用来重新评价和思考民主运动的变迁。1980年5月被军人政府镇压的光州起义不但具有空前的影响，而且成为后来韩国民主运动与建立新型公民社会的重要基础。在作为广为人知的韩国民主运动中心的光州举办双年展成为民主政治对于开放的公民与文化活动形式重要性的标志。自1995年开始第一届光州双年展以来．它一直担负着对于全球化现象、民主运动、殖民地后身份等问题进行严肃思考的任务．并预示着21世纪亚洲在文化、政治等方面的动向。

The Gwangju Biennale was held in the late 20th century, when global influence was growing up, which arised reevaluation on the econimic and politic position of Asia in the world. Economy liberalism and cultural expension provide new view for thoughts on the phenomenon appearred in technology, politics, society, and academy fields. In Korea, this view can be used to reevaluate and rethink the democracy movements. Since its founding, the Gwangju Biennale has established itself as one of the leading large scale global exhibitions and a pioneer in curatorial experiment in the field of contemporary art. Widely acknowledged as the spiritual center in the struggle for democracy in Korea, in 1995 when the first Gwangju Biennale was inaugurated, the exhibition was responding to the critical impact of the democracy movements of the 1980s and the influence of emergent forums of civil society on contemporary Korean experience.