Gwangju Biennale opens with a call for change across time, scale
JEONNAM-GWANGJU — The 16th Gwangju Biennale began its opening events Friday, ahead of its public opening Saturday, with an exhibition that invites visitors to see change not as a sudden break, but as a gradual process shaping individuals, communities, landscapes and the planet. Titled “You Must Change Your Life,” the biennale's main exhibition runs through Nov. 15 at the Gwangju Biennale…
Located in Jeonnam-Gwangju, the 16th Gwangju Biennale kicked off its opening events on Friday, with its public debut scheduled for Saturday. The exhibition, titled "You Must Change Your Life," opens at the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall and will run until November 15. The biennale, which is curated by Ho Tzu Nyen, Che Kyong-fa, Park Ga-hee, and Brian Kuan Wood, brings together 43 artists and groups in five galleries.
The exhibition's title is drawn from the concluding line of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo." Ho explains that the title serves as a prompt for change rather than a direct instruction. "It tells you that something must change, but it does not tell you how, why or what you should become," he said during a press conference.
This ambiguity takes on a collective significance in Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, a city marked by the 1980 pro-democracy movement and its ongoing legacy.
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