{
  "id": 16140054,
  "title": "Seoul Mediacity Biennale names Irini Papadimitriou artistic director for 2027 edition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/seoul-mediacity-biennale-names-irini-papadimitriou-artistic-director",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T02:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/arts-theater/20261023/seoul-mediacity-biennale-names-irini-papadimitriou-artistic-director-for-2027-edition"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 14th Seoul Mediacity Biennale will be led by Irini Papadimitriou, according to the Seoul Museum of Art. Papadimitriou is a curator and creative director focusing on contemporary art, new media, and digital culture. The biennale, set to open in August 2027, will explore the relationship between art, technology, and society. Papadimitriou's proposed theme, \"Machines of Repair,\" will examine the intersection of technology with power, surveillance, resource extraction, and social inequality. The exhibition aims to question the values behind technological progress and envision alternatives to control and domination systems. Prior to the Seoul position, Papadimitriou worked as a digital program manager at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and headed new media art development.",
  "summary": "A curator whose work explores the uneasy relationship between art, technology and society will lead the 14th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, bringing a critical examination of artificial intelligence (AI) and technological power to Seoul’s flagship international art event. Irini Papadimitriou, a curator and creative director specializing in contemporary art, new media and digital culture, has been…",
  "key_points": [
    "Irini Papadimitriou named artistic director for 2027 Seoul Mediacity Biennale",
    "Proposed theme \"Machines of Repair\" explores tech's societal impact",
    "Former digital program manager at Victoria and Albert Museum in London"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Appointing a specialist in digital culture signals a shift toward using the biennale as a platform to critique how technological progress impacts social inequality and surveillance systems.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}