{
  "id": 16150662,
  "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-16150662",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T04:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "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, a curator and creative director who specializes in contemporary art, new media, and digital culture. Appointed as the artistic director for the event set to open in August 2027, Papadimitriou will bring a critical examination of artificial intelligence (AI) and technological power to the biennale's flagship international art exhibition. Her proposed theme, \"Machines of Repair,\" will delve into the intersections of technology with power, surveillance, resource extraction, and social inequality, while exploring potential redirection of technological systems towards public benefit. Papadimitriou previously held positions as digital program manager at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and head of 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…",
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}