RE-PLAY: 4 PLATFORMS & 17 EVENTS

Under the vision of the ‘Post Museum,’ Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) has pursued the place for the audience, communication with the public, and collaborations with other genres. With the theme of ‘unused space’ that has recently been a main issue with the urban regeneration policy, SeMA presents Re-Play: 4 Platforms & 17 Events, an experimental project that revitalizes ‘unused space’ into cultural spaces in local hubs.

The concept of ‘urban regeneration,’ which came from the West since the 1980s, includes revitalizing post-industrial city through cultural activities and urban cultural policies established to improve the image of underdeveloped city. Since the 2000s, Korea also began to revitalize grafting unused facilities through culture with the idea of ‘Creative City.’ However, in the process of urban regeneration using old and empty buildings, it was evident that these projects lacked consideration for its users and the local communities. Also it can be pointed that the studies for cultural programs and content to induce user’s active participation were also insufficient. It is necessary to prepare museum programs and activities to help the audience and local communities to participate and become the main agent of the cultural activities.

This exhibition is a stage to explore cultural spaces where the audience becomes both the agent and object of cultural activities, experimenting in the possibility of their functions. For this, four architects/teams, NAMELESS Architecture (Unchung Na, Sorae Yoo), Park Cheon Kang x NamIl Joe, Tchely Hyung-Chul SHIN @ shinslab, Keehyun Ahn + Minjae Shin (AnLstudio) propose four platforms that employ the architectural imagination to revitalize (Re-play) temporarily dormant spaces. Artist Soyoung CHUNG approaches the idea of suspended time and the possible dynamism of unused space through her unique formal language. Additionally, 17 events, including workshops, lectures, screenings and mentoring at 4 platforms during the exhibition anticipates the experimentation that the vision of SeMA aims for, as well as becoming a playground for creating and learning by providing a place for participation.