Jeju Biennale Heokkeugok Modakchigok Iyahong: The Art of Transformation
- Performing Arts
2894-78, 1100-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (Yeon-dong)
Festival dates
D+81Tue, Aug 25, 2026 – Sun, Nov 15, 2026
83 days · Ongoing
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Things to do
- Hours
- - August/September 10:00~20:00 - October/November 10:00~18:00
- Venue
- Jeju Provincial Museum of Art
- Program
- - Main Programs: Exhibition Programs 1. From Chusa's Perspective (Jeju Museum of Art) - An exhibition that reinterprets the aesthetics of Chusa Kim Jeong-hui from the perspective of Jeju's formative qualities, expanding upon the conditions of exile—arising from real-world politics and historical violence—through a contemporary lens. 2. Though Black, the Stone Rolls and Rolls (Obaekjanggun Gallery, Jeju Stone Culture Park) - An exhibition that explores the intersection of nature, humanity, and northern civilization through Jeju's basalt and stone culture, offering an experience of multidimensional temporality. 3. The Navel of the Great Grandmother (Jeju Art Platform / Art Space I-A / Gallery Remicon) - An exhibition that surveys Jeju's inclusiveness and the power of its multi-layered life through the language of art, based on Jeju's culture of various deities (miscellaneous spirits).
- Admission
- [Jeju Museum of Art] - Adults 8,000 won - Youths 4,000 won - Children 2,000 won [Jeju Stone Culture Park Obaekjanggun Gallery] - Free with Jeju Biennale ticket [Jeju Art Platform / Art Space I-A / Gallery Remicon] - Free
- Contact
- 064-710-4300
- Source
- Korea Tourism Organization
The civilization that blossomed on Jeju, a volcanic island on the Eurasian plate, arrived not only from the sea but also from northern mainland civilizations. All kinds of elements scattered, gathered in Jeju, mingled, and transformed to shape the ecology, geography, and life of today's Jeju. Entering its tenth year, the 5th Jeju Biennale focuses on Jeju's dynamic process of encountering northern civilizations—dispersing (Heokkeuda), gathering (Modakchida), and transforming (Iyahong). To this end, the Biennale adopts "Iyahong," the refrain of the *Iyahong Taryeong*—a folk song that flowed in from the mainland and became another indigenous Jeju folk song—as its theme and core concept. Through Jeju, imbued with the principles of climate and sustenance, the Jeju Biennale seeks to present the modes of survival and their aesthetics, forged together by objects and nature, human life and divinity.