Starfield COEX Mall Byulmadang Library 'The 4th Open Art Contest'

 

 

'Open Cultural Space' Starfield COEX Mall Byeolmadang Library is holding the '4th Open Art Contest' to commemorate the 5th anniversary of its opening, to discover talented young artists. 

 

The 'Open Art Contest', which is in its fourth year this year, is a cultural art program representing the Byeolmadang Library, providing visitors with the pleasure of reading as well as the opportunity to enjoy culture and art in their daily life, while providing artists with writers and works to the public. 
It provided an opportunity to introduce and communicate.
 
In particular, the 'Open Art Competition' is open to anyone interested in the field of installation and formative arts, regardless of their careers. seems to be of great power. 
In addition, it is fulfilling its role as a gateway to continue the work of art. 

 

Past Grand Prize winners Hyeon-Je Joo (‘The Temple of Books’), Eun-Suk Lee·Byeong-Kwon Seong (“City of Light”), and Hwan-Seong Gae-Kwon·Hwan-Sung Choi (‘Just What is it that makes today’s waves so different, so appealing?’) writers, etc. 
is well-received and introduced in various social media, articles, and art magazines, and has since been actively participating in solo exhibitions, special exhibitions, and group exhibitions. 

 

Visitors are also paying great attention as they can easily appreciate high-quality works of art along with the large bookshelves of the Byeolmadang Library in the center of the shopping mall without having to visit the exhibition hall. 

 

It is expected that this competition will be able to meet works that have deepened artistic concerns and originality. 
First, the exhibition space for the grand prize, which was limited to the central part of the library until last year, can be expanded to the stairs and ceiling, allowing creativity to be fully unfolded. As the degree of autonomy in scale, shape, and location has increased, free creative activities utilizing the sense of space and openness of the library are now possible.

 

In addition, the winning works of the Excellence Award, which could not be seen before, will also be introduced to customers at the Byeolmadang Library opened on the metaverse platform ifland. 
In the Metaverse Byeolmadang Library, even MZ generation, who are accustomed to non-face-to-face meetings, can use their own avatars to view works and freely share their opinions without time and space restrictions. 

 

In addition, in the case of the grand prize, the production cost from 50 million won was doubled to 100 million won, along with a prize of 10 million won, allowing more bold and diverse attempts. 
The prize money of 3 million won is awarded to the Excellence Award (2 works), and the Shinsegae gift certificate of 1 million won is awarded to the winning prize (5 works).

 

The application period is until the 28th (Mon), and the work plan and portfolio must be submitted together at the time of submission. 
Detailed application guidelines can be found on the competition site (artproject.starfieldlibrary.kr).

 

In this judging, authoritative faculty and experts such as Professor Dong-cheon Yun (Seoul National University), Professor Tae-man Choi (Faculty of Fine Arts, Kookmin University), and Curator Hyun-jeong Ahn (Sungkyunkwan University Museum) participated in this judging. do. 
The winning works will be exhibited at the Byeolmadang Library from the end of May to meet with visitors.

 

Young-rok Lim, CEO of Shinsegae Property, said, “The ‘Open Art Contest’, which started to provide a meeting place for young artists to present their original and novel works to the public, has already reached its fourth anniversary. 
This year, the winning works will be presented not only at the Byeolmadang Library site but also on the Metaverse. I hope that artists with outstanding artistic sensibility will participate. ” he said.