Making Lemonade: Towards a Digital Future for the Arts
14 Apr 2021 (Wed) – 16 Apr 2021 (Fri) 18:00(KST) / 11:00(CET)
Youtube Live Streaming (Online Festival)
Art Center Nabi, Cultural service of the French Embassy to Korea and Goethe-Institut Korea are co-organizing an online festival entitled “Making Lemonade”, in order to open the debate on the future of culture and the arts, and the impact of digital tools and practices on the creation and distribution of artistic contents, in the context of the continuing global pandemic. The aim of this festival is to showcase successful projects organized online or using digital tools, and to discuss the future of these initiatives with speakers, showcases and online performances. The festival will be held over three days, from Wednesday April 14 to Friday April 16.
The Covid-19 pandemic threatens international cultural exchanges and has transformed all kinds of festivals into digital format. In this process, new models of cultural content have emerged, but they have been seen as temporary springs, before the resumption of "normal" pre-pandemic cultural activities. However, with the continuation of the global health crisis, we are now thinking more seriously about the potential and opportunities of the digitalization of culture and art.
"Making Lemonade" is a three-day online festival, analyzing possibilities and experiences of digital culture that took place during the pandemic. Debates on the disadvantages of expressing art and culture online will be organized, and success stories and successful shows will be presented. “Making Lemonade” is inspired by the English expression “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!”, in other words, “if life gives you hardships, turn them into opportunities”. Therefore, we will discuss about the future of art with those who already had deep reflections on the opportunities for expanding the sharing of culture and art online, even during the difficult situation we all faced.
As art specialists and cultural policy makers, the Korean, French and German panelists participating in the festival will exchange their experiences through debates and will focus on how to develop digital projects in the coming months and years. This event is also open to the public interested in the digital development of art and culture. All sequences will be translated simultaneously into Korean and English.
Especially, Song Hojun's <Don't Compress Me> performing on the last day is open for audiences to participate in. The performance shows the movements of participants, who do their best to create movements for 10 seconds so that their movements(existence) are not easily compressed by the video compression algorithm. This performance consists of "Group Competition" and "Individual Competition". To participate, you can register through the link below.
[Program Overview]
- Event name: Making Lemonade. Towards a digital future for the arts.
- Date: from Wednesday April 14 to Friday April 16, 2021
- Location: Art Center Nabi YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/nabiart
- Participants: 19 panelists, 5 showcase presentations from well-renowned institutions (MMCA, National Museum of Korea, Louvre Museum), 3 artists (cf. full program here below)
- Organizers: Cultural service of the French Embassy to Korea, Goethe-Institut Korea, Art Center Nabi
- Supported by: Franco-German Cultural Fund
- In Partnership with: Recto VRso International Digital Art Festival, France
*Song Ho-jun's interactive performance <Don't Compress Me> will be conducted online in Zoom.
Pre-registration required on a first-come-first-served basis at the following link
Click the pre-registration link
* <Making Lemonade> Online Festival will be held online(YouTube) for three days from April 14 to 16, 2021.
Click to view Art Center Nabi Youtube, Click to download Making Lemonad Leaflet
* Recto VRso International Digital Arts Festival is available at the following link:
Click to enter Recto VRso International Digital Arts Festival, Click to download app for the virtual salon
Organizers Art Center Nabi, Goethe-Institut Korea, Cultural Service of the French Embassy to South Korea
Partnership Recto VRso Digital Art Festival, Laval, France
Sponsors Franco-German Cultural Found
[Art Center Nabi]
Director Soh Yeong Roh
Program Manager Jin Lee
Program Coordinators HyunJeoung Moon, Dawon Lee
Tech and video production HoMan Kwon, JunHo Choi
[Inquiry]
02-2121-0947
info@nabi.or.kr