Essays about: "Miwon Kwon"

Found 4 essays containing the words Miwon Kwon.

  1. 1. Activation of Place : Curating Site-Specific Art at the Luleå Biennial in 2018 and 2020

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Nåtoft; [2023]
    Keywords : Site specificity; site-specific art; site-related art; Miwon Kwon; Nick Kaye; performance; performance of space; interdisciplinary; contemporary art; curating; biennial; art biennial; Luleå; Luleå biennial; Norrbotten; Karl Sjölund; Raqs Media Collective; Maria W Horn; Kapwani Kiwanga; Platsspecificitet; platsspecifik konst; plats-relaterad konst; Miwon Kwon; Nick Kaye; performance; performance of space; interdisciplinärt; samtidskonst; curating; biennial; konstbiennial; Luleåbiennialen; Luleå; Norrbotten; Karl Sjölund; Raqs Media Collective; Maria W Horn; Kapwani Kiwanga;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how site-specific art manifest itself in different ways, specifically in the biennial format. The focus is on the Luleå Biennale, one of Scandinavia's oldest biennales that returns every two years. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exhibiting the East : An Analysis of Representations of Pacific Asia in Three Exhibitions in Stockholm

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Yul Cho; [2023]
    Keywords : exhibitions; Sweden; curating; Asia; Asianness; minority; representation; artist as ethnographer; Stuart Hall; Hal Foster; Miwon Kwon;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of representations of Pacific Asia in exhibitions in Stockholm. In the Swedish culture and art sphere, a public discussion surrounding Asia is conspicuously absent even though there are significant amounts of residents in Sweden with an Asian background. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Graying State of Site-Specific Art and Practice: Globalization, Biennialization and the Curatorial Turn

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Yarden Abukasis; [2013-02-13]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis argues that there exists a graying state of site specificity. A range of gradients of site-specific art and practice that reflect the convoluted, muddled and simultaneously fluid state that has resulted due to the upsurge of biennials and large-scale exhibitions in the past 15 years. READ MORE

  5. 4. To Exist Between Frames : neighborliness, territoriality, in-between areas and their cultural practices

    University essay from KTH/Stadsbyggnad

    Author : Ida-Maria Classon; [2012]
    Keywords : urban planning; the walkable city; in-between; neighborliness; territory; ambiguous space; interface; open space; Promenadstaden; R.E.A.C.T. US;

    Abstract : Contemporary urban development seems to, globally and simultaneously, aim for the same results; densification, connections and an active urban life. In Stockholm this is emphasized through the comprehensive plan, The Walkable City. READ MORE