Seongsan Art Hall [gudeul]

Sarim153, Galapagos Tortoise: Timeline of Sarim153

15:00-17:00, Saturday
October 12, 2024

As an artists collective, Sarim153 retraces the timeline of events that led to their formation and the backdrop of events that took place around Changwon. ‘Galapagos tortoises’ are endemic to the Galapagos Islands and are not found on any other continent. Here, the specificity of Changwon’s art ecosystem is compared to that of the Galapagos Islands, and the genesis of a certain global artist collective is unpacked by connecting it to the environment of the Galapagos. Furthermore, this piece also seeks to define the position and character of Sarim153 within a broader regional perspective.



Sarim153, Image Hands Out: Sarim153 Peer Critic

15:00-16:30, Saturday
October 26, 2024

This is a report on the results of the artist-led “critique” of Sarim 153 and a showcase of each involved artist’s work. The members of Sarim 153 are themselves young artists who started their activities from wherever they happened to be at the time: namely, the regional sphere. Their various activities, intertwined with this mode of “critique,” are located mostly within the act and process of building a distinctive overall point of view as an artist rather than anchoring the meaning of this or that specific work. Thanks to the Biennale, what began as a response to the lack of writers in Changwon actually producing art texts has been reenergized in the form of artist-led “critiques.” Using this mutual “critique” as a tool, Sarim 153 attempts to share ‘image fragments’ unique to each artist.



Sarim153, Dreams of Local and Contemporary

15:00-17:30, Saturday
November 9, 20

Young artists from Changwon, as well as other members of the local arts and culture communities will share their issues and experiences and hopefully establish some ties between Changown and non-Changwon regions. Kang Minhyung of Gwangju Barim, Yoo Woon of Incheon Temporary Space, Yoon Joohee of Seoul Contemporary, Park Sooyoung of Daegu Ri Sang Choon Institute of Contemporary Art, and Sarim 153 of Changwon will share events that have occurred or are occurring in their respective radius of activity, exploring the possibility of a multicentered regional network and wishing nothing but the best for the artists’ collective.