Frieze Film Seoul 2023: Online and Across the City
Frieze Film comes back to Seoul for 2023 with works that fracture and displace narratives while encouraging visitors to explore the city’s independent art spaces
Frieze Film comes back to Seoul for 2023 with works that fracture and displace narratives while encouraging visitors to explore the city’s independent art spaces
After the success of its debut last year, Frieze Film is returning to Frieze Seoul 2023 with an expanded program of artists showing at four independent spaces across the city and on frieze.com.
Curated by KIM Sung woo and Sungah Serena CHOO, this year’s program is titled ‘It was the way of walking through narrative’ and uses the idea of narrative in film and video as a methodology for excavation. In this context, the archaeological term refers to the uncovering and exposing of stories that have been eliminated or omitted from the official records, whether that be historical revisionism or the manipulation of images in contemporary media. The works present narratives that exist beneath the surface of everyday life often in the sphere of the imaginary or an alternate reality.
2-channel video, stereo sound, 4K, color, 26 min 45 sec
Fourteen artists are participating in Frieze Film Seoul 2023: AN Jungju, BAEK Heaven, Omyo CHO, HAN Uri, HONG LEE Hyun-Sook, JUN Sojung, KIM Daum, KIM Hyojae, KWAK So Jin, LEE Eunhee, Moojin Brothers, NAM Hwayeon, PARK Sunmin, PYO Minhong. Their works are being shown at four independent/non-profit spaces – Amado Art Space, BOAN1942 ARTSPACE BOAN 1, Insa Art Space and MOTHER Offline – with the works physically scattered and weaved back together.
This approach reflects the artworks’ own storytelling. By traversing non-linearly between time and space, the works dismantle, rearrange and combine memories and experiences to create new narratives and perspectives. This year’s Frieze Film lets audiences discover the unique language of film in art and discern other layers to the world we live in.
The Frieze Film program is showing August 22–September 9 at the four venues below and on frieze.com.
Here are the artists showing at each space:
Amado Art Space: KWAK So Jin, PARK Sunmin, PYO Minhong, HONG LEE Hyun-Sook
BOAN1942 ARTSPACE BOAN 1: KIM Daum, Moojin Brothers, LEE Eunhee, HAN Uri
Insa Art Space: KIM Hyojae, AN Jungju, Omyo CHO
MOTHER Offline: NAM Hwayeon, BAEK Heaven, JUN Sojung
On Tuesday 5 September, Frieze and MOTHER Offline will host an event with a DJ line-up to celebrate the launch of Frieze Film 2023.
* Open to all
Time: 19:00 - 00:00
Location: MOTHER Offline, 6, Itaewon-ro 55na-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
FURTHER INFORMATION
Frieze Seoul
Frieze Seoul returns to COEX from September 6–9, 2023. Discover the best art from more than 120 leading galleries from across Asia and beyond. Located in the Gangnam district in the heart of Seoul, the fair runs alongside Kiaf SEOUL, South Korea’s leading art fair.
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Frieze Seoul is supported by official headline partner LG OLED, in a collaboration that brings together the worlds of art and technology, and by global lead partner Deutsche Bank, continuing two decades of shared commitment to artistic excellence.
Main image: Omyo CHO, Barrel Eyes, 2022. Single-channel HD video.
Frieze Film 2023 has been realised in collaboration with four venue partners: Amado Art Space, BOAN1942, Insa Art Space and MOTHER Offline
