Performance, Films, Gallery Nights: Frieze Seoul’s Expansive Programme for 2024
With the new Frieze LIVE events, a compelling film partnership and a huge roster of talks, this year's fair has ambitious scope
With the new Frieze LIVE events, a compelling film partnership and a huge roster of talks, this year's fair has ambitious scope
Frieze has announced its most extensive programme to date for the third edition of Frieze Seoul, taking place 4 – 7 September 2024. Spanning live performance, films and talks, the programme also sees events across the Korean capital.
Director Pat Lee said: ‘Following the enthusiastic celebration of the city’s creative communities at the first two editions of Frieze Seoul, and with concurrent biennials in Busan and Gwangju this year, we are excited for what September has in store. The expansive programming at Frieze Seoul is set to highlight the vibrancy and momentum of Korea’s contemporary art scene.’
Frieze LIVE
New this year, Frieze LIVE’s inaugural edition is titled 신·경(神經): ‘Nerve or Divine Pathway’. Curated by Je Yun Moon (Project Director, Art Sonje Center), Frieze LIVE runs at COEX throughout the fair, with five performances by seven artists.
Each performance explores how movement, sound and visual elements can extend poetic expression, transforming the human body into a language, and poetry into a multisensory experience. The featured artists are Cha Yeonså, Jesse Chun, Hong Ji Young, Jang Sumi and Kim Wonyoung & Project YYIN (Rha Sinae, Choi Kisub).
Frieze LIVE is presented in partnership with DYAD, a private members’ club launching in Cheongdam in 2025.
EMAP x Frieze Film 2024
Entitled ‘All that Weaves the Universe: Of Quantum Entanglements’, Frieze Film 2024 presents works from more than 35 international artists and considers the interconnectedness of the human and non-human. Those featured include Gabriel Abrantes, Stephanie Comilang, Vitória Cribb, Léuli Eshraghi, Ayoung Kim, Ana Mendieta, Alison Nguyen, Simon Speiser, Yuyan Wang, Clemens von Wedemeyer and Zhang Xu Zhan.
Curated by Joowon Park and Valentine Umansky, and jointly presented with outdoor media arts festival EMAP (Ewha Media Art Presentation), Frieze Film takes place in Ewha Womans University’s historic gardens from 2 – 6 September. Audiences can also join remotely on frieze.com.
Frieze Talks in Association with Kiaf SEOUL and KAMS
Running from 5 – 7 September at COEX’s Studio 159, this annual series, in collaboration with Kiaf SEOUL and KAMS, addresses the most pressing issues in the art world today. Topics range from the power of biennials, feminism in Asian art and the evolving role of curators in galleries. Speakers include Myung Ji Bae (Curator, MMCA), Josh Baer (CEO, Baerfaxt), Diana Campbell (Artistic Director, Samdani Art Foundation; Chief Curator, Dhaka Art Summit), Cho Jieun of ikkibawiKrrr (artist), Kang Seung Lee (artist), Clara M Kim (Chief Curator MOCA), Kim Hong-hee (Chairperson, Nam June Paik Cultural Foundation), Vera Mey and Philippe Pirotte (Co-artistic Directors, Busan Biennale 2024), Zeynep Öz (Curator, Sharjah Biennial 16), Pablo José Ramírez (Curator, Hammer Museum), Patrick Sun (Founder, Sunpride Foundation), Victoria Sung (Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), Lumi Tan (curator), and Koki Tanaka (artist).
Non-Profits in Collaboration with ARKO
To celebrate Seoul’s diverse art scene, Frieze is collaborating for the second year with ARKO to support activations by 14 non-profit spaces on Thursday 5 September, creating an international networking platform for artists, curators and organizers. With Korea’s two biennials coinciding with Frieze Seoul 2024, the spaces showcased will include non-profits from Gwangju and Busan.
Further Information
Frieze Seoul, COEX, 4 – 7 September 2024.
Limited tickets for Frieze Seoul are on sale – don’t miss out, buy yours now. Alternatively, become a member to enjoy premier access, multi-day entry, exclusive guided tours and more.
A dedicated online Frieze Viewing Room opens in the week before the fair, offering audiences a first look at the presentations and the ability to engage with the fair remotely.
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Frieze Seoul is supported by Headline Partner LG OLED, in a collaboration that merges the worlds of art and technology, and Global Lead Partner Deutsche Bank, continuing over two decades of shared commitment to artistic excellence.
Main image: EMAP Archive. © Courtesy of the Ewha Womans University
