Mindful Joint brings together artists, writers, and curators from South Korea and the U.S.

The symposium does not attempt to define what contemporary Korean art is, nor does present a unified history. Instead, the symposium assimilates practices of Korean artists to the conversations that are taking place around the world by matching professionals in the U.S. whose practices share similar interests.

Mindful Joint 2018 offers a meeting point where similar yet different ideas gather together and open new ideas. Contemporary Korean art has been marginalized as an outsider of the hegemonic discourses of art. This symposium aims to break the generalized perception of the nation to understand the complexities of practices and cultural backgrounds. Unexpected connections will add new lines of narratives into the fabric of global conversations.

Sponsored by the University of Chicago's Department of Visual Arts and Open Practice Committee, Department of Art History, Center for the Art of East Asia, Smart Museum of Art, and UChicago Arts. 

Schedule

Monday, April 2

5–7pm
Screening
Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th Street

Onejoon Che
Mansudae Master Class, 40:30 min, 2015

Min Oh
Five Voices, 6:00 min,  2017
Audience, 6:00 min, 2017
Performers, 1:00 min excerpt, 2017
A Sit, 6:04 min, 2015
Marina, Lukas and Myself, 24:20 min, 2014

Heecheon Kim
썰매 Sleigh Ride Chill, 17:00 min, 2017 

Tuesday, April 3

11am–1pm
Screening
Cochrane-Woods Art Center, 5540 S. Greenwood Avenue, room 157

Onejoon Che
Mansudae Master Class, 40:30 min, 2015

Min Oh
Five Voices, 6:00 min,  2017
Audience, 6:00 min, 2017
Performers, 1:00 min excerpt, 2017
A Sit, 6:04 min, 2015
Marina, Lukas and Myself, 24:20 min, 2014

Heecheon Kim
썰매 Sleigh Ride Chill, 17:00 min, 2017 

4pm–6pm
Panel Discussion
Cochrane-Woods Art Center, 5540 S. Greenwood Avenue, room 157

Participants

Orianna Cacchione
Curator of Global Contemporary Art, Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago

Onejoon Che
filmmaker and artist

Kim Heecheon
artist

Jaewook Lee
Director of the Mindful Joint, Lecturer in the Department of Visual Arts, the University of Chicago

Min Oh
artist

Jaeyong Park
curator, translator, and frequent contributor to Frieze

Goeun Song
curator of Artspace Boan 1942

Laura Steward
Director, Department of Visual Arts Open Practice Committee, the University of Chicago

Andrew V. Uroskie
Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism, Stony Brook University