Writings & Features

The Asia Traditional Orchestra, founded in 2009, brings together musicians from South Korea and ten ASEAN nations to create a singular stage that represents the diversity and unity of Asian musical traditions. Since its inception, the orchestra has performed at major events including the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and the 2016 ASEM Cultural Ministers’ Meeting.…

In the age of social media, how should cultural institutions engage their audiences — without losing sight of what makes art meaningful? Ahead of the ACC’s first Roundtable on museum social media strategy in 2017, this article gathered perspectives from leaders at some of the world’s most prominent cultural institutions on how they approach digital…

As global temperatures reach record highs, artist Tomás Saraceno asks a quietly urgent question: How do we continue to inhabit this planet? For his first major solo exhibition in Korea, We Are All Stardust / 행성 그 사이의 우리 (ACC, July 2017–March 2018), Saraceno transformed the underground spaces of the Asia Culture Center into a…

What does diaspora mean in the age of global human movement — and who gets to define it? In 2016, the Asia Culture Center (ACC) partnered with the International Curators Forum (ICF), a London-based curatorial network, to co-organize a series of research trips examining how diaspora shapes contemporary art. Three Korean curators — Kim Haeju,…

Film director and playwright Jang Jin visited the Asia Culture Center (ACC) to participate in an artist talk for “Big Door Cinema,” an outdoor screening event held at the center’s flexible theater space. The event featured his 2009 film Good Morning President, a satirical drama following the lives of three different South Korean presidents. In…

Chef Lee Yeonbok visited Gwangju for the first time to participate as the inaugural speaker for the Asia Culture Center (ACC) program, “Cook! Asia: Cooking Concert.” In this interview, Lee shares his entry into Chinese cuisine, a path he naturally took due to the economic hardships he faced as a Chinese-Korean (Hwagyo) youth. Lee discusses…