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…

Established actor An Suk-hwan visited the Asia Culture Center (ACC) to star in and adapt Macbeth 411, a joint production between the ACC and the Gwangju City Theater Company. Having previously performed in Shakespearean works in the 1990s and 2000s, An chose to adapt Macbeth to fit his current career stage and creative curiosity, utilizing…