EMERGING ART SEOUL-BERLIN - artist in residence program 2008

By way of completing the artist in residence program Seoul-Berlin initiated by Landesverband Berliner Galerien (LVBG, Galleries Association of Berlin) in cooperation with Gewerbesiedlungs- Gesellschaft (ORCO-GSG), the Korean artists

JEONG, Zik-Seong | KANG, Kang-Hoon | KANG, Yu-Jin | YIM, Ja-Hyuk | YUK, Jong- Seok

will be showing the work they created during their two-month residence on the site of the former AEG manufacturing plant in Berlin-Wedding, which is a protected industrial heritage site. The exhibition, which will take place in parallel with ART FORUM BERLIN:

EMERGING ART SEOUL-BERLIN from October 29^th, 2008 until November 2^nd, 2008, will be opened on October 28th, 2008 at 7:00 P.M.

in the
ORCO-GSG Courtyard at Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25 / Voltastr. 5
Building 13, Stairwell 5, Attic
13355 Berlin-Wedding

Following the success of “art from berlin”, at which Berlin galleries jointly presented works of art at the Korea International Art Fair (KIAF) in May of 2007, the Galleries Association of Berlin and Gewerbesiedlungs-Gesellschaft (ORCO-GSG) initiated the “artist in residence program Seoul-Berlin” in September of 2008.

The Korean artists worked and lived in studios and apartments in various historical buildings in Berlin-Kreuzberg owned by Gewerbesiedlungs-Gesellschaft. The galleries participating at this year’s KIAF in September

Galerie Berlin | Galerie Deschler | D N A | LEO.COPPI | TAMMEN Galerie,

sponsored the artists. As a form of entering into a dialogue with the works of art by modern Korean artists, works by the artists represented by the sponsoring galleries,

HESSE, Tobias | MEHLER, Herbert | TERADA, Yukiko | WEYER, Silke

will be complementing this exhibition

The artist in residence program intends to expand the artistic exchange between the metropolitan cities Seoul and Berlin, who share the experience of being a part of divided nations, and to promote their relations in terms of the cultural economy. It formed an official part of KIAF 2008 and is to be continued next year in cooperation with the Galleries Association of Korea.

By this program, Landesverband Berliner Galerien (LVBG, Galleries Association of Berlin) and Gewerbesiedlungs-Gesellschaft (ORCO-GSG) are picking up on the long-standing tradition in the GSG courtyards, where many studios and galleries are located, of promoting the arts in economic terms.

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More information
http://www.berliner-galerien.de/ | http://www.orco-gsg.de/ | http://www.kiaf.org/

ORCO GSG
Formerly owned by the city of Berlin, Gewerbesiedlungs-Gesellschaft mbH, founded in 1965 and now called ORCO-GSG, has been a subsidiary of ORCO Germany since June of 2007. Owning approximately 850,000 m² of office spaces and multi-functional spaces in 45 courtyards comprising small commercial enterprises, ORCO-GSG is the leading commercial property provider in Berlin. Most of the properties are located in central areas of Berlin, with an excellent connection to the traffic network. The portfolio includes generously proportioned commercial centers as well as impressively designed commercial courtyards within a district center.

Contact LVBG
Landesverband Berliner Galerien (LVBG)
Anemone Vostell (GF)
Markgrafenstraße. 15
10969 Berlin
T: +49 (0)30-3101 97-14
F: +49 (0)30-3101 97-15
E: lvbg@berliner-galerien.de

Pressekontakt ORCO
Sabrina Eilers
Head of Marketing & Communications
Kurfürstendamm 103/104
10711 Berlin
T: +49. 30. 440 123 190
F: +49. 30. 440 123 299
E: seilers@orcogroup.com