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2011 _ 005 Urban Songline (Latitude: 35.182182° N - 35.182141° N / Longitude: 126.888579° E - 126.888702° E) - Gwangju Design Biennale 2011, Gwangju, South Korea
To enable the architecture to be listened to whenever needed, the site-specific structure of the Communities Section of the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale, the On-Site Hub, was interpreted during a live performance as a musical score derived from its shape. Sound is generated using local elements of tradition, myth and folklore, in this case contemporary Korean dance creating an Urban Songline that will remain in the space.
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A performance in which the seating blocks in front of the stage form a representation of the mountain Mudeungsan that functions as a refuge for the citizens of Gwangju from the trauma of the bloody student riots of May 18th 1980. Dancers improvise based on pictures taken on the mountain. Their field of operation is the mountain (outside) and the representation of the city (inside), keeping in mind the origins (5000 years ago) of Korean dance as a Shamanic practice.
Choreography and dance: Byung Hwa Kim (Now Dance Company)
Architects On-Site Hub: nOffice
Curators Community Section: Helen Choi . Beatrice Galilee . Jean Im
Videography: Sung Jun Yoo
Still Photography: Sung Bo Shim
Artistic Concept & Music: Allard van Hoorn
© all rights reserved . Allard van Hoorn
Urban Songlines Gwangju was realized with generous support from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.
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