The National Asian Culture Center's 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition Manifesto of Spring International Symposium
In anticipation of “Manifesto of Spring,” a special exhibition commemorating the 10th anniversary of the National Asian Culture Center (ACC) in 2025, an international symposium will be held to facilitate in-depth research on the exhibition’s themes and foster discussions on artistic practices.
- Date2024.10.24.(THU) - 10.25.(FRI)
- TimeTHU 13:00-17:30
FRI 10:30-18:30 - PlaceTheater 3
The international symposium Manifesto of Spring, hosted by the National Asian Culture Center, aims to raise profound questions about the current struggles for democracy in our lives today. The symposium marks the prelude to the special exhibition Manifesto of Spring (September, 2025 – February, 2026), commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Center’s opening.
Asian nations that have achieved democracy through social and political upheavals in modern history now face a new era. The symbol of spring, once a representation of the aspirations for democratization, has withered like a flower, and the global environment has been transformed into an exploited ecosystem in the name of economic globalization. The spring of Gwangju has become a silent spring that may never return. Now, we aim to detect the strategies and methods of capitalism beyond this lost spring and explore alternatives and practices in life and art.
This symposium features two central key themes.: The first is presented by Anna Tsing, author of the book The Mushroom at the End of the World, who examines capitalist value systems through the lens of wetland ecosystems and offers new possibilities for life. Following this Jason W. Moore, a key figure in world-ecology theory, who coined the concept of the "Capitalocene as a complement to the Anthropocene, will provide his insights. Furthermore, domestic and international artists and scholars will review the latest discourses on these themes, along with new artistic approaches. Partner institutions of Manifesto of Spring, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and M+ Museum, will share their perspectives and experiences through roundtable discussions, presenting outlooks for the upcoming exhibition. Art, by nature, is combative. It challenges established orders and offers new perspectives on the world. Art is also a collective expression of many solidarities. A work of art is itself a multi-species world, created by both humans and non-humans. Manifesto of Spring seeks to invoke a new spring through the struggles of life and solidarity across species. And spring has never truly been lost.
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