Transient Spaces

Germany-Korea: Migration movements during the cold war

An Exhibition of the NGBK New Society for the Visual Arts at three Locations:

NGBK, Oranienstr. 25, 10999 Berlin
Duck-Hyun CHO, Kane DO, Harun FAROCKI, Kerstin KARTSCHER, Georg KLEIN, Enna KRUSE-KIM, Chang-Won LEE, Helena Parada Kim, Florian WÜST

GfKFB, Am Flutgraben 3, 12435 Berlin
Chan-Kyong PARK, Sunmu, Suntag NOH, Jae-Hyun YOO/Farida HEUCK, Jan Ralske

Watchtower vis-à-vis the Studio House at Flutgraben, Schlesischer Busch, 12435 Berlin
kate hers

Performance at Flutgraben, Obere Freiarchenbrücke
msk7 mit der Aktion FLOATING PING PONG

The ‘Divided and Shared History’ unites Germany and Korea in a special way. The two countries were both front-line states in the Cold War – and are at the same time both marked by a history of division. The manifold migration routes between Korea and Germany were characterized by complex inter-relationships and trans-border, frontier-extending activities, which are here for the first time studied against the backdrop of the Cold War. Koreans went as guest workers from South Korea to West Germany (FRG), and as students and orphans from North Korea to East Germany (GDR); East Germans went to North Korea in the overall framework of ‘developmental aid solidarity’; South Koreans in West Germany went in turn to North Korea, and North Koreans in East Germany fled to West Germany. Running through the entire exhibition is the theme of mobility in, despite, or precisely because of the Cold War. The exhibition highlights the diverse facets of German-Korean migration history. To this end, the works of contemporary artists are brought together and are displayed in conjunction with historical material.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue (German/English).


Catalogue: (dt./engl.)
ISBN: 978-3-938515-31-0

Venues:

NGBK & GfKFB, gesellschaft für künstlerische forschung berlin
network for artistic resarch
Am Flutgraben 3
12435 Berlin

Further Venue:
Nov/Dez 2009 - Kunstverein Hildesheim

An exhibition of Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V. Berlin, in cooperation with GfKFB, network for artistic research und flutgraben e.V., financed by Stiftung deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin, supported by Asien-Pazifik-Wochen, Stiftung Kunstfonds and Senatskanzlei für kulturelle Angelegenheiten Berlin.

The Asia-Pacific Weeks are supported by the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB)