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With expectations to establish spiritual ground for
ceramic culture and to provide academic and theological
criteria for the systematic improvement of Korean ceramics,
WOCEK hosts the International Ceramics Symposium. Members
of such prestigious organizations as the IAC, NCECA and
ACerS, as well as world-renowned experts in ceramics,
will participate, allowing a special occasion for measuring
the status of Korean ceramics in the eyes of
the world
and also for positioning Kyonggi Province as the center
of the world's ceramic culture.
The International Ceramics Symposium will be continued
after the 2001 event, hand in hand with the World Ceramic
Biennale. As the first event, the symposium will cover
all periods and areas related to ceramics. Reflecting
Korea's local traditions as the host country, its aim
is to illuminate the future path of ceramics by analyzing
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characteristics and similarities in the Eastern and
Western ceramic cultures, and by organically grafting
the past
into the present. Overcoming the general tendency
that views the East as focused on reviving past traditions
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the West as future-directed, we are trying to make
this an occasion to identify the East-West exchanges in
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history of ceramics and to forecast future directions.
The Symposium is organized by Prof. Hyung-Min Chung of
Seoul National University and will consist of 3 keynote
speeches, 5 special lectures and 10 lectures and discussions,
under the topics "Retrospect: Ceramics in History,""Passage:
Ceramics in Culture" and "Prospect: Ceramics in Technological
and Education." |
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September 20th ~ 22nd, 2001 |
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Hyung-Min Chung Professor of Seoul National University
Exhibition Director of Seoul Art Center |
| Hosted by |
World Ceramic Exposition 2001 Korea Organizing Committee |
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| Examines the development of ceramic arts
insocially, culturally and industrially changing processes,
by investigating on theregional, intercultural and other
academical issues . In the keynote speeches, givenon the
themes "Overview of Korean Ceramics" and "East and West
Interchanges in Ceramics," the similarities and differences
in the Eastern and Western concepts of a "vessel" will
be discussed from the artistic and cultural viewpoints.
The current conditions of the artistry versus practicality
in the ceramic creation will also be discussed, under
the topic of "Ceramics and Market." |
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| Discusses the various current issues in
the contemporary ceramic world. The concepts of ceramics
as a medium of expressing the modernity and as everyday
equipments will be redefined, while the relationship between
the ceramics and sculpture in modern art and the ceramic
arts adapted in architecture are to be discussed. |
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Tapping on the industrial adaptability of
ceramics as a high-tech medium and its conceptual expansion,
foreviews the future of the ceramic arts and science.
The technical problems, the educational aspects, and
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usage in everyday life will also be discussed. |
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For the further inquiries, please contact the Exhibition Dept. of the WOCEK Organizing Committee
(TEL. 82-31-631-1611 | E-mail)
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