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D'éminents spécialistes de l'art coréen et de la vague coréenne participeront à une conférence internationale
By HancaTimes -March 11, 2024

"Redécouvrir la vague coréenne comme une force qui ouvre des portes et connecte le monde, jusqu'où peut aller la vague coréenne"
Le Asian Arts Publishing Lab (AAPLab) de Montréal, au Canada, a organisé une conférence internationale sur "La vague coréenne et les K-Arts" du 22 au 24 février, analysant l'histoire de la vague coréenne et son développement.

Cet article analyse la conférence internationale "Korean Wave and K-Arts" qui s'est tenue du 22 au 24 février au Asian Arts Publishing Lab (AAPLab) à Montréal, au Canada, avec les commentaires de Jiyoung Lee et Jehee Ahn. Lee Ji-young (professeur à l'université Hankuk des études étrangères, auteur de BTS Art Revolution, 2019), membre du panel, a décrit la conférence comme suit. "Je m'attendais à ce que la conférence soit dominée par des analyses de K-pop et de K-dramas, mais je me suis trompée ; ce n'était qu'une porte d'entrée. Les chercheurs ont ensuite étudié le cinéma coréen de l'époque coloniale, des peintres comme Kim Hwan-ki et Yoon Hyung-geun, des documentaires sur le développement de Saemangeum, et le traumatisme historique de la colonisation dans les drames coréens... Si la signification de la vague coréenne n'est considérée que comme une marchandise, elle ne sera rien d'autre qu'un feu de paille et une mode passagère. Cette conférence nous a montré le véritable pouvoir de la vague coréenne : sa capacité à nous ouvrir à des personnes d'autres cultures, à nous relier à elles, à explorer avec elles nos intérêts communs et à rêver ensemble d'un monde meilleur..." Ji-Young Lee, professeur à l'université Hankuk d'études étrangères de Séoul, auteur de BTS, Art Revolution, 2019)

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En outre, un commentaire de l'artiste Heeje Ahn (candidat au MFA, livres : Hesitant Love, 2023, The Time of Plants, 2021, etc. Je pense que la conférence de trois jours intitulée "Tension de Surface - Korean Art and the Korean Wave" a répondu à cette question... Souvent, la vague coréenne est réduite à quelques œuvres coréennes populaires et à leur influence sur le domaine culturel, qui est interprétée comme le "soft power" du gouvernement coréen... Le contenu de la conférence elle-même montre que la vague coréenne peut et doit être le point de départ d'un échange interculturel. Hallyu est une combinaison des mots "han" (Corée) et "ryu" (vague), qui a toujours signifié l'interaction interculturelle et les changements qui l'accompagnent... Ce sont les conséquences involontaires de la Hallyu auxquelles nous devrions prêter attention". "J'ai participé à de petites conférences et à des congrès en Corée, ou même à des conférences internationales, où les discussions se déroulent davantage en coréen parce qu'elles sont organisées par des universités coréennes, mais c'est la première fois que je suis exposée à autant de recherches menées par des chercheurs étrangers en anglais, c'était donc un défi mais c'était très significatif. - Heejeh Ahn, auteur de Authour of Love Hesitates (2023), Time of Plants (2021)

"C'est la conférence la plus novatrice à laquelle j'ai participé. - Soonyoung Lee, professeur au Bard College, Chicago, Illinois.

Outre les commentaires ci-dessus, cette conférence internationale, organisée à l'Université de Montréal par l'Asian Publishing Lab (AAPlab), basé à Montréal, sur le thème de la vague coréenne et de l'art coréen, a présenté un certain nombre de documents qui ont été étudiés sous de nouveaux angles et perspectives, avec un total de 21 documents présentés dans le cadre de quatre panels. En outre, "Time of Seeds" (2022) de la réalisatrice sud-coréen Seol Suan a été projeté en ligne dans tout le Canada. Le samedi après-midi, la conférence s'est achevée par trois projections d'œuvres médiatiques et de films d'écrivains et de réalisateurs canadiens coréens et chinois, toutes organisées à la vénérable galerie Dazibao de Montréal, qui était pleine à craquer et où les artistes, les chercheurs, les artistes, les étudiants universitaires et les membres du public ont posé des questions à tout le monde. Des projections très attendues : "Mulmaeum Mulmaeum" (2023, de Jin-me Yoon), "Adoptees, 70 Years of History ibyangin : 70 ans d'adoption internationale coréenne" (2023, de Kimura Byol Lemoine), et "Big Fight in Little Chinatown Big Fight in Little Chinatown" (2022, de Karen Cho).

The international conference is organized under the theme "Can arts speak up? Can arts speak up?" The conference consisted of research presentations, discussions, workshops, and media and film screenings that examined the present and future of Korean popular and fine arts, referred to as "Korean Wave K," in the context of the Korean Wave. It was also evaluated as a convergence conference in which scholars, researchers, artists, university students, and general audiences freely participated and discussed without any boundaries between presenters and attendees, and in which organic and spontaneous cooperation was achieved. AAPlab Director Im Jung (media artist, representative of the Canadian Korean Film Festival, and lecturer of Korean Art at the University of Montreal) said, "As mentioned earlier by Professor Lee Ji-young, this conference attempted to break down, re-break down, and open new doors to break down, re-break down, and re-break down the mutual boundaries that are fixed in various perspectives. Boundaries refer to all the boundaries we talk about. Korean Wave-Non-Korean Wave, Popular Art-Pure Art, Writer-Writer, Profession, Age, Country, Race, Student-Professor, Organizer-Participant, etc., we tried to scatter the boundaries that we have drawn and start the conversation after dividing our minds. As an academic conference that tried a new format, we are all happy that a ray of light, a ray of hope, found its place and shone with us. Even now that the conference is over, presenters and attendees are still sharing their experiences with us with encouraging and open support, and in fact, proposals for various new projects are constantly coming in. We are looking forward to a bright future for the new Korean Wave." Finally, he expressed his gratitude. "With many of the panelists visiting Montreal for the first time, it was very important to create an environment where academic theory and creative arts collide in an intimate setting, and where all participants were focused on presenting and engaging with their research topics. The mutually beneficial collaboration and participation made this a warm and inspiring conference. I would like to thank everyone for sharing such a fascinating time and experience, and as a participant as well as an organizer, this conference was a wonderful and amazing experience, and I would like to thank the University of Montreal professor Victoria-Oana Lupascu for serving as the general moderator, Professor Livia Monnet for participating as a discussant, Professors Soyoung Kim and Shin Dong Kim for anchoring the conference as keynote speakers, and Mr. Jungbong Choi for suggesting the theme of the conference, the members of the "Hallyu K-Camp", a group of Montreal university students, the entire staff of the Asian Arts Publishing Lab (AAPlab) (Soobin Amber Shin, John Nong, Tiffany Jiazhen Wu), the Université de Montréal and the gallery Dazibao for providing a wonderful venue, and the Academy of Korean Studies for their financial support. We would also like to thank Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Lee Jae-wan (Consulate General of Korea in Montreal), Mr. Ra Yoon (Octa), Mr. Jung Jung-chae, and the Korean newspapers in Montreal (Hanka Times, Korean Newswiss) for their gracious hospitality, "I would also like to thank all of them." - Mi-Jeong Lee, media artist, director of the Asian Arts Publishing Institute, director of AAPlab, Korean Film Festival Canada, Arts East-West, and Lecturer of Korean arts at the University of Montreal.

For reference, the current Asian Arts Lab (AAPlab) is the only private Korean arts organization in Canada that has been independently organized by "Arts East-West" in conjunction with the Korean Film Festival of Canada (KFCC) for nearly 30 years, focusing on the introduction, research and expansion of Korean arts, and has recently expanded to include Southeast Asian arts as well as Pan-Asian and Canadian Korean arts. It specializes in introducing Korean art in Canada. The beginning of its development was "East-West Art" (formerly Ciné-Asie), founded in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec. In 1997, "Three Masters of Korean Cinema: Yoo Hyun-mok. Shin Sang-ok. Lim Kwon-taek", a total of 15 Korean films were screened for the first time as part of a tour of cinematheques in four major Canadian cities. The two-month long project was a collaboration between the Korean Cultural Center in New York and the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), and was funded by the Korean Ministry of Culture (formerly the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and Canada (as a "Team Canada" project by Prime Minister Jean Chretien). In addition, the project was actively supported by the local Korean community in Canada (Consulates General in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver, as well as local Korean associations and media outlets such as Hankook Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, and the Montreal area) and received a lot of support. In addition, the retrospective exhibition "Director Jeon Soo-il" (2008), which was acclaimed in Europe, toured seven states in North America to introduce the uniqueness and creativity of Korean independent cinema (in addition to four major cities in Canada, the exhibition was shown at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, New York University Museum (NYU), and University of California Museum (UCLA). In addition, we continue to introduce Korean cinema, including exhibitions on Hong Sang-soo, Kim Ki-duk, and Lee Chang-dong, and Contemporary Korean Cinema, while simultaneously supporting the work and creative activities of Korean and Asian Canadian artistic directors. Arts East-West, a private, not-for-profit corporation led by Korean artists in Canada, has been in existence for nearly 30 years with a focus on Korean media arts, and in 2022, Heritage Canada, a Canadian federal government agency, recognized and encouraged the organization of the annual "Korean Film Festival Canada (KFFC)" as the longest continuously running Korean film festival in Canada. The 11th edition will be held from May 23, 2024.

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