Oct 1-31: Virtual Exhibition – The River Runs Through It

NEW DELHI: This October, Korea Cultural Centre India (KCCI) and Suwon International Photo Festival (Suwon Photo) have partnered to present the virtual exhibition The River Runs through It. The exhibition will open for viewing at KCCI’s virtual exhibition website from 1st October until 31st October 2021.

The exhibition, curated by LENA, showcases remarkable works by a diverse group of established artists such as Park Jongwoo, Park Haseon and Kang Jeauk from South Korea, and emerging artists such as Swastik Pal, Soumyabrata Roy and Tsering Topgyal from India.

The title, ‘The River Runs Through It’ expresses that humans have been evolving indefinitely, moving and settling like rivers, and all mankind are the community of life that exists beneath mother nature.

The exhibition displays Indian and Korean culture coexisting and exchanging cultural influences. The ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 has demonstrated the importance of unity amongst humans in order to dream of a sustainable future.

The exhibition aims to comprehend numerous optimal photographic works for the audience, while also allowing them to appreciate what we have in common. Furthermore, how can we conduct ourselves, that will be beneficial to the future generations.

The exhibition will be available to all and will be open round the clock.

The list of artists featured in THE RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT is:

Park Jongwoo

Park Jongwoo (b.1958) is a photojournalist and documentary director. His perspective focuses on the disappearing culture and lives of minorities. Imjin River is a part of his great project, DMZ, and it shows the present day’s tragic landscape as a result of the territorial division between North and South Korea.

Park Haseon

Park Haseon (b.1954) is an independent documentary photographer. He has published numerous photography books about Korean ancient history. Ancient Silence is a project to archive Dolmen and Balhae. Dolmen is a trace of culture, art, and history of the past.

Kang Jeauk

Kang Jeauk (b.1977) is a visual artist and documentary photographer, he has been focusing on disaster scenes and climate change for a long time. In this exhibition, he shows riverside scenes after environmental disasters across Asia.

Swastik Pal

Swastik Pal (b.1991) is a rising documentary photographer. His work, The Hungry Tide Project displays evanescent life in ‘Sinking Island’ during harsh monsoon in India.

Soumyabrata Roy

Soumyabrata Roy (b.1992) is a photographer and videographer, born in Tehatta, West Bengal. Policy or Politics is an ongoing project, and it is a photographic metaphor of human society to show the law of the jungle through capturing animals and insects in a house.

Tsering Topgyal

Tsering Topgyal is an emerging photographer who was born in Tibet and educated in India. The Tibet Exiles: The Constant Search for Home, depicts the lives of Tibetans who long for their own home and adobes. Through his photography he wishes to convey their love, grief, and stability through the photography essay.

Exhibition details:

Exhibition Dates: 1st October (Friday) – 31st October, 2021 (Sunday)

Open Hours: 24 Hours

The exhibition will be open to all.

Admission to this exhibition is free for all visitors.

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