31 July 2024
From Brent to Busan – Artist talk with Layne Waerea and Youngsook Choi
Artists Talk with Busan Biennale artist Layne Waerea, and Brent Biennial Collective Enquiry’s Youngsook Choi, on artistic research and performance.
In collaboration with Metroland Cultures’ Brent Biennial through the British Council’s Biennials Connect programme, Layne Waerea and Youngsook Choi will present on their respective research processes and artistic practices in relation to time spent in Busan.
The talk will take place on Saturday 17 August, from 2-3pm at Busan Museum of Contemporary Art.
Youngsook Choi
Youngsook Choi is an artist/researcher with a PhD in human geography. Under the umbrella theme of political spirituality, her performances and multi-faceted installations explore intimate aesthetics of solidarity building and collective healing.
Layne Waerea
Layne Waerea is an Aotearoa New Zealand based artist whose practice involves carrying out performance art interventions in public spaces. These interventions seek to question, challenge and even exploit social and legal ambiguities in the public social.
About Busan Biennial:
The Busan Biennale, created spontaneously together with Busan Youth Biennale, Sea Arts Festival and Busan International Outdoor Sculpture Symposium, has become a pride of the local art in Busan, South Korea. The 2024 edition is led by Co-Artistic Directors Vera Mey and Philippe Pirotte and is called ‘Seeing in the Dark’.
About Metroland Cultures and the Brent Biennial:
Metroland Cultures is committed to changing the way biennials impact the communities that host and inspire them. Annie Jael Kwan, curator of Metroland Cultures Brent Biennial 2025, has devised a series of one-day investigations titled Divinations: a collective enquiry.
In Autumn 2024, four events will bring together artists – including Youngsook Choi – and the local community, to explore two vital questions: How can a community transform a biennial? And how can a biennial be for and with the community?
Stay tuned for more information coming soon about Divinations and how you can take part.
This event is supported by the British Council
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