Current Exhibition 현재 전시

“The White Lotus“- a participatory performance. Mugaksa- on public space, in Gwangju, Korea

May 8th 2022 / 23

„To Reach a Star“ – The 40th Anniversary of the May18 Democratic Uprising Special Exhibition

Gwangju Art of Museum, Korea ( 8.15.2020 – 01.31.2021)

“The White Lotus“- a participatory performance , art event.

The Lotus has played an important role in the world of ideas of many cultures and religions for thousands of years. Besides numerous symbols, the open Lotus is perceived as a symbol of cosmical harmony and as a symbol of peace and tolerance and meditation. The lotus reveals past, present and future at once. On different dates (tba) the artist invites to an „intercultural ritual“: Through 108 bows together we empty our minds of illusions and unite in humility. This work stands for beyond religion, culture and ideology, and contains the hope.

Dieses Bild hat ein leeres alt-Attribut; sein Dateiname ist white-lotus-1.jpeg.

Gwangju-Aufstand

Der Gwangju-Aufstand in der südkoreanischen Stadt Gwangju im Mai 1980, in Südkorea 18.-Mai-Gwangju-Demokratiebewegung genannt, entstand aus einer eskalierenden studentischen Demonstration, die sich gegen die herrschende Militärdiktatr Chun Doo-hwan und das verhängte Kriegsrecht richtete und gleichzeitig der Forderung Nachdruck verleihen sollte, Kim Dae-jung, einen Oppositionspolitiker, anerkannten Führer der Demokratiebewegung und späteren Präsidenten der Republik Südkorea, wieder freizulassen. Die anfangs friedliche Demonstration, durchgeführt am 18. Mai, wurde vom Militär mit dem Einsatz von brutaler Gewalt beendet. Der anschließende Aufstand von Studenten, Arbeitern und einfachen Bürgern gegen das Militär, der an verschiedenen Tagen bis zu 200.000 Menschen mobilisierte, wurde am 20. und 21. Mai mit einem Gemetzel an der Bevölkerung beantwortet und am 27. Mai mit einem Massaker an den verbliebenen Demonstranten niedergeschlagen. Seither gilt der Gwangju-Aufstand als Symbol für die Unterdrückung der Demokratiebewegung in Südkorea der 1980er Jahre.
Jürgen Hinzpeter filmte als einziger Journalist die Ereignisse und berichtete in der ARD darüber. Seine Aufnahmen gelangten über Umwege nach Deutschland und wurden weltweit gesendet.

Gwangju uprising

was a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju, South Korea, from May 18 to May 27, 1980 in which it is robbing local armories and police stations) after local Chonnam University students who were demonstrating against the martial law government were fired upon, killed, raped and beaten by government troops.
The event is sometimes called 5·18(May 18; Korean;Oilpal), in reference to the date the movement began. The uprising is also known as the Gwangju Democratization Struggle(K, the May 18 Democratic Uprising,or the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement Support for or denial of the Gwangju Uprising has long acted as a litmus test between conservative and far right groups and beliefs, and mainstream and progressive sectors of the population. The far right groups have sought to discreestimated that around 2,000 people were killed. During this period, Gwangju citizens took up arms (by d took office, and so contend that it could not really have been a simple student protest against him that it the uprising. One such argument points to the fact that it occurred before Chun Doo-hwan officiallystarted it; however, Chun Doo-hwan had become the de facto leader of South Korea at that time since coming into power on December 12, 1979, after leading a successful military coup of the previous South Korean government.
During Chun Doo-hwan’s presidency, the authorities defined the incident as a rebellion by Communist sympathizers and rioters.By 1997, a national cemetery and day of commemoration(May 18), along with acts to „compensate, and restore honor“ to victims, were established. In 2011, 1980 Archives for the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime located in Gwangju’s city hall were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.