"Elephant Without a Nose" Chosen by RM to Meet Audiences in Shanghai

ACC's Accessibility Exhibition
"Strangers Live Within Our Bodies"
Begins Its First Overseas Tour

The National Asia Culture Center (ACC) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on July 8 that it will hold a special exhibition on enhancing accessibility, titled "Strangers Dwell Within Our Bodies," at the Korea Cultural Center in Shanghai, China, until September 5. This exhibition, designed for both people with disabilities and those without, marks the ACC’s first overseas exhibition of works created through its disability arts initiative.

At the Korea Cultural Center in Shanghai, China, visitors are listening to the explanation of artist Eom Jeongsun's work "Elephant Without a Nose" at the special exhibition on enhancing accessibility at the National Asia Culture Center titled "Strangers Dwell Within Our Bodies." National Asia Culture Center

The exhibition opened on July 3 at the Korea Cultural Center in Shanghai. The opening ceremony was attended by Chinese contemporary artists, curators, and officials from related institutions. According to the ACC, participants showed strong interest in the field of disability arts and expressed positive opinions about the possibility of future touring exhibitions within China.

At the opening ceremony, new performance works titled "Starting from Myself, Arriving at Others" were unveiled, featuring Korean artists Son Naye, Ha Eunbin, and Choi Soyoung, as well as Chinese artists with disabilities—Alice Hu, Zhai Jin, and Huang Te. Prior to the opening, on July 1 and 2, artists from both countries collaborated in sessions with local participants in China, sharing movements based on different cultural backgrounds and physical characteristics.

The exhibition features artists who have explored barrier-free art, disability art, participatory art, and interactive art, including Eom Jeongsun, Song Yesle, Hemi Clemensewicz, Aya Momose, and the team of Kim Wonyeong, Son Naye, Yeo Hyejin, Lee Jiyang, and Ha Eunbin. Visitors are encouraged not only to view the artworks but also to engage their own bodies and senses to experience them directly.

The Shanghai exhibition also showcases Eom Jeongsun's media works "Time of Wrinkle" and "Elephant Without a Nose." "Elephant Without a Nose" has attracted attention as it is known to have been purchased by BTS member RM.

"Strangers Dwell Within Our Bodies" was previously presented by the ACC at Exhibition Hall 6 from April to June last year. The exhibition was highly praised for viewing disability not as a deficiency or limitation, but as another way of life and a possibility for building relationships. The Shanghai exhibition marks the fourth stop on the tour, following last year's showings at the ACC, the Korea Disability Arts and Culture Center’s Moudi Art Space, and Gimpo Art Village by the Gimpo Cultural Foundation.

Kim Geunho, Director of Planning and Operations at the ACC, stated, "We hope that through collaboration between Korea and China in the emerging field of disability arts, this unique artistic experience—transcending borders and boundaries to foster understanding and connection—will reach an even wider audience."

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