This study investigates the typologies and practical possibilities of contemporary marine art through the Busan Sea Art Festival, addressing the Anthropocene shift in which the ocean is no longer a romantic scenery or a mere exhibition backdrop but a condition that structures artistic practice. As its overarching analytical lens, the study draws on Blue Humanities and Korean Marine Humanities, while engaging debates in New Genre Public Art, site-specificity, ecological art, participatory art and relational aesthetics, and sensorial/embodied aesthetics. The research focuses on 73 works exhibited in the 2019, 2021, and 2023 editions of the festival, a period in which oceanic agendas became central to curatorial frameworks. Using qualitative content analysis, key terms were extracted from catalogues, curatorial statements, artists’ notes, work descriptions, critical essays, and news articles, and were iteratively re-categorized to identify recurring modes of practice. The findings suggest four typologies based on the dominant level at which oceanic conditions intervene in meaning-making: (1) Place-based (22 works), (2) Eco-responsive (24 works), (3) Participatory-relational (14 works), and (4) Sensory-experiential (13 works). These categories are not intended as exclusive classifications but as interpretative devices for reading how oceanic environments (tides, erosion, salinity, wind) and oceanic agendas (climate crisis, pollution, resource politics, and nonhuman agency) operate in the configuration and experience of artworks beyond representational approaches. The study proposes a framework for analyzing marine art practices and reconsiders the Sea Art Festival as an experimental platform of contemporary public art under oceanic conditions. Limitations include the study’s temporal scope (2019?2023) and the need for further research on the ecological footprint and operational ethics of large-scale outdoor exhibitions from a lifecycle perspective.
동북아시아문화학회 [The Association of North-east Asian Cultures]
설립연도
2000
분야
복합학>학제간연구
소개
동북아시아 문화의 다양성과 정체성을 연구 토론하고, 지역내 문화 교류의 다양한 모습을 연구하고 문화변동의 큰 틀을 집적함으로써 우리 민족 문화 및 상대 민족의 문화적 터전을 이해하여 문화공동체적 특성을 계발하고 상호 관련성의 강화를 유도하는 학술활동을 통해 동북아시아의 문화발전에 이바지함.