From June 30 to August 28, an exhibition of works by contemporary artists will be held in Pavilion No. 13 “Healthcare” of VDNKh as part of the exposition of the Museum of the East. South Korea. Visitors will be treated to works by Korean masters - video art, installations, photographs and paintings. One of the exhibits will be created directly at VDNKh, in front of the guests of the Exhibition.
A series of photographic works by Han Sung Pil will explore the theme of the struggle and combination of the real and the imaginary, the original and the fake. Kang Hyun Goo - author of hyper-realistic portraits famous personalities(Mahatma Gandhi, Andy Warhol, Sophia Loren, etc.). Unlike photography, his method allows you to draw attention to details (for example, strands of hair or wrinkles). Cheon Kyung Woo will present a work entitled "Invisible", based on his personal experience travels to the USSR during the era of perestroika. This is a photo installation dedicated to the events of 1989, when the Korean government allowed free travel abroad after Olympic Games in Seoul.
Kim Gi-chul's installation will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the special sound environment of a shady forest, the silence of which is broken only by falling drops rolling off the leaves after rain. Combining a deep respect for nature with a highly original idea, Lee Myung Ho photographs the trees of Korea against a white canvas, thereby isolating them from their surroundings. The resulting images emphasize the beauty and materiality of the trees, while making them appear flatter. The trees begin to seem unreal, as if inserted into the landscape.
In their works, Miun, the pseudonym of the artist duo Choi Moon-sung and Kim Min-sung, explore the theme of communication between people through the interaction of stage and audience. One of the most striking works presented in the exhibition is Park Sung Gi’s work “An Aggregation - Space 20160507”, which will be created by the author directly in the exhibition space. The artist is known for his desire to express the relationship between nature and humanity through installations from charcoal.
Operating mode:
- Tuesday, Friday-Sunday - from 11:00 to 20:00;
- Wednesday, Thursday - from 12:00 to 21:00.
Ticket prices:
- 100 rubles - for adults;
- 50 rubles - for schoolchildren over 14 years old, full-time students, pensioners;
- free - for children under 14 years of age, members of large families, WWII veterans, disabled people of groups I, II, III, military personnel conscript service, heroes of the USSR and the Russian Federation, full gentlemen Order of Glory, museum employees, members of unions of artists and architects, students educational organizations higher and vocational education providing training in the following specialties: art history, cultural studies, museology, museology, design, oriental studies, painting, architecture, restoration.
The Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX), a joint project of the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency KOTRA, the Gyeonggi Provincial Government and the Goyang City Municipality, is Korea's largest and newest exhibition complex. It was specially built as part of a program to provide the country with modern and high-quality exhibition space, as well as to bring the Korean exhibition industry to the international level.
The first part of the complex - KINTEX I - was opened in April 2005; the area of five exhibition halls was 53,541 m2 / 576,310 sq. ft. The complex hosts large “heavyweight” exhibitions and other events. Also KINTEX I includes 3,000 m2 / 32,292 sq. feet of exhibition space under open air and 23 conference rooms, incl. multifunctional assembly hall with a capacity of 2,000 people.
The second part of the complex - KINTEX II - was opened in September 2011. It is a 4-storey congress and exhibition complex with five exhibition halls with total area 54,508 m2 / 586,719 sq.ft., external exhibition area of 15,000 m2 / 161,458 sq.ft. feet and seventeen large conference rooms, incl. a large multifunctional hall with a capacity of 6,000 people.
With the completion of the complex, the total exhibition area of which was 108,049 m2 / 1,163,029 sq. feet, it began to host a number of major international and domestic exhibitions and conferences, thanks to which Korea has become one of the leaders in the Asian region in exhibition activities.
KINTEX carries out active internal and external marketing activities and is a platform for organizing and implementing world-class trade and industrial exhibitions and conferences.
Location
The KINTEX complex is located in the western part of the Ilsan municipal district of Goyang, which, in turn, is part of the most populous province of South Korea - Gyeonggi-do. Ilsan is considered a satellite city of the country's capital, Seoul, and is connected to it by a subway line.
From KINTEX you can get to Incheon and Gimpo international airports in about an hour and to Daehwa metro station in five minutes.
The KINTEX complex is located on a plot of land between one of the main road arteries of Ilsan - Chungangno - and the Han River. Several parks and attractions are located in the immediate vicinity.
Goyang, which has become the mecca of Korea's convention and exhibition industry since the opening of KINTEX, attracts tourists with a wide range of shopping and entertainment options in numerous shopping centers and entertainment complexes such as Hallyu World.
KINTEX ranks 4th among the largest exhibition centers in Asia after the exhibition centers of Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Of the total amount of 359.1 billion won allocated for the modernization of KINTEX, 9 billion will go towards the development and installation of renewable energy sources to create favorable conditions for environment operating conditions of the complex.
Exhibition halls (No. 1-10)
KINTEX I (halls 1 - 5)
Internal exhibition area 53,541 m2 / 576,310 sq. ft., external exhibition area 8,295 m2 / 89,286 sq. feet;
Column-free, single-story structure: 15m/49ft ceiling height allows for two-level stands;
The floor's load-bearing capacity of 5 t/m2 allows for the display of heavy exhibits;
Five halls can be combined or divided into halls of different sizes using mobile partitions;
Spacious parking for 2,000 spaces;
The loading gates have separate entrances for freight transport and direct access to the exhibition halls.
KINTEX I (halls 6 - 10)
Internal exhibition area 54,591 m2 / 587,612 sq. feet;
4 exhibition halls, each of which can be divided into 2;
Multifunctional hall with a mobile stage, which can be divided into 6 halls;
The expansive second floor lobby overlooks the first floor hall, allowing you to monitor the number and movement of guests.
Conference rooms
KINTEX I
Large assembly hall - 1,600 m2 / 17,222 sq. feet
Capacity: 500-2,000 people
Additional conditions: 2 offices for organizers, information desk, VIP room, dressing room, warehouse.
Multifunctional hall - 420 m2 / 4,520 sq. feet
Capacity: 180-360 people.
Medium meeting rooms - 234 m2 / 2,518 sq. ft. and 225 m2 / 2,421 sq. feet
Capacity (1): 80-200 people
Capacity (2): 60-160 people.
Combined meeting room - 468 m2 / 5,037 sq. feet
Capacity: 250-400 people.
VIP meeting rooms - 234 m2 / 2,518 sq. ft(1), 117 m2/1,259 sq. feet (2 and 3).
Capacity: 34 people (1), 12 people (2), 20 people (3).
KINTEX I
KINTEX II
Multifunctional hall - 5,618 m2 / 60,471 sq. ft., divided into 3 or 6 halls (1,872.7 m2 / 20,158 sq. ft. or 938.4 m2 / 10,101 sq. ft. each).
Capacity: 3,000-10,000 people
Additional conditions: 5 offices for organizers, VIP room, 3 reception rooms, 1 dressing room, 12 rooms equipped with simultaneous translation booths, 3 control stations.
Main meeting room - 314 m2/3 379 sq. feet
Capacity: 120-260 people
Additional conditions: control station, 2 rooms equipped with simultaneous translation booths, 1 office/reception.
Average meeting room - 188 m2 / 2,032 sq. ft., divided into 2 rooms of 94 m2 / 1,011 sq. feet each.
Capacity: 60-160 people (split 40-80 people per room)
Additional facilities: control room, offices/reception
Combined meeting room - 628 m2 / 6,759 sq. feet
Capacity 250-530 people
Additional equipment: control station, 4 rooms equipped with simultaneous translation booths, 2 offices/receptions.
KINTEX II
Administrative building
Total area 23,246 m2 / 250,217 sq. feet; rentable area - from 1st to 14th floors; exclusive use area - 228-986 m2 / 2,454-10,613 sq. ft.
Peculiarities:
Conference rooms and meeting rooms of various sizes with high-quality finishes
Pleasant workspace atmosphere
The building has restaurants and retail facilities
The building was built using environmentally friendly technologies
Ample parking for organizers and guests.
Additional objects:
Bank office - 1st floor, in the south of exhibition hall No. 5;
Trade galleries - 1st floor of exhibition halls 2, 5 and 7;
Business center - 1st floor, in front of exhibition hall No. 7.
Services
KINTEX cooperates with a certain number of official contractors who provide all the necessary services for the team and clients of the complex: advertising, construction of stands, loading and unloading equipment, cleaning of the territory, water/gas supply, drainage, air conditioning, electrical wiring, registration/sale/issuance of tickets, carpet laying, telephony, translation, health care, Speakerphone.
Safety
The official partner of KINTEX in providing security services at all facilities is TOPGUARD SECURITY.
Nutrition
Restaurants
On the underground and second floors of the complex there are many restaurants serving Asian and Western cuisine, where you can try traditional Korean dishes such as teokbokki, soondae, bibimbap, yukkedang and others.
A large number of restaurants are also located near the exhibition complex.
Snack bars
On the second floor and in the halls of the first and second floors in the area of halls No. 1 and No. 2 there are also snack bars where you can have a quick snack.
Official catering companies KINTEX
Catering service KINTEX PLAZA provides high-quality catering services - dishes from the best locally produced products, individual decoration, as well as special services for catering weddings.
Parking
There are two parking lots on the territory of the complex - one each near buildings I and II.
KINTEX I: parking for 2,000 spaces;
KINTEX II: surface parking for 386 spaces (including 17 buses) and underground parking for 1,881 spaces (including 75 spaces for people with limited mobility).
Korea International Exhibition Center KINTEX is the largest exhibition center in Korea. Thanks to an aggressive marketing policy, the complex hosts high-class international exhibitions, and is also developing its own competitive exhibitions. KINTEX's ultimate goal is to become Asia's premier trading platform for the world's largest, regional and Korean corporations.
Activities:
Attracting local and foreign exhibitions and conferences;
Expanding interaction with foreign exhibition centers, joint business development;
Organizing your own exhibitions with the prospect of bringing them to the world level;
Development of smaller-scale exhibitions through a merger and acquisition strategy;
Leasing of controlled enterprises (catering, trade and engineering facilities);
Development and promotion of an additional business line.
Economic Impact and Attendance
Between the Seoul Auto Show in 2005 and 2014, the total number of visitors to KINTEX was 3.5 million. In its first year, the complex hosted 273 events, and by 2013 that number had grown to 1,153 events, with annual visitor numbers reaching a record 5.2 million.
In addition, in the first two years of its existence, KINTEX became a platform for seven largest exhibitions Korea: Seoul Auto Show, Korea Industrial Equipment Fair, International Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology Exhibition (SIMTOS), G-Star Game Exhibition, etc.
The exhibition industry has a significant impact on the growth of treasury revenues and job creation. Thus, by developing the exhibition industry at the regional and national levels, KINTEX makes a significant contribution to the country's economy.
Seoul Auto Show
Korea Electronics Show (KES)
ROBOTWORLD (Robot World)
Kyunghyang Housing Exhibition
International exhibition of the food industry "Seoul Food"
Notable projects
The International Organization of Automobile Manufacturers has officially recognized the Seoul Motor Show as a world-class automobile exhibition.
The salon was first held in Korea in 1995, and in 2005 it moved to KINTEX and since then has been held there every two years.
The salon is organized by the Korean Automobile Manufacturers Association, the Korean Association of Importers and Distributors of Automotive Products and the Korean Automotive Industry Joint Cooperation Association.
The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Innovative Economy, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, the Gyeonggi Provincial Government and the Goyang City Government.
The exhibition presents: passenger cars, utility vehicles, preventive measures, components and accessories, control devices, measuring and other instruments and systems, equipment for maintenance and repair, everything for tuning, automotive electronic technology and software, and much more.
Exhibition statistics:
2009: 158 participants and 8 countries, 956,650 visitors, 1,050 journalists.
2011: 139 participants from 8 countries, about a million visitors.
2013: 385 participants from 14 countries, 1,048,000 individual visitors and delegations, 2,200 journalists.
Korea Electronics Show (KES)
Date: annually since 2005Korea Electronics Show KES is the place to see latest developments in the field of electronics and IT, which tomorrow will become part of Everyday life. We can say that it sets the direction in which these industries will develop in the near future.
The exhibition has a rich history: it was first held in 1969 after the Korean government adopted a plan to develop the electronics industry. The exhibition featured black and white televisions, radios, capacitors, and so on. The exhibition was a significant success.
Much time has passed since then, the exhibition has gained momentum, and even during the global economic downturn, its participants included the world's largest companies, such as Nissan Motor, Epson, Hewlett Packard, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and others. The exhibition is annually visited by a huge number of guests from many countries, including India, China, Russia and South America.
Exhibition scale:
1,500 stands from 600 companies (including 200 foreign);
More than 58 thousand visitors (of which about 3 thousand are foreign).
Organizer: Korean Electronics Association.
Supported by: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Gyeonggi Provincial Government.
The exhibition presents products in the following thematic sections: electronic components; information and communication technologies; IT; television and radio broadcasting; consumer electronics; Software and mobile applications; 3D technologies.
Within the framework of the exhibition, thematic conferences and seminars are held, as well as award ceremonies “For contribution to the development of information technologies and electronics" and "KES Innovations".
The exhibition and conference ROBOTWORLD (World of Robots) is one of the three largest international robotics exhibitions. The event includes: an international robot exhibition, a robot competition and a robotics conference - thus representing the commercial, scientific and cultural fields.
The project was organized in 2006 with the support of the Korean government with the goal of giving impetus to the development of the country's nascent robotics industry.
All over the world, robotics is experiencing a boom: in 2011, the production volume of industrial robots increased by 16.8%, service robots - by 50%. In 2012, the Korean robotics market also saw a breakthrough, with turnover reaching $2 billion.
ROBOTWORLD is a platform where Korean and international robotics manufacturers meet and watch their businesses evolve in response to growing demand for their products.
Today, the event is attended by companies specializing in industrial robots, robotic systems, professional and personal service robots, software and components, as well as information and entertainment materials on related topics.
In 2013, the event was attended by 150 companies and 82,622 visitors from 8 countries. 6,400 business meetings were held. It is expected that the number of exhibitors will increase in the future.
Kyunghyang Housing Exhibition
Date: February, annuallyThe KH Fair was first held in Korea in 1986, and since then it has become a landmark event for the industry. Every year, the largest companies in Korea that are interested in creating and developing an environmentally friendly environment take part in the exhibition. The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. KH Fair occupies a leading position among construction exhibitions in terms of scale and number of participants and visitors.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy called the KH Fair "Korea's most promising exhibition" and "Korea's representative exhibition."
Over the years, KH Fair has established partnerships with similar events in Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey and plans to expand further by establishing ties with the Philippines and Vietnam.
The exhibition presents products in the following categories:
Furniture, home interior;
Household electrical appliances, safety;
Tools and equipment;
Sanitary engineering;
Finishing and building materials;
Climate control, heating, ventilation;
Paints and varnishes;
Gardening, public buildings;
Lighting, electricity;
Windows and doors.
In 2015, the exhibition was attended by 700 exhibitors and more than 108,847 visitors.
International exhibition of the food industry "Seoul Food"
Date: annually since 2009Seoul Food Exhibition was established in 1983 and soon became the third largest food industry exhibition in Asia. The 32-year history of the exhibition proves its relevance: in 2015, 1,500 top exhibitors and 52,000 guests from more than 50 countries took part in it.
The event is organized by the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency KOTRA.
The exhibition program includes seminars, cooking shows, a Global Food Plaza installation, a barista championship and much more.
Countries participating in the exhibition: Greece, Norway, New Zealand, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, USA, Vietnam, Belgium, Spain, Singapore, UAE, UK, Egypt, Italy, India, Japan, China, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Turkey, Poland, France, Philippines, Australia and others.
Food technologies, packaging, delicacies, food raw materials, luxury products, desserts and drinks, culinary products, eco-market.
International Exhibition of Waste Recycling and Disposal (Re-Tech)
Date: annuallyExhibition of waste processing and disposal - important step towards environmental conservation as it addresses issues such as recycling waste into energy sources for reuse. The exhibition showcases the latest developments in creating a clean work environment; it is also a platform where leading specialists and experts gather under one roof to discuss new strategies in the fight to cleanse the planet.
The event is supported by the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Science, Information and Communications Technology and Planning, Seoul Metropolitan Government and Gyeonggi Provincial Government.
The following conferences are held as part of the exhibition:
Exhibition and seminar on scrap metal recycling;
International Conference on Factory Recycling;
Show and seminar on food waste recycling technologies.
In 2014, 215 companies and 7,291 buyers took part in the exhibition (of which 216 were foreign from 12 countries).
September 1999 - signing of a contract for the construction of an international exhibition center under the auspices of KOTRA in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province
February 2000 - Formation of an operational division to lead the construction of the Goyang International Exhibition Center
October 2001 - completion of the construction master plan
February 2002 - the Goyang Exhibition Center was officially named KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition Center)
May 2002 - appointment of engineering and construction companies
December 2002 - formation of the management company of the Korea International Exhibition Center
May 2003 - Groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 1 of construction
March 2004 - Celebration of completion of Phase 1
April 2005 - grand opening of KINTEX I
December 2006 - renaming of the management company to “KINTEX”
July 2007 - preparation of a feasibility study for the Second Phase of Construction
September 2007 - creation of a target working group, which headed the Second Phase of Construction
December 2008 - appointment of the companies "Engineering" and "Construction Consortium" as official contractors
March 2009 - groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 2 of construction
December 2010 - 70% of the Second Phase of Construction completed; construction of the underground passage between the KINTEX I and KINTEX II complexes has been completed
September 2011 - Completion of construction and grand opening of KINTEX II
May 2012 - approval of KINTEX as a venue for GASTECH 2014 - the largest international exhibition on natural gas, liquefied natural gas and petroleum gas.
December 2012 - celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Korea International Exhibition Center.
Grand opening of the KINTEX II exhibition complex
More than 70 contemporary photographs, selected specifically for the exhibition in Russia, are united by the main idea - to show the possibilities of photography in studying the image of one of the most closed states. The exhibition is complemented by reportage shots taken by Soviet photographers in the mid-second half of the 20th century, making it possible to show the range of perceptions of the DPRK in different cultural and time contexts.
“Photography is a way to explore the world, including parts of it that are inaccessible. It has always performed this function and even today, despite the ability to quickly cover distances, we learn a lot only through images and accompanying texts. This is especially true for closed states, access to which is limited or impossible for political reasons. But as a result, the image is formed only thanks to the media, often becoming mythologized, and North Korea is perhaps the most striking example of this. Another difficulty is that, even once in the country, it is almost impossible to film there; the person with the camera is constantly being watched. Therefore, authors who decide to say something about the DPRK through photography are forced to look for ways to do it,” commented the chief curator of the Center for Photography. Lumiere brothers Natalya Grigorieva-Litvinskaya.
“(Im)possible to see: North Korea” is the work of contemporary authors, each of whom in their own way solved creative issues within strictly established frameworks. The exhibition includes works by such authors as Wong Guofeng (China), Martin Parr (Great Britain), Philippe Chancel (France), Alice Velinga (Netherlands), Eric Lafforgue (France), Matt Pash (Great Britain), Matjaz Tancic (Slovenia), Oliver Wainwright (Great Britain), Eddo Hartman (Netherlands). All of them visited the DPRK recently, and each of them was able to see the closed society in their own way, focusing on details that are often elusive to the naked eye.
The frame includes seemingly familiar things - architecture, interiors, mass celebrations, group and single portraits, hidden everyday life. But through these stories, the authors explore themes of mass and individual, staged and real, the possibility of editing, and address the themes of frozen time and communication between people.
The exhibition also includes photographs created during the years of friendship between the USSR and the DPRK, when photography played a colossal role in the formation of an ideologically verified image of a “friendly socialist country.” The combination of contemporary and archival materials, revealing similarities and differences in themes, subjects and modes of display, also raises questions about the boundaries of photography and the possibilities of perception. “Such a comparison makes it possible to show how different a role photography can play in relation to ideology. The works of modern authors become a kind of optics for reportage series and reveal new meanings of images,” says project curator Olga Annanurova.
Many of the series included in the exhibition were shown as part of personal and group exhibitions in leading museums and galleries around the world. In particular, the works of Wong Guofeng were presented at the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) (South Korea), De Sarthe Gallery in Beijing, Matjaz Tancic - at the Pékin Fine Arts Art Gallery (Hong Kong), Philippe Chancel and Alice Velinga - as part of the Les Rencontres photo festival d "Arles (Arles, France), Eddo Hartmann - in the Huis Marseille Museum of Photography (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) (South Korea). Also, the works of Matias Tancic, Philippe Chancel and Alice Velinga were included in the group exhibition " Prospects North Korea" in the museum modern photography at Columbia College (Chicago, USA).
