

Gwangju Metropolitan City, Korea, designated as a Creative City of Media Art in the UNESCO Creative City Network (UCCN),
has been holding the International Media Art Festival since 2012 that includes a variety of events such as exhibitions,
performances, and discussions combining culture and art with science and technology in a bid to create a global creative city in which arts, industries, and urban spaces exist in harmony.
Celebrating its 11th anniversary this year, the Gwangju Media Art Festival that is co-hosted
by Gwangju Metropolitan City and the Asia Culture Center is taking place
from September 29 to October 9 (until October 10 for the exhibitions at the ACC) with the theme of ‘Color of City.’
Gwangju Metropolitan City, Korea, designated as a Creative City of Media Art in the UNESCO Creative City Network (UCCN),
has been holding the International Media Art Festival since 2012
that includes a variety of events such as exhibitions, performances, and discussions combining culture and art
with science and technology in a bid to create a global creative city in which arts, industries,
and urban spaces exist in harmony.
Celebrating its 11th anniversary this year, the Gwangju Media Art Festival that is co-hosted
by Gwangju Metropolitan City and the Asia Culture Center is taking place
from September 29 to October 9 (until October 10 for the exhibitions at the ACC) with the theme of ‘Color of City.’
Light is an existence with colors of different interpretations.
As the theme “Color of City” implies,
all visitors and participants will add colors to the city while experiencing media art in a
form of “plays” through which they can enjoy the diversity and artistic creativity of urban cultures.
· Venue for Square Festival
· Opening ceremony
and Special concert
· Media Art Playground
· GMAF x Ars Electronica Collaboration
· GMAF Media Art Performance
· GMAF Music Night
· Venues for Special Exhibitions
and Seminars
· GMAF Media Art Special Exhibitions:
Exhibitions by invited companies
and artists
· GMAF x Ars Electronica
Collaboration
· Matching Fair & Mentoring Lab
· 2022 GMAF Symposium
· Overseas Artists and Institutions
· Participating Companies
· Participating Artists
· Winners of Contest
· GMAF Participating Artists
· Festivals and Institutions
in Gwangju areas
Square Festival: 5.18 Democracy Square
Special Exhibitions: ACC Complex Exhibition Hall 5
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