Exploring the Ulsan Museum of Art
- Original source
- blog.naver.com
The Ulsan Museum of Art is a landmark in Ulsan, located next to the Dongheon in Jung-gu.
In the past, when I visited Ulsan, I used to navigate using Seongnam-dong's Youth Street or the clock tower as my reference points. Nowadays, I find my way using the Ulsan Museum of Art as my guide.
Parking
You can use the underground parking at the Ulsan Museum of Art. On weekends and public holidays, if the underground parking is crowded, you can use the free parking at Yangsa Elementary School and Bukjeong Public Parking.
September Closure Dates
Every Monday: September 7, 14, 21, 28
Chuseok Holiday: September 24-26
Ticket Information
For exhibitions, there are options for a general admission fee of 1,000 won for adults residing outside of Ulsan, and some exhibitions require a separate ticket purchase.
The Julian Opie exhibition runs until October 5 and can be accessed with a museum ticket. However, the exhibition titled The Most Perfect Welcome in the first exhibition hall requires a separate fee.
The X Lab exhibition allows one person to experience it at a time, and you must make a reservation upon entry. This VR experience is inspired by the alleyways and canals of Venice, Italy.
As you engage with the VR, you enter a city reinterpreted through Julian Opie's visual language, allowing you to experience the space within the artwork. Reservations are said to take about two hours, but visiting the exhibition makes that time fly by. It was a realistic virtual reality experience worth the wait.
Fan Letter runs until September 27 and features an interactive installation in collaboration with the National Asia Culture Center Foundation, showcasing 11 pieces including sound, kinetic art, and video. This exhibition invites visitors to reflect on songs and memories from their lives, confronting the value and meaning of popular music through art.
One of the installations features a coin karaoke room. I enjoy the freshness of encountering artworks without prior explanations, so I didn't realize this installation was there until I entered the exhibition hall. The staff handed me a coin and encouraged me to try it out, which surprised me.
Inside, it felt like time had stopped, with the coin karaoke room embedded within the artwork. Popular music has always been a trend that many enjoy. Singing a song from the past was a delightful surprise in this newly refreshed exhibition experience.
This particular piece, titled Industrial Sauna: The Island of Illusions, reflects the memories of people who have lived in Ulsan, a city that grew around factories and housing after being designated as a specific industrial zone.
The karaoke room represents a communal space where colleagues would sing together after work, sharing their feelings and relieving stress. Each visitor can use the karaoke for one song, so don’t miss out until September 27!
Pairing Basics is another piece that allows you to experience music from Korean cabarets and collateks. The artist researched dance hall culture and learned from performers about social dance and accompaniment methods to recreate the scene.
In the year 2157, artificial intelligence begins to revive memories of cultures long gone, but it struggles to capture the essence of '흥' in trot music. While melodies and lyrics can be recreated, the joy and excitement of singing together cannot be replicated. This work traces the traces of lost emotions through light, video, and movement, with vibrant colors that are visible from afar.
Exhibitions at the museum are increasingly becoming participatory, and this one stimulates the emotional points of the visitors. With interactive installations like the coin karaoke, it allows visitors to feel the nostalgia of the past.
This exhibition won't last long, so if you're interested, hurry to the Ulsan Museum of Art!
Source :https://blog.naver.com/ulsan_nuri/224412164900
More from Place
No comments yet.
