10,000 Lives, the 8th Gwangju Biennale











Producer Marisa Mazria Katz attends South Korea's Gwangju Biennale--Asia's first art biennale. While there she speaks with its CEO, Yongwoo Lee, this year's artistic director and New Museum curator, Massimiliano Gioni, along with artists Irina Botea and Jung Lee. This year's biennale coincides with the country's thirty year anniversary of the democratic uprising against what was once a military dictatorship. Several art pieces at the event commemorate the anniversary, which helped pave the way for democracy in South Korea. (13 minutes)
 

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