Immersive exhibitions, or interactive art, are exhibitions that stimulate the senses of smell, sound, and touch in addition to the visible canvas. In addition to the feeling of being inside the artwork, the space is organized so that you can run around and play with the artwork as a playground.
1. The moon shines when the clouds clear, and the stars shine when the wind blows
Kansong Museum of Art visited DDP once again. Kansong Museum of Art’s exhibition, “The Clouds Clear, the Moon Shines, the Wind Blows, and the Stars Shine,” is an immersive and interactive media art exhibition utilizing key works from Kansong’s collection, including “Hunmin Jeongyin Hae Yue Bon,” “Beautiful Woman,” “Hye Won Telegram,” and “Haeak Telegram. It’s a welcome exhibition that reinterprets Korean cultural heritage, as it is common to see media art exhibitions consisting of overseas or contemporary works.
📍Dongdaemun Design Plaza
🗓️ ~ April 30, 2025
2. Theater of Light
The Theater of Light transformed the Walkerhill Grand Theater into a media art exhibition center. It operates immersive exhibitions utilizing a 21-meter floor height and a large space of 1,500 square meters. Currently, it is exhibiting works by Dutch painters. ‘Mondrian, the Architect of Color’ will be on display until December 13, and ‘Dutch Masters from Vermeer to Van Gogh‘ will be on display until April 20 next year.
📍 Theater of Light, 177 Walkerhill-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
🗓️ ~ April 20, 2025
3. Artemuseum Gangneung
If you’re willing to travel a little further out of Seoul, Artemuseum Gangneung is a great place to go. Artemuseum is a global brand of immersive media art exhibitions, and you can find media art exhibitions here regardless of the time of year. At Artemuseum Gangneung, 17 media artworks reflecting the regional characteristics of Gangwon-do and Gangneung, the backbone of the Baekdu-daegan River, are spread out under the theme of Valley. The overwhelming sense of space and the meticulous sound system on the 1,500-pyeong scale resonate deeply and take you on an infinite mental journey.
📍Artemuseum Gangneung, 131, Nanseolheon-ro, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea