Man and His Hand: Traces of the Expo 67 Korean Pavilion

November 22- December 6, 2024

The KCC Gallery, Ottawa

Vernissage: Friday, November 22, 2024, 6-9 pm l Register here

The Korean Cultural Centre Canada co-presents Man and His Hand: Traces of the Expo 67 Korean Pavilion with the Korean Architectural Archive at the KCC Gallery from November 22 to December 6.

Korean Architectural Archive (KAA) was established in 2023 to collect, research, and record data on Korean architecture that has been showcased overseas. The Korean Architectural Archive's first special exhibition, Man and His Hands: Traces of the Korean Pavilion at Expo 67 presents archival materials related to the Korean Pavilion at the Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada, and reinterprets the existing form and ideas in contemporary ways through a physical model, an interactive game and interview videos. 

Seoul Model Shop. Korean Pavilion 1967/2024. 2024. 3D printed model. acryl. aluminum. 66x30x24.7cm. Scale: 1:50.

Unlike most national pavilions that were dismantled after the Expo 67 ended in Montreal in 1967, the Korean pavilion remains intact to this day and is currently scheduled for restoration. Various archival materials and stories related to the Korean Pavilion at Expo 67 are explored to reconstruct the moment when Korea's identity was expressed on the world stage and to reimagine the past to construct a new future.

Jaekyung Jung. Traces. 2024. Four-channel video. color. sound. 5mins.

Related Events

Seminar 1 – Reimagining Post-Expo (with Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, Carleton University)
Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 3 pm
The KCC Gallery, Ottawa

Seminar 2 – Carleton Forum Lecture: Assembly of Air
Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 6 pm
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa

Seminar 3 – Reading & Exhibiting Archives (with Canadian Center for Architecture)
Thursday, November 28, 2024, 3:30 pm
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal

BARE + Jeonghyo. Post-Expo City. 2024. Interactive animation. PC. sound

About the Artists

Jaekyung Jung is interested in exploring the concept of contemporary ethics through visual language. Recently, his works have been exhibited at Watch and Chill 3.0: Streaming Suspense at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea in Seoul (2023) and 2086: Together How? at the Korean Pavilion of the 18th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice (2023), among others. 

Seoul Model Shop is a model-based creative group formed through collaboration between engineer Choi Jong eon and designer Kim Jongbuhm. The main task is to make street objects and buildings into kits.

BARE is an architecture studio that explores the interaction between architecture and the environment. The research-driven practice focuses on the production and cycle of things that correspond to the urban environment and time in various forms.

Jeonghyo is a computer artist transforming interfaces across diverse media such as games, web, AR, and VR, while unifying each medium into a cohesive communication experience. Collaborative projects include the Hyundai Motor ZER01NE exhibition and the rebranding project for the Busan Museum of Contemporary Art.

* Inquiry: The Korean Cultural Centre Canada (canada@korea.kr/ 613-233-8008)