Taepyung Salt Farm X Lamplab are seeking artists to submit entries for the competition, ‘Art Like Salt.’ One artist will be chosen to participate in a residency program in Shinan, designated a ‘Slow City’, in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, with the opportunity to create work in any of the following formats, photography, video, installation, or sculpture, with the theme of ‘the Garden of Time.’

Art Like Salt is…

‘Art Like Salt’ is the Taepyung Salt Farm Art Project sponsored by Taepyung Salt Farm Co. (C.E.O. Sangil Kim) and curated by LAMPLAB (Director Suejin Shin). Taepyung Salt Farm is located on Jeungdo Island, known for large tidal flats and long sunny days that create the ideal conditions for Korea's famous sea salt. Taepyung Salt Farm also operates the Salt Museum, once a salt storage, now preserved as a national cultural heritage. Many people visit Jeungdo Island every season to see the famous beautiful sunsets. We have created a new special exhibition hall in the Salt Museum which we hope will bring artistic inspiration. 

Theme: The Garden of Time

Based on the imagination of human time beyond its existential limits, we will make art stories through the work of artists who examine life and beauty. We would love to explore the origin of existence and empathize with the dignity of life.

Genre

Photography, video, installation, sculpture

Benefits for the winner

The Winner of the Year (an individual or group) will have the opportunity to participate in a residency program for 6 weeks between September and October 2019. (RV in a leisure park will be provided)

The artworks of the winner will be exhibited at the Salt Museum located in Jeungdo, Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, for 12 weeks between October 2019 and February 2020.

The winner also will be rewarded 5,000,000 KRW (before tax) and travel expenses (EU·America - 1,200,000 KRW / Asia and other countries - 700,000 KRW, before tax)

Submission Period and Deadline

August 1st - September 2nd, 2019 24:00 (Korea local time)

How to Apply

Please submit at least 10 images in jpeg (individual or series of works). Provide a description including title, year, dimension, and material of your work.

Please include your name, mailing address, email address, resume, and artist’s statement (PDF file).

No entry fee.

Notification

The winner will be notified no later than September 9th, 2019