Program Visitor’s Guide PyeongChang 2018 KOREA COMES TO THE MUSEUM olympic.org/museum 07.12.17 TO 11.03.18 PyeongChang 2018 at the Olympic Museum Visitor’s Guide Introduction PyeongChang 2018 at the Olympic Museum This guide is part of a series of documents designed to help teachers prepare for a class visit to the Olympic Museum. It introduces the various exhibition areas dedicated to the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, and briefly describes what you will find there. You can also take one of our Museum Coaches with you. Our museum educa- tors accompany the students, adapting their input to the age of the students and the needs of the group. If you want to continue to work on the themes raised by the exhibition, the “Experiencing & discovering the Olympic Games: Special PyeongChang 2018” dossier is available online, with an overview of the latest Olympic Winter Games and a series of activities that can be done in class. For more information, visit www.olympic.org/pedagogie PyeongChang 2018, • Coached visits with workshop: - Monday to Friday, May to October from 07.12.2017 to 11.03.2018 - Tuesday to Friday, November to April Minimum 15 and maximum 18 students/ • Free visit: teachers may use the provided tablets, which offer suggested itineraries children per group, minimum age 6. (free of charge on reservation, depending Duration: 90 minutes (from 10 a.m. to on availability). 4 p.m. final entrance) Available in French, German and English Entry fee: Free Fee with tablet: CHF 7 per student / CHF 15 per student/child including Museum child (includes entrance to the permanent entrance. exhibition). 1 obligatory accompanying adult free of charge per group of 10 students/children. 1 obligatory accompanying adult free of charge per group of 10 students/children. Information and reservations: [email protected] ; +41 21 621 66 85 All groups are asked to register. Publisher Authors Graphic design Image copyright © IOC, The Olympic Museum, Lausanne Cultural and Educational Programmes Unit Yona Lee SA © As specified under each image 1st edition, 2017 This document is available in French, English and German. Available to download from www.olympic.org/pedagogie. 2 PyeongChang 2018 at the Olympic Museum Visitor’s Guide The visit, step by step The visit, step by step To celebrate the XXIII Olympic Win- • In the park: a selection of photographs of ter Games, the Olympic Museum Korean athletes who have participated in is exploring South Korea and living the Olympic Winter Games. and breathing PyeongChang 2018. Between 7 December 2017 and 11 • In the entrance hall: Happy Happy by Korean artist Choi Jeon Hwa, along with Soohorang and March 2018, a series of exhibitions Bandabi, the Olympic and Paralympic mascots of invites visitors to discover the host PyeongChang 2018. country of this global event. • In the Art Lounge on Level -1, and in the public The exhibitions, which are located all areas: photographic portraits of Koreans by around the Museum, present different Françoise Huguier. aspects of South Korea and Pyeong- Chang 2018. • In the Focus area on Level +1: “A marriage of tradition and modernity”, a thematic exhibition on South Korea. • In the Gallery on Level +2: “Passion Connected”, a digital and sporting immersion in the universe of PyeongChang 2018. Don’t miss: Like a Korean Visitors to the Olympic Museum will have the opportunity to wear a hanbok, the traditional costume of Korea, often worn on important oc- casions by Koreans. A number of richly coloured hanboks are available free of charge on Level +1, which can be worn over your normal clothes. Subject to availability. Koreans in traditional costume, at a historic site © GettyImages 3 PyeongChang 2018 at the Olympic Museum Visitor’s Guide Arriving at the olympic museum The Park Historic photographs On the esplanade outside the entrance to the Museum, visi- tors can enjoy an exhibition of 16 photos of Korean athletes who have competed in the Olympic Winter Games. It’s a way of getting to know some of the country’s athletes, and un- derstanding the importance of winter sports in South Korea. This selection of photos captures some of the highlights, from Korea’s first Winter Games participation, in 1948 in Saint-Moritz, up to Sochi 2014, not forgetting the nation’s gold medals, won at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, and with the spellbinding performance of Kim Yuna in Van- The Korean men’s 5000 m relay team celebrates its couver in 2010. victory in short-track speed skating at the Albertville Games in 1992. © Getty Images / Chris Cole Françoise Huguier, Dreampalace, Seoul, Korea, 2015. © Françoise The Foyer (level 0) Huguier. Happy Happy and the mascots As they enter the Museum, visitors are greeted by the monumental work Happy Happy by contemporary Ko- rean artist Choi Jeong Hwa. This work, representing the Olympic rings, is made up of hundreds of strings of plastic objects strung together like beads on a necklace. Happy Happy was made with the help of 500 children who took part in an interactive project during Olympic Week in October 2017. The Art Lounge (level -1) To the right of the staircase that leads down to Level -1, Virtual Seoul, Françoise Huguier Soohorang and Bandabi, the mascots of the Pyeong Chang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Games, invite the public to pose for the photo. It’s a perfect oppor- In the Art Lounge, the Virtual Seoul exhibition by French tunity for an original and unique selfie! photographer Françoise Huguier plunges visitors into contemporary Korea. Shots taken in and around the city of Seoul present a picture of Korea today, through the lens of a western photographer. Visitors can get to know the people of Korea, as photo- graphed by Françoise Huguier, in various public areas of the Museum (foyer, stairs, TOM Café, cloakroom). © 2017 / International Olympic Comittee (IOC) / Catherine Leutenegger 4 PyeongChang 2018 at the Olympic Museum Visitor’s Guide FOCUS 1/5 Focus (level +1) A marriage of tradition and modernity Here, visitors are welcomed by the let- is intended to provide a key to under- ters P and C in white neon, alternating standing contemporary society. The visit between the Korean and Latin alphabets. is designed around the concept of HAN They are invited to familiarise themselves (which means “Korean”), a common de- with Korean culture in an exhibition rich in nominator of Korean culture. images and art. The exhibition is in four parts, and it may For Koreans, there is no contradiction be enjoyed in any order. between tradition and modernity. In their conception of the world, time is cyclical. Around the edge of the room, a large frieze They draw creativity and innovation from presents 15 key dates for understanding their strong cultural roots. This exhibition the influence of sport in South Korea. 2. KIM Ayoung, Please Return to Exhibition map Busan Port(from tales of a city), 2012. 5. CHOI Jeong-hwa, 2 5 Alchemy, 2014 The other three parts illustrate the concept of “han” through three separate themes: • HANgul: This revolutionary alpha- bet was invented 600 years ago 1. KWON Hauyoun, with the aim of making it easy for 489 years, 2015. everyone to learn to read and write. 1 HALLYU 4. NOH Sang-kyoon, • HANryu or hallyu: This is pop For the Worshipers culture’s “Korean Wave”. Beginning (m-c-blue), 2017. in the 1990s, it spread to East and 4 South Asia, and then to the rest of South Korea the world. in 15 dates HAN-TECH HAN-TECH • HANtech: Koreans are fascinated by new technology. They are prolific inventors, and they embrace the use of technology 3. CHO Sohee, in every aspect of their daily lives. Hayeoga, Dansimga, HANGUL 2017. 3 ENTRANCE EXIT 5 PyeongChang 2018 at the Olympic Museum Visitor’s Guide FOCUS 2/5 Introduction As soon as they enter the exhibition space, visitors are transported to South Korea, which they can locate with the help of a globe. A 3D map shows the country’s mountainous terrain, and the location of the major cities, including PyeongChang. SOUTH KOREA Profiles Name: Republic of Korea Capital: Seoul Russia 2 Area: 99,720 km China Population: 51.25 million North Korea Population density: 513 inhabitants/km2 Republic of Korea Language: Korean Japan Currency: won Flag: the Taegeukki National animal: tiger National flower: hibiscus (mugunghwa) PYEONGCHANG Name: PyeongChang Province: Gangwon Area: 146,300 ha = 1,463 km2 Population: 43,666 Population density: 30 inhabitants/km2 6 PyeongChang 2018 at the Olympic Museum Visitor’s Guide FOCUS 2/5 Timeline Korea in 15 dates Around the wall, 15 dates (from 1903 to 2018) of sports events from Korea’s history give visitors an understanding of the country’s history from the early 20th century up to the present day. The timeline provides a visual map of Korean society’s relationship with sport. These milestones are contextualised by a large wall of still and moving images. In 1988, South Korea hosted the Games of the Olympiad in Seoul. © 1988 / National Olympic Photographic Pool Ayoung Kim, Please Return to Busan Port Hayoun Kwon, 489 years (from Tales of a City) Two pivotal events 2015, video, colour, sound, 12 min. 2012, 3 videos, approx. 5 min. the separation of North and North and South Korea are separated In this video, artist Ayoung Kim (b. 1979, South Korea by the DMZ, and by the de-militarised zone or DMZ – a Seoul) depicts a young man who makes the Seoul Games in 1988 4 km-wide, 248-km long border. The his living as a smuggler in the port of – are reflected through the title of this video, 489 years, refers to Busan in the late 1980s.