The Korean Pavilion at the Giardini in Venice

The Korean Pavilion, 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2016

THE FAR GAME : Constraints Sparking Creativity

Arts Council Korea (ARKO), commissioner of the Korean Pavilion at Biennale Architettura 2016, is South Korea’s most renowned funding agency that supports access to arts and cultural activities for Korean citizens. Established as The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation in 1973‚ it was later restructured as Arts Council Korea in 2005, made of council members composed of artists to make practice-oriented policies. ARKO has supported diverse arts projects to lay the foundation for the growth of literature, visual arts, and performing arts to achieve its goal of sharing benefits of arts and culture with the public. Furthermore, ARKO has actively reached out and engaged culturally underserved individuals to promote better access to arts and cultural activities with a $200 million project budget in 2016.