For All That Breathes on Earth: Jung Youngsun and Collaborators
SMAC Venice (San Marco Art Centre), Venice, 2025
For All That Breathes on Earth: Jung Youngsun and Collaborators is the first major international exhibition dedicated to the work of Jung Youngsun (b. 1941, Gyeongsan), the pioneering Korean landscape architect and founder of Seo-Ahn Total Landscape (STL). Presented as the second of SMAC Venice's two inaugural exhibitions alongside Migrating Modernism, the show was organised in partnership with Seoul's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) and curated by Jihoi Lee. It was made possible by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, in commemoration of 140 years of Korea–Italy cultural ties, and received the patronage of the City of Venice.
The exhibition traces the full arc of Jung's six-decade practice — from grassroots activism and early teaching to ambitious state-led commissions including the Seoul Olympics, the Asian Games, Incheon International Airport, and the urban ecological transformation of Seonyudo Park — as well as her longstanding collaborations with architects including David Chipperfield, whose involvement in the show drew on their shared work at the Amorepacific Headquarters in Seoul. Exhibition design incorporated traditional Korean wood-building techniques. The show ran from 9 May to 13 July 2025.
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