Learn and understand K-Culture more. The National Museum of Korea, in collaboration with the Fine Arts Department, Ministry of Culture, Thailand, organizes the exhibition "New Experiences: Korean Art in a Virtual World" for Thai people who are familiar with Korean culture. And on the other hand, it is considered an exhibition that is meaningful to K-Culture culture
because it brings Korean traditional cultural heritage through video with digital virtual technology.
which is considered a new type of exhibition
and hopes that this exhibition will help create a better understanding of the Buddhist belief culture of both countries.
which viewers can easily understand the content at the National Museum, Bangkok, today until May 21, 2023
In this regard, Mr. Phanombut Chantrachot, Director-General of the Fine Arts Department
Discuss academic cooperation and exchange
Cultural change together this time that
On the occasion of the country
Thailand hosts the APEC Leaders' Meeting
to express cultural links between the two countries
National Museum of Korea and Fine Arts Department
Ministry of Culture
Therefore jointly organize this exhibition to reinterpret traditional cultural heritage of Korea.
By using immersive digital media as a tool to create a virtual learning atmosphere, the National Museum of Korea has also brought a large stone sculpture representing Buddhist symbols to exhibit together with Thai sculptures.
To be used as a storytelling medium for audiences to be able to access and understand the beliefs
of Korean Buddhism easily
Phanombut Chantarachot and Yoon Sung Yong jointly opened the exhibition.
Korea's cultural heritage in virtual digital form.
Yoon Sung Yong, Director General
The National Museum of Korea said the exhibition was the first meeting between the cultural heritage of the two countries.
There are 2 statues of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara from both countries displayed together.
which were built in different places
and lasts longer than 1,
000 years ago, as well as the meeting between traditional and modern traditions.
Through two virtual reality digital films produced by the National Museum of Korea, “Journey of the Soul” and “The Procession of Legions and People,” these stories are evident in the paintings.
"The Ten Yamas" and "Ui-Kwe" Records of the Royal Court of the Joseon Dynasty
It is a treasure that is kept in the National Museum of Korea and is protected by UNESCO in its content.
The “spirit journey” with digital technology will take us across to the afterlife.
Judgment and the cycle of death are born according to Buddhist concepts. In "The procession of the legion and the people", you can experience the atmosphere of the great and beautiful rituals of the Confucian tradition of the Joseon period.
It is the awakening of the K-Culture trend to come back to life.
Let us learn the story of the past at the present time vividly.