[ISEA2012] Artist Talk: William Sedig – FINANCIAL CLIMATES ARCHIPELAGO

Artist Statement

Songdo, South Korea is a brand new city, a sudden city, conceived and constructed in the last fifteen years to serve as a hub for global business travellers, seeking to emerge as a significant financial power in Northeast Asia. Because the idealized, designed location of the Songdo International Business District dictated impossible proximity to the already dense Incheon suburbs, the city is built entirely on land reclaimed from the Yellow Sea. This project investigates the potential for radical social agendas within the bounds of the political and corporate cooperation responsible for this enormous infrastructure.

  • William Sedig, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, USA